John Payne also had success in television. He was the star of western "The Restless Gun". It was a television series broadcast on NBC between 1957 and 1959, Payne starred as Vint Bonner, a lone cowboy and former Confederate soldier. He also made ​​appearances in "Zane Grey Theater" (1957), "The Dick Powell Show" (1962), "The Name of the Game" (1968), "Gunsmoke" (1970), "Cade's County" (1971), and "Columbo" (1975).