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Aliases: Константин Вениаминович Олькеницкий , Konstantin Veniaminovich Olkenitski

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]

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Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Konstantin Shayne (November 29, 1888 – November 15, 1974) was an actor from the Russian Empire who emigrated to the United States. Born in Kharkov, Russian Empire, to the family of a Jewish actor Veniamin Olkenitsky-Nikulin, he was the brother of actress Tamara Shayne and Russian writers Lev Nikulin and Yuriy Nikulin.[1] The First World War intervened before he could join the Moscow Arts Theatre, and during the conflict he fought with General Wrangel and the White Armies. Shayne was married two times and he also had children. As an actor, Konstantin Shayne performed in movies such as None but the Lonely Heart (1944) and The Stranger (1946), starring (and directed by) Orson Welles. He performed in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) which featured Danny Kaye in the lead role. His performance in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) was cut from the final release. In his last film appearance Shayne dominates two minutes of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo, playing the old bookseller Pop Leibel.

Most Famous Work

Vertigo
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8

Vertigo

(1958) Pop Leibel
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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7

For Whom the Bell Tolls

(1943) Karkov
The Stranger
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7

The Stranger

(1946) Konrad Meinike
Cry of the City
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7

Cry of the City

(1948) Dr. Veroff
Five Graves to Cairo
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7

Five Graves to Cairo

(1943) Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
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5

Escape in the Fog

(1945) Schiller
None But the Lonely Heart
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6

None But the Lonely Heart

(1944) Ike Weber
The Unknown Man
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5

The Unknown Man

(1951) Peter Hulderman

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1958 Pop Leibel
1956 Bolasny
1953 Father Benoit
1951 Peter Hulderman
Gerhardt Eisler
1949 Professor Serge Bruloff
1948 Dr. Jungmeyer
Pablo
Dr. Veroff
Dr. Ulding
1947 Gustav Reichman
Reinecke
Peter van Hoorn
1946 Professor Jan Schuyler
Konrad Meinike
1945 Yanos Van Lankovitz
Schiller
Dr. B.A. Vishanoff
1944 Alec Hoffman
Ike Weber
Major Krupp
Fuellgrabe
1943 Karkov
Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
Mr. Nikolai Bukharin (uncredited)
1939 Headwaiter
First Assassin
1938 Murok
Plane Saboteur
Year Character Movie/Tv

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