Robert Shayne
Age: 92 | From: Yonkers, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1900-10-04 19:28:54
Death: 1992-11-29 19:28:54
Aliases: Robert Shaen Dawe , Robert Shane , Bob Shayne
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Yonkers, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 79
TV Involvements: 13
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Shayne (October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992), born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman. Shayne became an actor after having worked as a reporter at the Illustrated Daily Tab in Miami, Florida. His initial acting experience came with repertory companies in Alabama, including the Birmingham Players. Shayne's first Broadway appearance came by 1931 in The Rap. His other Broadway shows include Yellow Jack (1934), The Cat and the Canary (1935), Whiteoaks (1938), with Ethel Barrymore, and Without Love (1942), with Katharine Hepburn. Shayne began his film career in 1934, appearing in two features. In 1942, he became a contract actor with Warner Bros.. He played many character roles in movies and television, including a film series of Warner Bros. featurettes called the "Santa Fe Trail" series such as Wagon Wheels West, and as a mad scientist in the 1953 horror film The Neanderthal Man. He appears briefly in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, seated at a booth in a hotel bar, where his character meets Cary Grant's character, just as the latter is about to be kidnapped. He also had a small but pivotal role in the 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars as a scientist. He also enjoyed a brief rebirth in his career when he was cast as the blind newspaper vendor in The Flash television show. He was by this time actually blind and learned his lines by having his wife read them to him and then rehearse until he memorized them. Shayne portrayed Police Inspector William "Bill" Henderson on the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. He appeared sporadically in the early episodes of the series, in part because he came under HUAC scrutiny and was briefly blacklisted on unproven and unspecific charges of association with Communism. As the program evolved, especially in the color episodes, he was brought into more and more of them, to the point where he was a regular on the series.
Most Famous Work
North by Northwest
(1959) Larry Wade (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970) Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Land of the Giants
(1968) Mr. Clinton
77 Sunset Strip
(1958) Stephen Allen
Invaders from Mars
(1953) Dr. William Wilson
The Millionaire
(1955) Jack Stewart (uncredited)
Surfside 6
(1960) Dowell
The Third Man
(1959) Mr. MorganActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Prof. Bradshaw | |
| 1990 | Reggie | |
| 1986 | Prof. Bradshaw in 'Indestructible Man' | |
| 1976 | (voice) | |
| 1975 | Chairman Hopkins | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| 1971 | Rudy Matthews (uncredited) | |
| Refinery Executive (uncredited) | ||
| 1970 | Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | Andrew McIntyre | |
| Mr. Gilroy | ||
| Mr. Clinton | ||
| 1967 | Father Adam Wendell (uncredited) | |
| 1965 | Walter Quillen | |
| 1964 | Governor's Advisor | |
| 1963 | Mr. Fillmore | |
| Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited) | ||
| 1961 | Police Lieutenant (uncredited) | |
| Police Lieutenant | ||
| 1960 | Dowell | |
| Partner (uncredited) | ||
| Victor Delmar | ||
| Charlie Munro | ||
| Capt. Sid Walker | ||
| Husband - Circus Spectator | ||
| 1959 | Mr. Morgan | |
| Larry Wade (uncredited) | ||
| Lt. Cassidy | ||
| Senator | ||
| 1958 | Stephen Allen | |
| Dr. Flanigan | ||
| The Fire Maker | ||
| Gary Droz | ||
| Cole Hotchkiss | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| The Detective | ||
| Gen. Van Buskirk | ||
| Fred Horner | ||
| Air Force General | ||
| 1956 | Pierre M. Morley | |
| District Attorney Martin Proctor | ||
| Judge | ||
| Dr. Bradshaw | ||
| 1955 | Dave O'Bryan | |
| N/A | ||
| Logan | ||
| Jess Carter | ||
| Mr. Ross | ||
| Bert Rawley | ||
| Jack Stewart (uncredited) | ||
| 1954 | Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Mr. Wyatt (uncredited) | ||
| Attorney Wilson | ||
| Colonel Marsh | ||
| Conroy | ||
| 1953 | Surgeon | |
| Watson | ||
| Prof. Clifford Groves | ||
| Dr. William Wilson | ||
| Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Prime Minister Treeg | ||
| Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper | ||
| 1952 | Capt. Burke | |
| N/A | ||
| Jimmy - Aragon's Manager | ||
| Inspector Henderson | ||
| Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist | ||
| Maj. Nathan Stark | ||
| 1951 | Clark Sommers | |
| Ace Crandall | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cincotta | ||
| Priest | ||
| 1950 | Barry Morgan | |
| Dixon | ||
| Jack Lacey | ||
| Chief Agent Charles Stuart | ||
| Stanley Brown | ||
| John Avery | ||
| West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff | ||
| Jay Wingate | ||
| 1949 | Insp. 'Murph' Murphy | |
| Richard Marshall | ||
| 1948 | Don Mason | |
| Dr. Richard Field | ||
| Floyd Durant | ||
| Judge Leonidas K. Carter | ||
| T.W. "Tom" O'Connor | ||
| Ronald MacArden | ||
| 1947 | Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik | |
| Roy Chesley | ||
| James O'Neil | ||
| Mr. Gordon | ||
| Chief Tom Blake | ||
| 1946 | Bill Tyler | |
| Chet King | ||
| Brad Thomas | ||
| Dick Meadows | ||
| Bertram Fallon | ||
| Dr. David Cochran | ||
| 1945 | Captain Morgan | |
| Marshal Jim Blake | ||
| Dudley Beecham | ||
| Bob Tate | ||
| 1944 | Busboy (uncredited) | |
| Chaplain aka 'Padre' | ||
| Lester Knight | ||
| Bill Cardigan | ||
| MacMahon | ||
| Dan Costello | ||
| Jared Whitney | ||
| Steve Randall | ||
| 1943 | U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson | |
| Ned Kincaid | ||
| Engineer (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Howard Benson | |
| Maj. James Parker | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
