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person_profile-Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne Died at age: 92

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Shayne

Date of Birth:

Oct 04, 1900

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 29, 1992

Biography of

Robert Shayne

    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.

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Filmography of

Robert Shayne

Found 93 Movies in total

The Naked Monster

Prof. Bradshaw ( Actor )

... 2005

Horrible Horror

Prof. Bradshaw in 'Indestructible Man' ( Actor )

... 1986

The Gentleman Tramp

(voice) ( Actor )

... 1976

The Specialist

Chairman Hopkins ( Actor )

... 1975

The Million Dollar Duck

Refinery Executive (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1971

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1970

Winning

Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

Runaway Girl

Walter Quillen ( Actor )

... 1965

A Tiger Walks

Governor's Advisor ( Actor )

... 1964

Son of Flubber

Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

20,000 Eyes

Police Lieutenant ( Actor )

... 1961

From the Terrace

Partner (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

Cage of Evil

Victor Delmar ( Actor )

... 1960

Why Must I Die

Charlie Munro ( Actor )

... 1960

Valley of the Redwoods

Capt. Sid Walker ( Actor )

... 1960

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Husband - Circus Spectator ( Actor )

... 1960

North by Northwest

Larry Wade (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1959

The Rebel Set

Lt. Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1959

I, Mobster

Senator ( Actor )

... 1959

How to Make a Monster

Gary Droz ( Actor )

... 1958

Teenage Cave Man

The Fire Maker ( Actor )

... 1958

War of the Satellites

Cole Hotchkiss ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1957

Spook Chasers

The Detective ( Actor )

... 1957

The Giant Claw

Gen. Van Buskirk ( Actor )

... 1957

Footsteps in the Night

Fred Horner ( Actor )

... 1957

Kronos

Air Force General ( Actor )

... 1957

Hot Shots

Pierre M. Morley ( Actor )

... 1956

Dance with Me, Henry

District Attorney Martin Proctor ( Actor )

... 1956

Rumble on the Docks

Judge ( Actor )

... 1956

Indestructible Man

Dr. Bradshaw ( Actor )

... 1956

King of the Carnival

Jess Carter ( Actor )

... 1955

Double Jeopardy

Mr. Ross ( Actor )

... 1955

Murder Is My Beat

Bert Rawley ( Actor )

... 1955

Superman and the Jungle Devil

Inspector Henderson ( Actor )

... 1954

Superman in Exile

Inspector Henderson ( Actor )

... 1954

Superman's Peril

Inspector Henderson ( Actor )

... 1954

Superman Flies Again

Inspector Henderson ( Actor )

... 1954

Superman and Scotland Yard

Inspector Henderson ( Actor )

... 1954

The Desperado

Attorney Wilson ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

Flight Nurse

Surgeon ( Actor )

... 1953

Eyes of the Jungle

Watson ( Actor )

... 1953

The Neanderthal Man

Prof. Clifford Groves ( Actor )

... 1953

Invaders from Mars

Dr. William Wilson ( Actor )

... 1953

The Blue Gardenia

Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Prince of Pirates

Prime Minister Treeg ( Actor )

... 1953

Marshal of Cedar Rock

Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper ( Actor )

... 1953

Mr. Walkie Talkie

Capt. Burke ( Actor )

... 1952

The Ring

Jimmy - Aragon's Manager ( Actor )

... 1952

Without Warning!

Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist ( Actor )

... 1952

Indian Uprising

Maj. Nathan Stark ( Actor )

... 1952

Criminal Lawyer

Clark Sommers ( Actor )

... 1951

The Dakota Kid

Ace Crandall ( Actor )

... 1951

Missing Women

Cincotta ( Actor )

... 1951

Experiment Alcatraz

Barry Morgan ( Actor )

... 1950

Big Timber

Dixon ( Actor )

... 1950

When You're Smiling

Jack Lacey ( Actor )

... 1950

Federal Man

Chief Agent Charles Stuart ( Actor )

... 1950

State Penitentiary

Stanley Brown ( Actor )

... 1950

Rider from Tucson

John Avery ( Actor )

... 1950

Customs Agent

West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff ( Actor )

... 1950

Dynamite Pass

Jay Wingate ( Actor )

... 1950

The Threat

Insp. 'Murph' Murphy ( Actor )

... 1949

Forgotten Women

Richard Marshall ( Actor )

... 1949

Loaded Pistols

Don Mason ( Actor )

... 1948

Let's Live a Little

Dr. Richard Field ( Actor )

... 1948

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Floyd Durant ( Actor )

... 1948

Best Man Wins

Judge Leonidas K. Carter ( Actor )

... 1948

The Inside Story

T.W. "Tom" O'Connor ( Actor )

... 1948

The Swordsman

Ronald MacArden ( Actor )

... 1948

The Spirit of West Point

Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik ( Actor )

... 1947

Welcome Stranger

Roy Chesley ( Actor )

... 1947

... 1947

Backlash

James O'Neil ( Actor )

... 1947

I Cover Big Town

Chief Tom Blake ( Actor )

... 1947

Wife Wanted

Bill Tyler ( Actor )

... 1946

Nobody Lives Forever

Chet King ( Actor )

... 1946

Behind the Mask

Brad Thomas ( Actor )

... 1946

I Ring Doorbells

Dick Meadows ( Actor )

... 1946

Three Strangers

Bertram Fallon ( Actor )

... 1946

The Face of Marble

Dr. David Cochran ( Actor )

... 1946

San Antonio

Captain Morgan ( Actor )

... 1945

Christmas in Connecticut

Dudley Beecham ( Actor )

... 1945

Hollywood Canteen

Busboy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Make Your Own Bed

Lester Knight ( Actor )

... 1944

Mr. Skeffington

MacMahon ( Actor )

... 1944

Shine on Harvest Moon

Dan Costello ( Actor )

... 1944

Mission to Moscow

Engineer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Wednesday's Child

Howard Benson ( Actor )

... 1934

Keep 'Em Rolling

Maj. James Parker ( Actor )

... 1934