Acting
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Oct 4, 1900
Nov 29, 1992 (92)
Yonkers, New York, USA
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2005 | The Naked Monster | Prof. Bradshaw |
1990 | The Flash | Reggie |
1986 | Horrible Horror | Prof. Bradshaw in 'Indestructible Man' |
1976 | The Gentleman Tramp | (voice) |
1975 | The Specialist | Chairman Hopkins |
1972 | Emergency! | |
1971 | The Million Dollar Duck | Refinery Executive (uncredited) |
1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited) |
1969 | Winning | Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited) |
1968 | Land of the Giants | Mr. Clinton |
1968 | The Doris Day Show | Andrew McIntyre |
1968 | The Doris Day Show | Mr. Gilroy |
1967 | Ironside | Father Adam Wendell (uncredited) |
1965 | Runaway Girl | Walter Quillen |
1964 | A Tiger Walks | Governor's Advisor |
1963 | Petticoat Junction | Mr. Fillmore |
1961 | Hazel | Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
1961 | 20,000 Eyes | Police Lieutenant |
1960 | From the Terrace | Partner (uncredited) |
1960 | Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus | Husband - Circus Spectator |
1960 | Cage of Evil | Victor Delmar |
1960 | Why Must I Die | Charlie Munro |
1960 | Surfside 6 | Dowell |
1960 | Valley of the Redwoods | Capt. Sid Walker |
1959 | North by Northwest | Larry Wade (uncredited) |
1959 | The Rebel Set | Lt. Cassidy |
1959 | I, Mobster | Senator |
1959 | The Third Man | Mr. Morgan |
1958 | War of the Satellites | Cole Hotchkiss |
1958 | How to Make a Monster | Gary Droz |
1958 | Teenage Cave Man | The Fire Maker |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Stephen Allen |
1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Dr. Flanigan |
1957 | The Giant Claw | Gen. Van Buskirk |
1957 | Kronos | Air Force General |
1957 | Death in Small Doses | |
1957 | Spook Chasers | The Detective |
1957 | Footsteps in the Night | Fred Horner |
1957 | 26 Men | |
1956 | Indestructible Man | Dr. Bradshaw |
1956 | Dance with Me, Henry | District Attorney Martin Proctor |
1956 | Rumble on the Docks | Judge |
1956 | Hot Shots | Pierre M. Morley |
1955 | Murder Is My Beat | Bert Rawley |
1955 | Double Jeopardy | Mr. Ross |
1955 | Navy Log | |
1955 | The Millionaire | Jack Stewart (uncredited) |
1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Dave O'Bryan |
1955 | Sheena, Queen of the Jungle | Logan |
1955 | King of the Carnival | Jess Carter |
1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited) |
1954 | The Desperado | Attorney Wilson |
1954 | Stories of the Century | Colonel Marsh |
1954 | Trader Tom of the China Seas | Conroy |
1953 | Invaders from Mars | Dr. William Wilson |
1953 | The Blue Gardenia | Doctor (uncredited) |
1953 | The Neanderthal Man | Prof. Clifford Groves |
1953 | Flight Nurse | Surgeon |
1953 | Marshal of Cedar Rock | Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper |
1953 | Prince of Pirates | Prime Minister Treeg |
1953 | Eyes of the Jungle | Watson |
1952 | Adventures of Superman | Inspector Henderson |
1952 | Without Warning! | Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist |
1952 | The Ring | Jimmy - Aragon's Manager |
1952 | Indian Uprising | Maj. Nathan Stark |
1952 | Mr. Walkie Talkie | Capt. Burke |
1952 | Behind Southern Lines | |
1951 | Missing Women | Cincotta |
1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | |
1951 | Criminal Lawyer | Clark Sommers |
1951 | The Living Christ | Priest |
1951 | The Dakota Kid | Ace Crandall |
1950 | Dynamite Pass | Jay Wingate |
1950 | Experiment Alcatraz | Barry Morgan |
1950 | Federal Man | Chief Agent Charles Stuart |
1950 | State Penitentiary | Stanley Brown |
1950 | Rider from Tucson | John Avery |
1950 | Customs Agent | West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff |
1950 | When You're Smiling | Jack Lacey |
1950 | Big Timber | Dixon |
1949 | The Threat | Insp. 'Murph' Murphy |
1949 | Forgotten Women | Richard Marshall |
1948 | The Inside Story | T.W. "Tom" O'Connor |
1948 | Let's Live a Little | Dr. Richard Field |
1948 | Loaded Pistols | Don Mason |
1948 | Best Man Wins | Judge Leonidas K. Carter |
1948 | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Floyd Durant |
1948 | The Swordsman | Ronald MacArden |
1947 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | Mr. Gordon |
1947 | Backlash | James O'Neil |
1947 | Welcome Stranger | Roy Chesley |
1947 | I Cover Big Town | Chief Tom Blake |
1947 | The Spirit of West Point | Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik |
1946 | Three Strangers | Bertram Fallon |
1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Chet King |
1946 | The Face of Marble | Dr. David Cochran |
1946 | Behind the Mask | Brad Thomas |
1946 | Wife Wanted | Bill Tyler |
1946 | I Ring Doorbells | Dick Meadows |
1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Dudley Beecham |
1945 | San Antonio | Captain Morgan |
1945 | Frontier Days | Marshal Jim Blake |
1945 | Law of the Badlands | Bob Tate |
1944 | Mr. Skeffington | MacMahon |
1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Busboy (uncredited) |
1944 | I Won't Play | Chaplain aka 'Padre' |
1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Lester Knight |
1944 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Dan Costello |
1944 | Trial by Trigger | Bill Cardigan |
1944 | Gun to Gun | Steve Randall |
1944 | Roaring Guns | Jared Whitney |
1943 | Mission to Moscow | Engineer (uncredited) |
1943 | Wagon Wheels West | U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson |
1943 | Oklahoma Outlaws | Ned Kincaid |
1934 | Wednesday's Child | Howard Benson |
1934 | Keep 'Em Rolling | Maj. James Parker |