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Robert Shayne

Born · October 4, 1900

Died · November 29, 1992 (92 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York, USA

Bio

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.

Known for

The Naked Monster

Prof. Bradshaw

4.3

2005

The Flash

Reggie · (2 episodes)

7.4

1990

The Gentleman Tramp

(voice)

6.6

1976

The Specialist

Chairman Hopkins

3.5

1975

Emergency!

(1 episode)

7.8

1972

Columbo

Rudy Matthews (uncredited) · (1 episode)

8.1

1971

The Million Dollar Duck

Refinery Executive (uncredited)

5.7

1971

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)

7.1

1970

Winning

Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)

5.9

1969

The Doris Day Show

Andrew McIntyre · (1 episode)

5.0

1968

The Doris Day Show

Mr. Gilroy · (1 episode)

5.0

1968

Land of the Giants

Mr. Clinton · (1 episode)

6.7

1968

Ironside

Father Adam Wendell (uncredited) · (1 episode)

6.8

1967

Runaway Girl

Walter Quillen

0.0

1965

A Tiger Walks

Governor's Advisor

5.7

1964

Petticoat Junction

Mr. Fillmore · (1 episode)

5.8

1963

Son of Flubber

Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)

5.9

1963

Hazel

Police Lieutenant (uncredited) · (1 episode)

6.9

1961

20,000 Eyes

Police Lieutenant

3.5

1961

Surfside 6

Dowell · (1 episode)

5.0

1960

From the Terrace

Partner (uncredited)

6.7

1960

Cage of Evil

Victor Delmar

5.5

1960

Why Must I Die

Charlie Munro

5.0

1960

Valley of the Redwoods

Capt. Sid Walker

5.0

1960

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Husband - Circus Spectator

6.1

1960

The Third Man

Mr. Morgan · (1 episode)

Screen Director's Playhouse

0.0

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Ring

Jimmy - Aragon's Manager

4.7

1952

Adventures of Superman

Inspector Henderson · (92 episodes)

6.7

1952

Without Warning!

Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist

5.9

1952

Indian Uprising

Maj. Nathan Stark

6.2

1952

Criminal Lawyer

Clark Sommers

6.7

1951

The Dakota Kid

Ace Crandall

5.0

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

(2 episodes)

4.5

1951

Missing Women

Cincotta

6.2

1951

The Living Christ

Priest · (1 episode)

5.0

1951

Experiment Alcatraz

Barry Morgan

6.5

1950

Big Timber

Dixon

0.0

1950

When You're Smiling

Jack Lacey

0.0

1950

Federal Man

Chief Agent Charles Stuart

5.0

1950

State Penitentiary

Stanley Brown

6.5

1950

Rider from Tucson

John Avery

6.0

1950

Customs Agent

West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff

0.0

1950

Dynamite Pass

Jay Wingate

5.8

1950

The Threat

Insp. 'Murph' Murphy

5.8

1949

Forgotten Women

Richard Marshall

0.0

1949

Loaded Pistols

Don Mason

5.7

1948

Let's Live a Little

Dr. Richard Field

6.3

1948

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Floyd Durant

6.0

1948

Best Man Wins

Judge Leonidas K. Carter

7.0

1948

The Inside Story

T.W. "Tom" O'Connor

6.5

1948

The Swordsman

Ronald MacArden

0.0

1948

The Spirit of West Point

Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik

0.0

1947

Welcome Stranger

Roy Chesley

6.6

1947

Backlash

James O'Neil

4.9

1947

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Mr. Gordon

6.0

1947

I Cover Big Town

Chief Tom Blake

6.0

1947

Wife Wanted

Bill Tyler

6.5

1946

Nobody Lives Forever

Chet King

6.2

1946

Behind the Mask

Brad Thomas

4.6

1946

I Ring Doorbells

Dick Meadows

0.0

1946

Three Strangers

Bertram Fallon

6.4

1946

The Face of Marble

Dr. David Cochran

4.4

1946

San Antonio

Captain Morgan

5.7

1945

Frontier Days

Marshal Jim Blake

4.0

1945

Christmas in Connecticut

Dudley Beecham

7.0

1945

Law of the Badlands

Bob Tate

0.0

1945

Hollywood Canteen

Busboy (uncredited)

7.3

1944

I Won't Play

Chaplain aka 'Padre'

6.1

1944

Make Your Own Bed

Lester Knight

5.8

1944

Trial by Trigger

Bill Cardigan

2.0

1944

Mr. Skeffington

MacMahon

6.7

1944

Shine on Harvest Moon

Dan Costello

6.0

1944

Roaring Guns

Jared Whitney

0.0

1944

Gun to Gun

Steve Randall

0.0

1944

Wagon Wheels West

U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson

4.0

1943

Oklahoma Outlaws

Ned Kincaid

5.0

1943

Mission to Moscow

Engineer (uncredited)

5.2

1943

Wednesday's Child

Howard Benson

3.0

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling

Maj. James Parker

6.0

1934