Robert Shayne
Born October 04, 1900 (Age: 125)
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Yonkers, New York, USA
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.
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
The Priest Killer
1971
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as Father Adam Wendell
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Age: 70
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
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as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Winning
1969
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as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
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Age: 68
Runaway Girl
1965
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as Walter Quillen
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Age: 64
A Tiger Walks
1964
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as Governor's Advisor
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Age: 63
Son of Flubber
1963
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as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
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Age: 62
20,000 Eyes
1961
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as Police Lieutenant
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Age: 60
From the Terrace
1960
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as Partner (uncredited)
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Age: 59
Cage of Evil
1960
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as Victor Delmar
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Age: 59
Why Must I Die
1960
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as Charlie Munro
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Age: 59
Valley of the Redwoods
1960
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as Capt. Sid Walker
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Age: 59
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
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as Husband - Circus Spectator
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Age: 59
North by Northwest
1959
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as Larry Wade (uncredited)
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Age: 58
The Rebel Set
1959
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as Lt. Cassidy
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Age: 58
I, Mobster
1959
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as Senator
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Age: 58
Teenage Cave Man
1958
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as The Fire Maker
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Age: 57
How to Make a Monster
1958
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as Gary Droz
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Age: 57
War of the Satellites
1958
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as Cole Hotchkiss
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Age: 57
Hot Shots
1956
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as Pierre M. Morley
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Age: 56
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
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as District Attorney Martin Proctor
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Age: 56
Rumble on the Docks
1956
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as Judge
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Age: 56
Indestructible Man
1956
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as Dr. Bradshaw
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Age: 55
King of the Carnival
1955
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as Jess Carter
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Age: 54
Double Jeopardy
1955
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as Mr. Ross
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Age: 54
Murder Is My Beat
1955
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as Bert Rawley
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Age: 54
Superman in Exile
1954
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as Inspector Henderson
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Age: 54
Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954
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as Inspector Henderson
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Age: 54
Superman Flies Again
1954
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as Inspector Henderson
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Age: 54
Superman's Peril
1954
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as Inspector Henderson
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Age: 54
Superman and Scotland Yard
1954
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as Inspector Henderson
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Age: 53
The Desperado
1954
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as Attorney Wilson
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Age: 53
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954
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as Conroy
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Age: 53
Flight Nurse
1953
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as Surgeon
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Age: 53
No Image
Eyes of the Jungle
1953
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as Watson
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Age: 52
The Neanderthal Man
1953
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as Prof. Clifford Groves
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Age: 52
Invaders from Mars
1953
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as Dr. William Wilson
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Age: 52
The Blue Gardenia
1953
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as Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Prince of Pirates
1953
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as Prime Minister Treeg
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Age: 52
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
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as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
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Age: 52
Experiment Alcatraz
1950
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as Barry Morgan
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Age: 50
Big Timber
1950
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as Dixon
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Age: 49
When You're Smiling
1950
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as Jack Lacey
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Age: 49
Federal Man
1950
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as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
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Age: 49
State Penitentiary
1950
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as Stanley Brown
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Age: 49
Rider from Tucson
1950
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as John Avery
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Age: 49
Customs Agent
1950
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as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
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Age: 49
Dynamite Pass
1950
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as Jay Wingate
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Age: 49
San Antonio
1945
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as Captain Morgan
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Age: 45
Frontier Days
1945
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as Marshal Jim Blake
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Age: 45
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
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as Dudley Beecham
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Age: 44
Law of the Badlands
1945
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as Bob Tate
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Age: 44