Robert Shayne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-10-04
Day of Death
1992-11-29 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Robert Shayne
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.
Known For
Acting
(2005)
The Naked Monster
as Prof. Bradshaw
(1976)
The Gentleman Tramp
as (voice)
(1975)
The Specialist
as Chairman Hopkins
(1971)
The Million Dollar Duck
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
(1969)
Winning
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
(1965)
Runaway Girl
as Walter Quillen
(1964)
A Tiger Walks
as Governor's Advisor
(1963)
Son of Flubber
as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
(1961)
20,000 Eyes
as Police Lieutenant
(1960)
From the Terrace
as Partner (uncredited)
(1960)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Husband - Circus Spectator
(1960)
Valley of the Redwoods
as Capt. Sid Walker
(1960)
Cage of Evil
as Victor Delmar
(1960)
Why Must I Die
as Charlie Munro
(1959)
North by Northwest
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
(1959)
I, Mobster
as Senator
(1959)
The Rebel Set
as Lt. Cassidy
(1958)
Teenage Cave Man
as The Fire Maker
(1958)
War of the Satellites
as Cole Hotchkiss
(1958)
How to Make a Monster
as Gary Droz
(1957)
The Giant Claw
as Gen. Van Buskirk
(1957)
Kronos
as Air Force General
(1957)
(1957)
Spook Chasers
as The Detective
(1957)
Footsteps in the Night
as Fred Horner
(1956)
Indestructible Man
as Dr. Bradshaw
(1956)
Hot Shots
as Pierre M. Morley
(1956)
Dance with Me, Henry
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
(1956)
Rumble on the Docks
as Judge
(1955)
Double Jeopardy
as Mr. Ross
(1955)
Murder Is My Beat
as Bert Rawley
(1955)
King of the Carnival
as Jess Carter
(1954)
The Desperado
as Attorney Wilson
(1954)
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Conroy
(1954)
Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Inspector Henderson
(1954)
Superman in Exile
as Inspector Henderson
(1954)
Superman's Peril
as Inspector Henderson
(1954)
Superman and Scotland Yard
as Inspector Henderson
(1954)
Superman Flies Again
as Inspector Henderson
(1953)
Invaders from Mars
as Dr. William Wilson
(1953)
The Blue Gardenia
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1953)
Flight Nurse
as Surgeon
(1953)
The Neanderthal Man
as Prof. Clifford Groves
(1953)
Prince of Pirates
as Prime Minister Treeg
(1953)
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
(1953)
Eyes of the Jungle
as Watson
(1952)
Indian Uprising
as Maj. Nathan Stark
(1952)
The Ring
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
(1952)
Without Warning!
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
(1952)
(1952)
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Capt. Burke
(1951)
Missing Women
as Cincotta
(1951)
Criminal Lawyer
as Clark Sommers
(1951)
The Dakota Kid
as Ace Crandall
(1950)
Dynamite Pass
as Jay Wingate
(1950)
Big Timber
as Dixon
(1950)
Customs Agent
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
(1950)
Experiment Alcatraz
as Barry Morgan
(1950)
State Penitentiary
as Stanley Brown
(1950)
Rider from Tucson
as John Avery
(1950)
Federal Man
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
(1950)
When You're Smiling
as Jack Lacey
(1949)
Forgotten Women
as Richard Marshall
(1949)
The Threat
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
(1948)
The Swordsman
as Ronald MacArden
(1948)
Loaded Pistols
as Don Mason
(1948)
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Floyd Durant
(1948)
The Inside Story
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
(1948)
Let's Live a Little
as Dr. Richard Field
(1948)
Best Man Wins
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
(1947)
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Mr. Gordon
(1947)
Backlash
as James O'Neil
(1947)
Welcome Stranger
as Roy Chesley
(1947)
I Cover Big Town
as Chief Tom Blake
(1947)
The Spirit of West Point
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Bertram Fallon
(1946)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Chet King
(1946)
Behind the Mask
as Brad Thomas
(1946)
Wife Wanted
as Bill Tyler
(1946)
I Ring Doorbells
as Dick Meadows
(1946)
The Face of Marble
as Dr. David Cochran
(1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Dudley Beecham
(1945)
San Antonio
as Captain Morgan
(1945)
Law of the Badlands
as Bob Tate
(1945)
Frontier Days
as Marshal Jim Blake
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as MacMahon
(1944)
Hollywood Canteen
as Busboy (uncredited)
(1944)
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Dan Costello
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
as Lester Knight
(1944)
I Won't Play
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
(1944)
Roaring Guns
as Jared Whitney
(1944)
Trial by Trigger
as Bill Cardigan
(1944)
Gun to Gun
as Steve Randall
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Engineer (uncredited)
(1943)
Oklahoma Outlaws
as Ned Kincaid
(1943)
Wagon Wheels West
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
(1934)
Wednesday's Child
as Howard Benson
(1934)
Keep 'Em Rolling
as Maj. James Parker