Robert Shayne
105 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 4, 1900
- Died
- Nov 29, 1992 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Shaen Dawe · Robert Shane · Bob Shayne
Biography
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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.
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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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Known for
Robert Shayne: movies and TV shows
Acting (129)
- 2005 The Naked Monster
as Prof. Bradshaw
- 1990
- 1988
- 1976 The Gentleman Tramp
as (voice)
- 1975 The Four Deuces
as Vince
- 1975 The Specialist
as Chairman Hopkins
- 1974 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as U.S. Senator (uncredited)
- 1972 Cool Breeze
as Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971 The Priest Killer
as Father Adam Wendell
- 1971 The Million Dollar Duck
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
- 1971 The Barefoot Executive
as Sponsor
- 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
- 1969 Winning
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1965 Runaway Girl
as Walter Quillen
- 1964 A Tiger Walks
as Governor's Advisor
- 1963
- 1963 Son of Flubber
as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1961
- 1961 20,000 Eyes
as Police Lieutenant
- 1960
- 1960 From the Terrace
as Partner (uncredited)
- 1960 Cage of Evil
as Victor Delmar
- 1960 Why Must I Die
as Charlie Munro
- 1960 Valley of the Redwoods
as Capt. Sid Walker
- 1960 Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Husband - Circus Spectator
- 1959
- 1959 North by Northwest
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
- 1959 The Rebel Set
as Lt. Cassidy
- 1959 I, Mobster
as Senator
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Teenage Cave Man
as The Fire Maker
- 1958 How to Make a Monster
as Gary Droz
- 1958 War of the Satellites
as Cole Hotchkiss
- 1957
- 1957 Death in Small Doses
as Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
- 1957 Spook Chasers
as The Detective
- 1957 The Giant Claw
as Gen. Van Buskirk
- 1957 Footsteps in the Night
as Fred Horner
- 1957 Kronos
as Air Force General
- 1956 Hot Shots
as Pierre M. Morley
- 1956 Dance with Me, Henry
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
- 1956 Rumble on the Docks
as Judge
- 1956 Indestructible Man
as Dr. Bradshaw
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 King of the Carnival
as Jess Carter
- 1955 Double Jeopardy
as Mr. Ross
- 1955 Murder Is My Beat
as Bert Rawley
- 1955
- 1954 Superman Flies Again
as Inspector Henderson
- 1954 Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Inspector Henderson
- 1954 Superman in Exile
as Inspector Henderson
- 1954 Superman's Peril
as Inspector Henderson
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney · TV
as Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited) / Mr. Wyatt (uncredited) / Husband in Audience (uncredited) · 4 episodes
- 1954 Superman and Scotland Yard
as Inspector Henderson
- 1954 The Desperado
as Attorney Wilson
- 1954
- 1954 Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Conroy
- 1953 Flight Nurse
as Surgeon
- 1953 Eyes of the Jungle
as Watson
- 1953 The Neanderthal Man
as Prof. Clifford Groves
- 1953 Invaders from Mars
as Dr. William Wilson
- 1953 The Blue Gardenia
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1953 Prince of Pirates
as Prime Minister Treeg
- 1953 Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
- 1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Capt. Burke
- 1952
- 1952 The Ring
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
- 1952
- 1952 Without Warning!
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
- 1952 Indian Uprising
as Maj. Nathan Stark
- 1951 Criminal Lawyer
as Clark Sommers
- 1951 The Dakota Kid
as Ace Crandall
- 1951
- 1951 Missing Women
as Cincotta
- 1951
- 1950 Experiment Alcatraz
as Barry Morgan
- 1950 Big Timber
as Dixon
- 1950 When You're Smiling
as Jack Lacey
- 1950 Federal Man
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
- 1950 State Penitentiary
as Stanley Brown
- 1950 Rider from Tucson
as John Avery
- 1950 Customs Agent
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
- 1950 Dynamite Pass
as Jay Wingate
- 1949 The Threat
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
- 1949 Forgotten Women
as Richard Marshall
- 1948 Loaded Pistols
as Don Mason
- 1948 Let's Live a Little
as Dr. Richard Field
- 1948 The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Floyd Durant
- 1948 Shaggy
as Bob Calvin
- 1948 Best Man Wins
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
- 1948 The Inside Story
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
- 1948 The Swordsman
as Ronald MacArden
- 1947 The Spirit of West Point
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
- 1947 Welcome Stranger
as Roy Chesley
- 1947 Backlash
as James O'Neil
- 1947 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Mr. Gordon
- 1947 I Cover Big Town
as Chief Tom Blake
- 1946 Wife Wanted
as Bill Tyler
- 1946 Nobody Lives Forever
as Chet King
- 1946 Behind the Mask
as Brad Thomas
- 1946 I Ring Doorbells
as Dick Meadows
- 1946 Three Strangers
as Bertram Fallon
- 1946 The Face of Marble
as Dr. David Cochran
- 1945 San Antonio
as Captain Morgan
- 1945 Frontier Days
as Marshal Jim Blake
- 1945 Christmas in Connecticut
as Dudley Beecham
- 1945 Law of the Badlands
as Bob Tate
- 1944 Hollywood Canteen
as Busboy (uncredited)
- 1944 I Won't Play
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
- 1944 Make Your Own Bed
as Lester Knight
- 1944 Trial by Trigger
as Bill Cardigan
- 1944 Mr. Skeffington
as MacMahon
- 1944 Shine on Harvest Moon
as Dan Costello
- 1944 Roaring Guns
as Jared Whitney
- 1944 Gun to Gun
as Steve Randall
- 1943 Wagon Wheels West
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
- 1943 Oklahoma Outlaws
as Ned Kincaid
- 1943 Mission to Moscow
as Engineer (uncredited)
- 1934 Wednesday's Child
as Howard Benson
- 1934 Keep 'Em Rolling
as Maj. James Parker