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Robert Shayne
Actor
Born October 4, 1900Died November 29, 1992 (92 years)
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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.
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.
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
| 2005 | The Naked Monster · as Prof. Bradshaw |
| 1991 | The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 · as Major |
| 1990 | The Flash (TV Series) · as Reggie |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Prof. Bradshaw, In Clips From 'indestructible Man' |
| 1975 | The Gentleman Tramp · as (voice) |
| 1975 | The Four Deuces · as Vince |
| 1975 | The Specialist · as Chairman Hopkins |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. (TV Series) · as Dr. Gordon |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go · as U.s. Senator |
| 1973 | Superman · as Inspector Henderson |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) · as Clerk |
| 1972 | Cool Breeze · as Dr. Fields, Gynocologist |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Man On Stretcher |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Rudy Matthews (uncredited) |
| 1971 | The Million Dollar Duck · as Refinery Executive (uncredited) |
| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive · as Sponsor |
| 1971 | The Smith Family (TV Series) · as Security Officer |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Arrangement · as Board Member |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Sound Mixer |
| 1969 | Winning · as Well-Wisher At Indy Victory (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Committee Member |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Protectors (TV Series) · as Appellate Judge |
| 1968 | Blondie (1968) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show (TV Series) · as Andrew Mcintyre |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants (TV Series) · as Mr. Clinton |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Father Adam Wendell (uncredited) |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks · as Governor's Advisor |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Mr. Fillmore |
| 1962 | Son of Flubber · as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1961 | 20,000 Eyes · as Police Lieutenant |
| 1960 | SurfSide 6 (TV Series) · as Dowell |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Mr. Marfield |
| 1960 | Cage of Evil · as Victor Delmar |
| 1960 | From the Terrace · as Partner (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Why Must I Die? · as Charlie Munro |
| 1960 | Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus · as Husband - Circus Spectator |
| 1959 | North by Northwest · as Larry Wade (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Tightrope (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Frome |
| 1959 | Battle Flame · as Lt. Norris |
| 1959 | The Rebel Set · as Lt. Cassidy |
| 1959 | I Mobster · as Senator |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Mr. Morgan |
| 1958 | Revolt in the Big House · as Mickey - Guard |
| 1958 | The Lost Missile · as Air Force General |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Stephen Allen |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Flanigan |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) · as Sheriff Henry Logan |
| 1958 | How to Make a Monster · as Gary Droz |
| 1958 | Teenage Cave Man · as The Fire Maker |
| 1958 | War of the Satellites · as Cole Hotchkiss |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Capt. Cass Emerson |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | The Gray Ghost (TV Series) · as Torbert |
| 1957 | |
| 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 | Frontier Doctor (TV Series) · as Warden Peter Crown |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) · as Mike Coleman |
| 1956 | Hot Shots · as Pierre M. Morley |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder · as Doctor |
| 1956 | Dance with Me, Henry · as District Attorney Martin Proctor |
| 1956 | Rumble on the Docks · as Judge |
| 1956 | Indestructible Man · as Dr. Bradshaw |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dave O'bryan |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series) · as Sam Thatcher |
| 1955 | Navy Log (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (TV Series) · as Logan |
| 1955 | Double Jeopardy · as Mr. Ross |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea · as Cmdr. Dean |
| 1955 | Murder Is My Beat · as Bert Rawley |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Jack Stewart (uncredited) |
| 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 Flies Again · as Inspector Henderson |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Assistant To Defense Secretary (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Tobor the Great · as General |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show (TV Series) · as Clyde Sanders |
| 1954 | Superman and Scotland Yard · as Inspector Henderson |
| 1954 | The Desperado · as Attorney Wilson |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Colonel Marsh |
| 1954 | Trader Tom of the China Seas · as Conroy |
| 1954 | The Joe Palooka Story (TV Series) · as Fight Announcer |
| 1953 | Flight Nurse · as Surgeon |
| 1953 | Sea of Lost Ships · as Executive Officer |
| 1953 | The Neanderthal Man · as Prof. Clifford Groves |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars · as Dr. William Wilson |
| 1953 | The Lady Wants Mink · as Cecil |
| 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 | Ramar of the Jungle (TV Series) · as Joe |
| 1952 | Mr. Walkie Talkie · as Capt. Burke |
| 1952 | The Ring · as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Inspector Henderson |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Cliff |
| 1952 | Without Warning! · as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Col. Scott |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Gilford |
| 1952 | Indian Uprising · as Maj. Nathan Stark |
| 1951 | Mark Saber (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Sky King (TV Series) · as John Waythron |
| 1951 | Criminal Lawyer · as Clark Sommers |
| 1951 | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Missing Women · as Cincotta |
| 1951 | Living Christ Series (TV Series) · as Priest |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Wallace |
| 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 |
| 1950 | Space Patrol (TV Series) · as Groata |
| 1949 | The Threat · as Insp. 'murph' Murphy |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Leland Spinner |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Father |
| 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 | 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 | Welcome Stranger · as Roy Chesley |
| 1947 | Backlash · as James O'neil |
| 1947 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman · as Mr. Gordon |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted · as Bill Tyler |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever · as Chet King |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask · as Brad Thomas |
| 1946 | Three Strangers · as Bertram Fallon |
| 1946 | The Face of Marble · as Dr. David Cochran |
| 1945 | San Antonio · as Captain Morgan |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue · as Christine's Escort |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut · as Dudley Beecham |
| 1945 | Escape in the Desert · as Radio Newscaster |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen · as Busboy (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington · as Macmahon |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed · as Lester Knight |
| 1944 | Shine on Harvest Moon · as Dan Costello |
| 1944 | Roaring Guns · as Jared Whitney |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow · as Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Off the Horses · as Jack |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy · as First Department Of Justice Representative |
| 1934 | Wednesday's Child · as Howard Benson |
| 1934 | Keep 'Em Rolling · as Maj. James Parker |