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Robert Shayne
Actor
Died 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.
Filmography
| 2005 | The Naked Monster · as Prof. Bradshaw |
| 1990 | The Flash (TV Series) · as Reggie |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Prof. Bradshaw, In clips from 'Indestructible Man' |
| 1976 | The Gentleman Tramp · as actor |
| 1975 | The Four Deuces · as Vince |
| 1975 | The Specialist · as Chairman Hopkins |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. (TV Series) · as Dr. Gordon |
| 1972 | Cool Breeze · as Dr. Fields, Gynocologist |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Man on Stretcher |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) · as Clerk |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive · as Sponsor |
| 1971 | The Million Dollar Duck · as Refinery Executive (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Rudy Matthews |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go · as U.S. Senator |
| 1969 | Winning · as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Arrangement · as Board Member |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Committee member |
| 1968 | Blondie (1968) (TV Series) · as actor |
| 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 |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber · as Defense Secretary's Assistant |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Mr. Fillmore |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Police Lieutenant |
| 1960 | From the Terrace · as Partner |
| 1960 | Cage of Evil · as Victor Delmar |
| 1960 | Why Must I Die? · as Charlie Munro |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Mr. Marfield |
| 1960 | Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus · as Husband - Circus Spectator |
| 1959 | North by Northwest · as Larry Wade (uncredited) |
| 1959 | I Mobster · as Senator |
| 1959 | The Rebel Set · as Lt. Cassidy |
| 1959 | Battle Flame · as Lt. Norris |
| 1958 | War of the Satellites · as Cole Hotchkiss |
| 1958 | The Lost Missile · as Air Force General |
| 1958 | How to Make a Monster · as Gary Droz |
| 1958 | Teenage Cave Man · as The Fire Maker |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Flanigan |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) · as Sheriff Henry Logan |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Stephen Allen |
| 1957 | The Giant Claw · as Gen. Van Buskirk |
| 1957 | Death in Small Doses · as Frank Ainsley |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Capt. Cass Emerson |
| 1956 | Dance with Me, Henry · as District Attorney Martin Proctor |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder · as Doctor |
| 1956 | Indestructible Man · as Dr. Bradshaw |
| 1956 | Frontier Doctor (TV Series) · as Warden Peter Crown |
| 1955 | Murder Is My Beat · as Bert Rawley |
| 1955 | Double Jeopardy · as Mr. Ross |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea · as Cmdr. Dean |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series) · as Sam Thatcher |
| 1954 | Tobor the Great · as General |
| 1954 | Superman Flies Again · as Inspector Henderson |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Highway Engineer |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Colonel Marsh |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show (TV Series) · as Clyde Sanders |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars · as Dr. William Wilson |
| 1953 | The Blue Gardenia · as Doctor |
| 1953 | The Neanderthal Man · as Prof. Clifford Groves |
| 1953 | Marshal of Cedar Rock · as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper |
| 1952 | The Ring · as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager |
| 1952 | Indian Uprising · as Maj. Nathan Stark |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Col. Scott |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Inspector Henderson |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Gilford |
| 1951 | Sky King (TV Series) · as John Waythron |
| 1951 | Mark Saber (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1950 | Rider from Tucson · as John Avery |
| 1950 | When You're Smiling · as Jack Lacey |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Wallace |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Leland Spinner |
| 1948 | The Inside Story · as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols · as Don Mason |
| 1948 | The Swordsman · as Ronald MacArden |
| 1948 | Best Man Wins · as Judge Leonidas K. Carter |
| 1947 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman · as Mr. Gordon |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever · as Chet King |
| 1946 | Three Strangers · as Bertram Fallon |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask · as Brad Thomas |
| 1945 | San Antonio · as Captain Morgan |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue · as Christine's Escort |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut · as Dudley Beecham |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen · as Busboy (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington · as MacMahon |
| 1937 | Off the Horses · as Jack |
| 1935 | People's Enemy · as First Department of Justice Representative |