Robert Shayne
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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.
Fotos
Películas (105)
The Naked Monster
2005 · Prof. Bradshaw
The Gentleman Tramp
1976 · (voice)
The Four Deuces
1975 · Vince
The Specialist
1975 · Chairman Hopkins
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974 · U.S. Senator (uncredited)
Cool Breeze
1972 · Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
The Priest Killer
1971 · Father Adam Wendell
The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · Refinery Executive (uncredited)
The Barefoot Executive
1971 · Sponsor
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Winning
1969 · Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Runaway Girl
1965 · Walter Quillen
A Tiger Walks
1964 · Governor's Advisor
Son of Flubber
1963 · Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
20,000 Eyes
1961 · Police Lieutenant
From the Terrace
1960 · Partner (uncredited)
Cage of Evil
1960 · Victor Delmar
Why Must I Die
1960 · Charlie Munro
Valley of the Redwoods
1960 · Capt. Sid Walker
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960 · Husband - Circus Spectator
North by Northwest
1959 · Larry Wade (uncredited)
The Rebel Set
1959 · Lt. Cassidy
I, Mobster
1959 · Senator
Teenage Cave Man
1958 · The Fire Maker
How to Make a Monster
1958 · Gary Droz
War of the Satellites
1958 · Cole Hotchkiss
Death in Small Doses
1957 · Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
Spook Chasers
1957 · The Detective
The Giant Claw
1957 · Gen. Van Buskirk
Footsteps in the Night
1957 · Fred Horner
Kronos
1957 · Air Force General
Hot Shots
1956 · Pierre M. Morley
Dance with Me, Henry
1956 · District Attorney Martin Proctor
Rumble on the Docks
1956 · Judge
Indestructible Man
1956 · Dr. Bradshaw
King of the Carnival
1955 · Jess Carter
Double Jeopardy
1955 · Mr. Ross
Murder Is My Beat
1955 · Bert Rawley
Superman Flies Again
1954 · Inspector Henderson
Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954 · Inspector Henderson
Superman in Exile
1954 · Inspector Henderson
Superman's Peril
1954 · Inspector Henderson
Superman and Scotland Yard
1954 · Inspector Henderson
The Desperado
1954 · Attorney Wilson
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954 · Conroy
Flight Nurse
1953 · Surgeon
Eyes of the Jungle
1953 · Watson
The Neanderthal Man
1953 · Prof. Clifford Groves
Invaders from Mars
1953 · William Wilson
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Doctor (uncredited)
Prince of Pirates
1953 · Prime Minister Treeg
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953 · Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 · Capt. Burke
Behind Southern Lines
1952
The Ring
1952 · Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
Without Warning!
1952 · Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Indian Uprising
1952 · Maj. Nathan Stark
Criminal Lawyer
1951 · Clark Sommers
The Dakota Kid
1951 · Ace Crandall
Missing Women
1951 · Cincotta
Experiment Alcatraz
1950 · Barry Morgan
Big Timber
1950 · Dixon
When You're Smiling
1950 · Jack Lacey
Federal Man
1950 · Chief Agent Charles Stuart
State Penitentiary
1950 · Stanley Brown
Rider from Tucson
1950 · John Avery
Customs Agent
1950 · West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Dynamite Pass
1950 · Jay Wingate
The Threat
1949 · Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Forgotten Women
1949 · Richard Marshall
Loaded Pistols
1948 · Don Mason
Let's Live a Little
1948 · Dr. Richard Field
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948 · Floyd Durant
Shaggy
1948 · Bob Calvin
Best Man Wins
1948 · Judge Leonidas K. Carter
The Inside Story
1948 · T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
The Swordsman
1948 · Ronald MacArden
The Spirit of West Point
1947 · Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Roy Chesley
Backlash
1947 · James O'Neil
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947 · Mr. Gordon
I Cover Big Town
1947 · Chief Tom Blake
Wife Wanted
1946 · Bill Tyler
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · Chet King
Behind the Mask
1946 · Brad Thomas
I Ring Doorbells
1946 · Dick Meadows
Three Strangers
1946 · Bertram Fallon
The Face of Marble
1946 · Dr. David Cochran
San Antonio
1945 · Captain Morgan
Frontier Days
1945 · Marshal Jim Blake
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Dudley Beecham
Law of the Badlands
1945 · Bob Tate
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · Busboy (uncredited)
I Won't Play
1944 · Chaplain aka 'Padre'
Make Your Own Bed
1944 · Lester Knight
Trial by Trigger
1944 · Bill Cardigan
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · MacMahon
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Dan Costello
Roaring Guns
1944 · Jared Whitney
Gun to Gun
1944 · Steve Randall
Wagon Wheels West
1943 · U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943 · Ned Kincaid
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Engineer (uncredited)
Wednesday's Child
1934 · Howard Benson
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934 · Maj. James Parker
Series (24)
The Flash
1990 · Reggie
Freddy's Nightmares
1988 · The Minister
Emergency!
1972
Colombo
1971 · Rudy Matthews (uncredited)
Blondie
1968
The Doris Day Show
1968 · Andrew McIntyre, Mr. Gilroy
Land of the Giants
1968 · Mr. Clinton
Ironside
1967 · Father Adam Wendell (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Mr. Fillmore
Hazel
1961 · Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Surfside 6
1960 · Dowell
The Third Man
1959 · Mr. Morgan
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Stephen Allen
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Dr. Flanigan
26 Men
1957
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Dave O'Bryan
Navy Log
1955
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1955 · Logan
The Millionaire
1955 · Jack Stewart (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited), Mr. Wyatt (uncredited), Husband in Audience (uncredited)
Stories of the Century
1954 · Colonel Marsh
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Inspector Henderson
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Living Christ
1951 · Priest