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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 4, 1900
Died
November 29, 1992
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Robert Shaen Dawe
- Robert Shane
- Bob Shayne
Robert Shayne
0.5 Popularity
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
4.3
Prof. Bradshaw
The Naked Monster
2005
7.4
Reggie
The Flash
1990
6.6
(voice)
The Gentleman Tramp
1976
3.5
Chairman Hopkins
The Specialist
1975
7.8
Emergency!
1972
8.1
Rudy Matthews (uncredited)
Columbo
1971
5.8
Refinery Executive (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
7.1
Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
5.9
Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Winning
1969
5.3
Andrew McIntyre
The Doris Day Show
1968
Credits
The Naked Monster
as Prof. Bradshaw
2005
4.3
The Flash
as Reggie
1990
7.4
The Gentleman Tramp
as (voice)
1976
6.6
The Specialist
as Chairman Hopkins
1975
3.5
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Columbo
as Rudy Matthews (uncredited)
1971
8.1
The Million Dollar Duck
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
1971
5.8
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
1970
7.1
Winning
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
1969
5.9
The Doris Day Show
as Andrew McIntyre
1968
5.3
The Doris Day Show
as Mr. Gilroy
1968
5.3
Land of the Giants
as Mr. Clinton
1968
6.7
Ironside
as Father Adam Wendell (uncredited)
1967
6.8
Runaway Girl
as Walter Quillen
1965
0.0
A Tiger Walks
as Governor's Advisor
1964
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as Mr. Fillmore
1963
5.8
Son of Flubber
as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
1963
5.9
Hazel
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1961
6.8
20,000 Eyes
as Police Lieutenant
1961
3.5
Surfside 6
as Dowell
1960
5.0
From the Terrace
as Partner (uncredited)
1960
6.6
Cage of Evil
as Victor Delmar
1960
5.5
Why Must I Die
as Charlie Munro
1960
5.0
Valley of the Redwoods
as Capt. Sid Walker
1960
5.0
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Husband - Circus Spectator
1960
6.1
The Third Man
as Mr. Morgan
1959
6.7
North by Northwest
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
1959
8.0
The Rebel Set
as Lt. Cassidy
1959
2.8
I, Mobster
as Senator
1959
6.5
77 Sunset Strip
as Stephen Allen
1958
6.7
The Donna Reed Show
as Dr. Flanigan
1958
6.2
Teenage Cave Man
as The Fire Maker
1958
3.9
How to Make a Monster
as Gary Droz
1958
5.6
War of the Satellites
as Cole Hotchkiss
1958
5.0
26 Men
1957
4.2
Death in Small Doses
1957
5.0
Spook Chasers
as The Detective
1957
4.8
The Giant Claw
as Gen. Van Buskirk
1957
4.8
Footsteps in the Night
as Fred Horner
1957
5.3
Kronos
as Air Force General
1957
5.6
Hot Shots
as Pierre M. Morley
1956
5.0
Dance with Me, Henry
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
1956
5.1
Rumble on the Docks
as Judge
1956
5.7
Indestructible Man
as Dr. Bradshaw
1956
4.3
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Dave O'Bryan
1955
6.5
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
as Logan
1955
4.5
King of the Carnival
as Jess Carter
1955
0.0
Double Jeopardy
as Mr. Ross
1955
5.4
Murder Is My Beat
as Bert Rawley
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
as Jack Stewart (uncredited)
1955
5.0
Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Inspector Henderson
1954
10.0
Superman in Exile
as Inspector Henderson
1954
10.0
Superman's Peril
as Inspector Henderson
1954
0.0
Superman Flies Again
as Inspector Henderson
1954
10.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Wyatt (uncredited)
1954
7.8
Superman and Scotland Yard
as Inspector Henderson
1954
10.0
The Desperado
as Attorney Wilson
1954
6.6
Stories of the Century
as Colonel Marsh
1954
5.7
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Conroy
1954
0.0
Flight Nurse
as Surgeon
1953
5.5
🎬
Eyes of the Jungle
as Watson
1953
0.0
The Neanderthal Man
as Prof. Clifford Groves
1953
4.1
Invaders from Mars
as Dr. William Wilson
1953
5.9
The Blue Gardenia
as Doctor (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Prince of Pirates
as Prime Minister Treeg
1953
7.5
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
1953
5.5
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Capt. Burke
1952
5.0
Behind Southern Lines
1952
0.0
The Ring
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
1952
4.7
Adventures of Superman
as Inspector Henderson
1952
6.7
Without Warning!
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
1952
6.0
Indian Uprising
as Maj. Nathan Stark
1952
6.2
Criminal Lawyer
as Clark Sommers
1951
6.7
The Dakota Kid
as Ace Crandall
1951
5.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Missing Women
as Cincotta
1951
6.2
The Living Christ
as Priest
1951
5.0
Experiment Alcatraz
as Barry Morgan
1950
6.5
Big Timber
as Dixon
1950
0.0
When You're Smiling
as Jack Lacey
1950
0.0
Federal Man
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
1950
5.0
State Penitentiary
as Stanley Brown
1950
6.5
Rider from Tucson
as John Avery
1950
6.0
Customs Agent
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
1950
0.0
Dynamite Pass
as Jay Wingate
1950
5.9
The Threat
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
1949
5.8
Forgotten Women
as Richard Marshall
1949
0.0
Loaded Pistols
as Don Mason
1948
5.7
Let's Live a Little
as Dr. Richard Field
1948
6.3
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Floyd Durant
1948
6.0
Best Man Wins
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
1948
7.0
The Inside Story
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
1948
6.5
The Swordsman
as Ronald MacArden
1948
0.0
The Spirit of West Point
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
1947
0.0
Welcome Stranger
as Roy Chesley
1947
6.6
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Mr. Gordon
1947
6.1
Backlash
as James O'Neil
1947
4.9
I Cover Big Town
as Chief Tom Blake
1947
6.0
Wife Wanted
as Bill Tyler
1946
6.5
Nobody Lives Forever
as Chet King
1946
6.2
Behind the Mask
as Brad Thomas
1946
4.6
I Ring Doorbells
as Dick Meadows
1946
0.0
Three Strangers
as Bertram Fallon
1946
6.4
The Face of Marble
as Dr. David Cochran
1946
4.4
San Antonio
as Captain Morgan
1945
5.7
Frontier Days
as Marshal Jim Blake
1945
4.0
Christmas in Connecticut
as Dudley Beecham
1945
6.9
Law of the Badlands
as Bob Tate
1945
0.0
Hollywood Canteen
as Busboy (uncredited)
1944
7.3
I Won't Play
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
1944
6.4
Make Your Own Bed
as Lester Knight
1944
5.8
Trial by Trigger
as Bill Cardigan
1944
2.0
Mr. Skeffington
as MacMahon
1944
6.7
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Dan Costello
1944
6.0
Roaring Guns
as Jared Whitney
1944
0.0
Gun to Gun
as Steve Randall
1944
0.0
Wagon Wheels West
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
1943
4.0
Oklahoma Outlaws
as Ned Kincaid
1943
5.0
Mission to Moscow
as Engineer (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Wednesday's Child
as Howard Benson
1934
3.0
Keep 'Em Rolling
as Maj. James Parker
1934
6.0