Acting
Robert Shayne
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.
Filmography
The Naked Monster
Film · 2005
The Flash
Series · 1990
Freddy's Nightmares
Series · 1988
The Gentleman Tramp
Film · 1976
The Specialist
Film · 1975
The Four Deuces
Film · 1975
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Film · 1974
Cool Breeze
Film · 1972
Emergency!
Series · 1972
The Million Dollar Duck
Film · 1971
The Priest Killer
Film · 1971
The Barefoot Executive
Film · 1971
Columbo
Series · 1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Film · 1970
Winning
Film · 1969
Land of the Giants
Series · 1968
The Doris Day Show
Series · 1968
The Doris Day Show
Series · 1968
Blondie
Series · 1968
Ironside
Series · 1967
Runaway Girl
Film · 1965
A Tiger Walks
Film · 1964
Son of Flubber
Film · 1963
Petticoat Junction
Series · 1963
20,000 Eyes
Film · 1961
Hazel
Series · 1961
From the Terrace
Film · 1960
Cage of Evil
Film · 1960
Valley of the Redwoods
Film · 1960
Why Must I Die
Film · 1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Film · 1960
Surfside 6
Series · 1960
I, Mobster
Film · 1959
The Rebel Set
Film · 1959
North by Northwest
Film · 1959
The Third Man
Series · 1959
War of the Satellites
Film · 1958
Teenage Cave Man
Film · 1958
How to Make a Monster
Film · 1958
The Donna Reed Show
Series · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
Series · 1958
The Giant Claw
Film · 1957
Footsteps in the Night
Film · 1957
Death in Small Doses
Film · 1957
Kronos
Film · 1957
Spook Chasers
Film · 1957
26 Men
Series · 1957
Indestructible Man
Film · 1956
Hot Shots
Film · 1956
Rumble on the Docks
Film · 1956
Dance with Me, Henry
Film · 1956
Double Jeopardy
Film · 1955
Murder Is My Beat
Film · 1955
King of the Carnival
Film · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Navy Log
Series · 1955
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
Series · 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Series · 1955
The Desperado
Film · 1954
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Film · 1954
Superman and Scotland Yard
Film · 1954
Superman Flies Again
Film · 1954
Superman and the Jungle Devil
Film · 1954
Superman in Exile
Film · 1954
Superman's Peril
Film · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Stories of the Century
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Neanderthal Man
Film · 1953
Eyes of the Jungle
Film · 1953
The Blue Gardenia
Film · 1953
Prince of Pirates
Film · 1953
Flight Nurse
Film · 1953
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Film · 1953
Invaders from Mars
Film · 1953
The Ring
Film · 1952
Without Warning!
Film · 1952
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Film · 1952
Behind Southern Lines
Film · 1952
Indian Uprising
Film · 1952
Adventures of Superman
Series · 1952
Criminal Lawyer
Film · 1951
Missing Women
Film · 1951
The Dakota Kid
Film · 1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Series · 1951
The Living Christ
Series · 1951
Experiment Alcatraz
Film · 1950
Federal Man
Film · 1950
Customs Agent
Film · 1950
Dynamite Pass
Film · 1950
State Penitentiary
Film · 1950
Rider from Tucson
Film · 1950
When You're Smiling
Film · 1950
Big Timber
Film · 1950
The Threat
Film · 1949
Forgotten Women
Film · 1949
Let's Live a Little
Film · 1948
The Swordsman
Film · 1948
Best Man Wins
Film · 1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Film · 1948
Loaded Pistols
Film · 1948
The Inside Story
Film · 1948
Shaggy
Film · 1948
Backlash
Film · 1947
Welcome Stranger
Film · 1947
I Cover Big Town
Film · 1947
The Spirit of West Point
Film · 1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Film · 1947
Nobody Lives Forever
Film · 1946
Three Strangers
Film · 1946
The Face of Marble
Film · 1946
Wife Wanted
Film · 1946
Behind the Mask
Film · 1946
I Ring Doorbells
Film · 1946
Christmas in Connecticut
Film · 1945
Frontier Days
Film · 1945
San Antonio
Film · 1945
Law of the Badlands
Film · 1945
Mr. Skeffington
Film · 1944
Make Your Own Bed
Film · 1944
I Won't Play
Film · 1944
Shine on Harvest Moon
Film · 1944
Gun to Gun
Film · 1944
Roaring Guns
Film · 1944
Hollywood Canteen
Film · 1944
Trial by Trigger
Film · 1944
Wagon Wheels West
Film · 1943
Oklahoma Outlaws
Film · 1943
Mission to Moscow
Film · 1943
Wednesday's Child
Film · 1934
Keep 'Em Rolling
Film · 1934