Robert Shayne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 4, 1900
- Died
- Nov 29, 1992 (aged 92)
- Place of birth
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Credits
- 129
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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.
Known for
North by Northwest
1959Movie
Larry Wade (uncredited)
Columbo
1971TV
Rudy Matthews (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Movie
Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
The Flash
1990TV
Reggie
Freddy's Nightmares
1988TV
The Minister
Invaders from Mars
1953Movie
Dr. William Wilson
Filmography
The Naked Monster
2005Movie
Prof. Bradshaw
The Flash
1990TV
Reggie
Freddy's Nightmares
1988TV
The Minister
The Gentleman Tramp
1976Movie
(voice)
The Four Deuces
1975Movie
Vince
The Specialist
1975Movie
Chairman Hopkins
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974Movie
U.S. Senator (uncredited)
Cool Breeze
1972Movie
Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
Emergency!
1972TV
Columbo
1971TV
Rudy Matthews (uncredited)
The Priest Killer
1971Movie
Father Adam Wendell
The Million Dollar Duck
1971Movie
Refinery Executive (uncredited)
The Barefoot Executive
1971Movie
Sponsor
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Movie
Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Winning
1969Movie
Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Blondie
1968TV
The Doris Day Show
1968TV
Andrew McIntyre, Mr. Gilroy
Land of the Giants
1968TV
Mr. Clinton
Ironside
1967TV
Father Adam Wendell (uncredited)
Runaway Girl
1965Movie
Walter Quillen
A Tiger Walks
1964Movie
Governor's Advisor
Petticoat Junction
1963TV
Mr. Fillmore
Son of Flubber
1963Movie
Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
Hazel
1961TV
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
20,000 Eyes
1961Movie
Police Lieutenant
Surfside 6
1960TV
Dowell
From the Terrace
1960Movie
Partner (uncredited)
Cage of Evil
1960Movie
Victor Delmar
Why Must I Die
1960Movie
Charlie Munro
Valley of the Redwoods
1960Movie
Capt. Sid Walker
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960Movie
Husband - Circus Spectator
The Third Man
1959TV
Mr. Morgan
North by Northwest
1959Movie
Larry Wade (uncredited)
The Rebel Set
1959Movie
Lt. Cassidy
I, Mobster
1959Movie
Senator
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Stephen Allen
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Dr. Flanigan
Teenage Cave Man
1958Movie
The Fire Maker
How to Make a Monster
1958Movie
Gary Droz
War of the Satellites
1958Movie
Cole Hotchkiss
26 Men
1957TV
Death in Small Doses
1957Movie
Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
Spook Chasers
1957Movie
The Detective
The Giant Claw
1957Movie
Gen. Van Buskirk
Footsteps in the Night
1957Movie
Fred Horner
Kronos
1957Movie
Air Force General
Hot Shots
1956Movie
Pierre M. Morley
Dance with Me, Henry
1956Movie
District Attorney Martin Proctor
Rumble on the Docks
1956Movie
Judge
Indestructible Man
1956Movie
Dr. Bradshaw
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Dave O'Bryan
Navy Log
1955TV
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1955TV
Logan
King of the Carnival
1955Movie
Jess Carter
Double Jeopardy
1955Movie
Mr. Ross
Murder Is My Beat
1955Movie
Bert Rawley
The Millionaire
1955TV
Jack Stewart (uncredited)
Superman Flies Again
1954Movie
Inspector Henderson
Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954Movie
Inspector Henderson
Superman in Exile
1954Movie
Inspector Henderson
Superman's Peril
1954Movie
Inspector Henderson
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited), Mr. Wyatt (uncredited), Husband in Audience (uncredited)
Superman and Scotland Yard
1954Movie
Inspector Henderson
The Desperado
1954Movie
Attorney Wilson
Stories of the Century
1954TV
Colonel Marsh
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954Movie
Conroy
Flight Nurse
1953Movie
Surgeon
Eyes of the Jungle
1953Movie
Watson
The Neanderthal Man
1953Movie
Prof. Clifford Groves
Invaders from Mars
1953Movie
Dr. William Wilson
The Blue Gardenia
1953Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Prince of Pirates
1953Movie
Prime Minister Treeg
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953Movie
Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952Movie
Capt. Burke
Behind Southern Lines
1952Movie
The Ring
1952Movie
Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
Adventures of Superman
1952TV
Inspector Henderson
Without Warning!
1952Movie
Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Indian Uprising
1952Movie
Maj. Nathan Stark
Criminal Lawyer
1951Movie
Clark Sommers
The Dakota Kid
1951Movie
Ace Crandall
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951TV
Missing Women
1951Movie
Cincotta
The Living Christ
1951TV
Priest
Experiment Alcatraz
1950Movie
Barry Morgan
Big Timber
1950Movie
Dixon
When You're Smiling
1950Movie
Jack Lacey
Federal Man
1950Movie
Chief Agent Charles Stuart
State Penitentiary
1950Movie
Stanley Brown
Rider from Tucson
1950Movie
John Avery
Customs Agent
1950Movie
West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Dynamite Pass
1950Movie
Jay Wingate
The Threat
1949Movie
Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Forgotten Women
1949Movie
Richard Marshall
Loaded Pistols
1948Movie
Don Mason
Let's Live a Little
1948Movie
Dr. Richard Field
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948Movie
Floyd Durant
Shaggy
1948Movie
Bob Calvin
Best Man Wins
1948Movie
Judge Leonidas K. Carter
The Inside Story
1948Movie
T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
The Swordsman
1948Movie
Ronald MacArden
The Spirit of West Point
1947Movie
Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
Welcome Stranger
1947Movie
Roy Chesley
Backlash
1947Movie
James O'Neil
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947Movie
Mr. Gordon
I Cover Big Town
1947Movie
Chief Tom Blake
Wife Wanted
1946Movie
Bill Tyler
Nobody Lives Forever
1946Movie
Chet King
Behind the Mask
1946Movie
Brad Thomas
I Ring Doorbells
1946Movie
Dick Meadows
Three Strangers
1946Movie
Bertram Fallon
The Face of Marble
1946Movie
Dr. David Cochran
San Antonio
1945Movie
Captain Morgan
Frontier Days
1945Movie
Marshal Jim Blake
Christmas in Connecticut
1945Movie
Dudley Beecham
Law of the Badlands
1945Movie
Bob Tate
Hollywood Canteen
1944Movie
Busboy (uncredited)
I Won't Play
1944Movie
Chaplain aka 'Padre'
Make Your Own Bed
1944Movie
Lester Knight
Trial by Trigger
1944Movie
Bill Cardigan
Mr. Skeffington
1944Movie
MacMahon
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944Movie
Dan Costello
Roaring Guns
1944Movie
Jared Whitney
Gun to Gun
1944Movie
Steve Randall
Wagon Wheels West
1943Movie
U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943Movie
Ned Kincaid
Mission to Moscow
1943Movie
Engineer (uncredited)
Wednesday's Child
1934Movie
Howard Benson
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934Movie
Maj. James Parker