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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Yonkers, New York, USA, 1900-10-04

Died: 1992-11-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Keep 'Em Rolling	Maj. James Parker	60
2	1934	Wednesday's Child	Howard Benson	30
3	1943	Mission to Moscow	Engineer (uncredited)	53
4	1943	Oklahoma Outlaws	Ned Kincaid	50
5	1943	Wagon Wheels West	U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson	40
6	1944	Gun to Gun	Steve Randall	0
7	1944	Roaring Guns	Jared Whitney	0
8	1944	Shine on Harvest Moon	Dan Costello	60
9	1944	Mr. Skeffington	MacMahon	66
10	1944	Trial by Trigger	Bill Cardigan	20
11	1944	Make Your Own Bed	Lester Knight	58
12	1944	I Won't Play	Chaplain aka 'Padre'	64
13	1944	Hollywood Canteen	Busboy (uncredited)	73
14	1945	Law of the Badlands	Bob Tate	0
15	1945	Christmas in Connecticut	Dudley Beecham	69
16	1945	Frontier Days	Marshal Jim Blake	40
17	1945	San Antonio	Captain Morgan	57
18	1946	The Face of Marble	Dr. David Cochran	44
19	1946	Three Strangers	Bertram Fallon	64
20	1946	I Ring Doorbells	Dick Meadows	0
21	1946	Behind the Mask	Brad Thomas	46
22	1946	Nobody Lives Forever	Chet King	62
23	1946	Wife Wanted	Bill Tyler	65
24	1947	I Cover Big Town	Chief Tom Blake	60
25	1947	Backlash	James O'Neil	49
26	1947	Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman	Mr. Gordon	61
27	1947	Welcome Stranger	Roy Chesley	66
28	1947	The Spirit of West Point	Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik	0
29	1948	The Swordsman	Ronald MacArden	0
30	1948	The Inside Story	T.W. "Tom" O'Connor	65
31	1948	Best Man Wins	Judge Leonidas K. Carter	70
32	1948	The Strange Mrs. Crane	Floyd Durant	60
33	1948	Let's Live a Little	Dr. Richard Field	63
34	1948	Loaded Pistols	Don Mason	57
35	1949	Forgotten Women	Richard Marshall	0
36	1949	The Threat	Insp. 'Murph' Murphy	58
37	1950	Dynamite Pass	Jay Wingate	59
38	1950	Customs Agent	West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff	0
39	1950	Rider from Tucson	John Avery	60
40	1950	State Penitentiary	Stanley Brown	65
41	1950	Federal Man	Chief Agent Charles Stuart	50
42	1950	When You're Smiling	Jack Lacey	0
43	1950	Big Timber	Dixon	0
44	1950	Experiment Alcatraz	Barry Morgan	65
45	1951	Missing Women	Cincotta	62
46	1951	The Dakota Kid	Ace Crandall	50
47	1951	Criminal Lawyer	Clark Sommers	68
48	1952	Indian Uprising	Maj. Nathan Stark	62
49	1952	Without Warning!	Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist	60
50	1952	The Ring	Jimmy - Aragon's Manager	47
51	1952	Behind Southern Lines		0
52	1952	Mr. Walkie Talkie	Capt. Burke	50
53	1953	Marshal of Cedar Rock	Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper	55
54	1953	Prince of Pirates	Prime Minister Treeg	75
55	1953	The Blue Gardenia	Doctor (uncredited)	66
56	1953	Invaders from Mars	Dr. William Wilson	59
57	1953	The Neanderthal Man	Prof. Clifford Groves	41
58	1953	Eyes of the Jungle	Watson	0
59	1953	Flight Nurse	Surgeon	55
60	1954	Trader Tom of the China Seas	Conroy	0
61	1954	The Desperado	Attorney Wilson	66
62	1954	Superman and Scotland Yard	Inspector Henderson	100
63	1954	Superman Flies Again	Inspector Henderson	100
64	1954	Superman and the Jungle Devil	Inspector Henderson	100
65	1954	Superman in Exile	Inspector Henderson	100
66	1954	Superman's Peril	Inspector Henderson	0
67	1955	Murder Is My Beat	Bert Rawley	58
68	1955	Double Jeopardy	Mr. Ross	54
69	1955	King of the Carnival	Jess Carter	0
70	1956	Indestructible Man	Dr. Bradshaw	43
71	1956	Rumble on the Docks	Judge	57
72	1956	Dance with Me, Henry	District Attorney Martin Proctor	51
73	1956	Hot Shots	Pierre M. Morley	50
74	1957	Kronos	Air Force General	56
75	1957	Footsteps in the Night	Fred Horner	53
76	1957	The Giant Claw	Gen. Van Buskirk	48
77	1957	Spook Chasers	The Detective	48
78	1957	Death in Small Doses		50
79	1958	War of the Satellites	Cole Hotchkiss	50
80	1958	Teenage Cave Man	The Fire Maker	39
81	1958	How to Make a Monster	Gary Droz	56
82	1959	I, Mobster	Senator	65
83	1959	The Rebel Set	Lt. Cassidy	28
84	1959	North by Northwest	Larry Wade (uncredited)	80
85	1960	Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus	Husband - Circus Spectator	61
86	1960	Valley of the Redwoods	Capt. Sid Walker	50
87	1960	Why Must I Die	Charlie Munro	50
88	1960	Cage of Evil	Victor Delmar	55
89	1960	From the Terrace	Partner (uncredited)	66
90	1961	20,000 Eyes	Police Lieutenant	35
91	1963	Son of Flubber	Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)	59
92	1964	A Tiger Walks	Governor's Advisor	57
93	1965	Runaway Girl	Walter Quillen	0
94	1969	Winning	Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)	59
95	1970	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)	71
96	1971	The Million Dollar Duck	Refinery Executive (uncredited)	58
97	1975	The Specialist	Chairman Hopkins	35
98	1976	The Gentleman Tramp	(voice)	66
99	2005	The Naked Monster	Prof. Bradshaw	43

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Living Christ	Priest	50
2	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
3	1952	Adventures of Superman	Inspector Henderson	67
4	1954	Stories of the Century	Colonel Marsh	57
5	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited)	78
6	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Mr. Wyatt (uncredited)	78
7	1955	The Millionaire	Jack Stewart (uncredited)	50
8	1955	Sheena: Queen of the Jungle	Logan	45
9	1955	Navy Log		45
10	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Dave O'Bryan	65
11	1957	26 Men		42
12	1958	The Donna Reed Show	Dr. Flanigan	62
13	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Stephen Allen	67
14	1959	The Third Man	Mr. Morgan	67
15	1960	Surfside 6	Dowell	50
16	1961	Hazel	Police Lieutenant (uncredited)	68
17	1963	Petticoat Junction	Mr. Fillmore	58
18	1967	Ironside	Father Adam Wendell (uncredited)	68
19	1968	Land of the Giants	Mr. Clinton	67
20	1968	The Doris Day Show	Andrew McIntyre	53
21	1968	The Doris Day Show	Mr. Gilroy	53
22	1971	Columbo	Rudy Matthews (uncredited)	81
23	1972	Emergency!		78
24	1990	The Flash	Reggie	74

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