Robert Shayne

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-10-04

Day of death

1992-11-29 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Yonkers, New York, USA

Robert Shayne

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

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • The Doris Day Show

    The Doris Day Show

  • The Doris Day Show

    The Doris Day Show

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • Freddy's Nightmares

    Freddy's Nightmares

  • Adventures of Superman

    Adventures of Superman

  • Land of the Giants

    Land of the Giants

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

  • The Third Man

    The Third Man

  • Screen Director's Playhouse

    Screen Director's Playhouse

  • 26 Men

    26 Men

  • The Strange Mrs. Crane

    The Strange Mrs. Crane

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

  • Marshal of Cedar Rock

    Marshal of Cedar Rock

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

  • Why Must I Die

    Why Must I Die

  • State Penitentiary

    State Penitentiary

  • Superman in Exile

    Superman in Exile

  • Law of the Badlands

    Law of the Badlands

  • Trial by Trigger

    Trial by Trigger

  • Wednesday's Child

    Wednesday's Child

  • The Threat

    The Threat

  • The Inside Story

    The Inside Story

  • The Giant Claw

    The Giant Claw

  • Sheena: Queen of the Jungle

    Sheena: Queen of the Jungle

  • Backlash

    Backlash

  • The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia

  • Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

    Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

  • Mission to Moscow

    Mission to Moscow

  • Teenage Cave Man

    Teenage Cave Man

  • I Ring Doorbells

    I Ring Doorbells

  • From the Terrace

    From the Terrace

  • Christmas in Connecticut

    Christmas in Connecticut

  • Superman Flies Again

    Superman Flies Again

  • Dance with Me, Henry

    Dance with Me, Henry

  • Flight Nurse

    Flight Nurse

  • Indian Uprising

    Indian Uprising

  • San Antonio

    San Antonio

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • The Spirit of West Point

    The Spirit of West Point

  • Make Your Own Bed

    Make Your Own Bed

  • Stories of the Century

    Stories of the Century

  • Valley of the Redwoods

    Valley of the Redwoods

  • Spook Chasers

    Spook Chasers

  • Rider from Tucson

    Rider from Tucson

  • The Desperado

    The Desperado

  • Prince of Pirates

    Prince of Pirates

  • Keep 'Em Rolling

    Keep 'Em Rolling

  • The Million Dollar Duck

    The Million Dollar Duck

  • Invaders from Mars

    Invaders from Mars

  • The Neanderthal Man

    The Neanderthal Man

  • Kronos

    Kronos

  • Shine on Harvest Moon

    Shine on Harvest Moon

  • Without Warning!

    Without Warning!

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • How to Make a Monster

    How to Make a Monster

  • Dynamite Pass

    Dynamite Pass

  • Death in Small Doses

    Death in Small Doses

  • Winning

    Winning

  • Footsteps in the Night

    Footsteps in the Night

  • The Swordsman

    The Swordsman

  • Roaring Guns

    Roaring Guns

  • The Living Christ

    The Living Christ

  • The Specialist

    The Specialist

  • Gun to Gun

    Gun to Gun

  • Let's Live a Little

    Let's Live a Little

  • Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

    Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

  • The Face of Marble

    The Face of Marble

  • When You're Smiling

    When You're Smiling

  • Cage of Evil

    Cage of Evil

  • Nobody Lives Forever

    Nobody Lives Forever

  • I Cover Big Town

    I Cover Big Town

  • Son of Flubber

    Son of Flubber

  • Three Strangers

    Three Strangers

  • Experiment Alcatraz

    Experiment Alcatraz

  • Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington

  • Blondie

    Blondie

  • War of the Satellites

    War of the Satellites

  • I, Mobster

    I, Mobster

  • Welcome Stranger

    Welcome Stranger

  • Loaded Pistols

    Loaded Pistols

  • The Priest Killer

    The Priest Killer

  • Frontier Days

    Frontier Days

  • Trader Tom of the China Seas

    Trader Tom of the China Seas

  • Superman and the Jungle Devil

    Superman and the Jungle Devil

  • Indestructible Man

    Indestructible Man

  • Behind Southern Lines

    Behind Southern Lines

  • The Gentleman Tramp

    The Gentleman Tramp

  • Oklahoma Outlaws

    Oklahoma Outlaws

  • Murder Is My Beat

    Murder Is My Beat

  • Double Jeopardy

    Double Jeopardy

  • I Won't Play

    I Won't Play

  • Missing Women

    Missing Women

  • Federal Man

    Federal Man

  • Behind the Mask

    Behind the Mask

  • Mr. Walkie Talkie

    Mr. Walkie Talkie

  • Superman and Scotland Yard

    Superman and Scotland Yard

  • The Barefoot Executive

    The Barefoot Executive

  • Wagon Wheels West

    Wagon Wheels West

  • Wife Wanted

    Wife Wanted

  • King of the Carnival

    King of the Carnival

  • The Rebel Set

    The Rebel Set

  • The Naked Monster

    The Naked Monster

  • Hot Shots

    Hot Shots

  • The Dakota Kid

    The Dakota Kid

  • Superman's Peril

    Superman's Peril

  • A Tiger Walks

    A Tiger Walks

  • Rumble on the Docks

    Rumble on the Docks

  • Best Man Wins

    Best Man Wins

  • Big Timber

    Big Timber

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Criminal Lawyer

    Criminal Lawyer

  • Runaway Girl

    Runaway Girl

  • 20,000 Eyes

    20,000 Eyes

  • Eyes of the Jungle

    Eyes of the Jungle

  • Forgotten Women

    Forgotten Women

  • Customs Agent

    Customs Agent