Robert Shayne
Known for Acting · 129 credits
- Born
- 1900-10-04
- Died
- 1992-11-29
- Place of birth
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Shaen Dawe · Robert Shane · Bob 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.
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Columbo
1971
as Rudy Matthews (uncredited)
Ironside
1967
as Father Adam Wendell (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mr. Fillmore
Emergency!
1972
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Dr. Flanigan
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Stephen Allen
Hazel
1961
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Surfside 6
1960
as Dowell
The Millionaire
1955
as Jack Stewart (uncredited)
Land of the Giants
1968
as Mr. Clinton
Adventures of Superman
1952
as Inspector Henderson
The Flash
1990
as Reggie
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Andrew McIntyre / Mr. Gilroy
Navy Log
1955
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
as The Minister
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Dave O'Bryan
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Third Man
1959
as Mr. Morgan
26 Men
1957
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited) / Mr. Wyatt (uncredited) / Husband in Audience (uncredited)
Stories of the Century
1954
as Colonel Marsh
The Living Christ
1951
as Priest
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1955
as Logan
Blondie
1968
Movies (105)
North by Northwest
1959
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as MacMahon
I, Mobster
1959
as Senator
Indestructible Man
1956
as Dr. Bradshaw
Invaders from Mars
1953
as Dr. William Wilson
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Doctor (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Dudley Beecham
From the Terrace
1960
as Partner (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
The Threat
1949
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Winning
1969
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Son of Flubber
1963
as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
Backlash
1947
as James O'Neil
San Antonio
1945
as Captain Morgan
Wife Wanted
1946
as Bill Tyler
State Penitentiary
1950
as Stanley Brown
The Priest Killer
1971
as Father Adam Wendell
Cool Breeze
1972
as Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
Federal Man
1950
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
Missing Women
1951
as Cincotta
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Roy Chesley
Runaway Girl
1965
as Walter Quillen
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Governor's Advisor
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Busboy (uncredited)
The Desperado
1954
as Attorney Wilson
Three Strangers
1946
as Bertram Fallon
Superman in Exile
1954
as Inspector Henderson
The Barefoot Executive
1971
as Sponsor
Double Jeopardy
1955
as Mr. Ross
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Engineer (uncredited)
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Jay Wingate
Death in Small Doses
1957
as Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
Let's Live a Little
1948
as Dr. Richard Field
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
as Ned Kincaid
Kronos
1957
as Air Force General
Loaded Pistols
1948
as Don Mason
The Giant Claw
1957
as Gen. Van Buskirk
Criminal Lawyer
1951
as Clark Sommers
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
as Dan Costello
Teenage Cave Man
1958
as The Fire Maker
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
as Husband - Circus Spectator
How to Make a Monster
1958
as Gary Droz
The Gentleman Tramp
1976
as (voice)
The Four Deuces
1975
as Vince
Without Warning!
1952
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Murder Is My Beat
1955
as Bert Rawley
Behind Southern Lines
1952
Superman's Peril
1954
as Inspector Henderson
I Won't Play
1944
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974
as U.S. Senator (uncredited)
The Ring
1952
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
The Specialist
1975
as Chairman Hopkins
The Inside Story
1948
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
Indian Uprising
1952
as Maj. Nathan Stark
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
as Mr. Gordon
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
Rider from Tucson
1950
as John Avery
Prince of Pirates
1953
as Prime Minister Treeg
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Hot Shots
1956
as Pierre M. Morley
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Cage of Evil
1960
as Victor Delmar
Gun to Gun
1944
as Steve Randall
Forgotten Women
1949
as Richard Marshall
Customs Agent
1950
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Valley of the Redwoods
1960
as Capt. Sid Walker
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Chet King
The Neanderthal Man
1953
as Prof. Clifford Groves
The Naked Monster
2005
as Prof. Bradshaw
Eyes of the Jungle
1953
as Watson
The Swordsman
1948
as Ronald MacArden
Law of the Badlands
1945
as Bob Tate
Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Superman and Scotland Yard
1954
as Inspector Henderson
The Dakota Kid
1951
as Ace Crandall
Trial by Trigger
1944
as Bill Cardigan
War of the Satellites
1958
as Cole Hotchkiss
Footsteps in the Night
1957
as Fred Horner
The Rebel Set
1959
as Lt. Cassidy
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954
as Conroy
Roaring Guns
1944
as Jared Whitney
Why Must I Die
1960
as Charlie Munro
Behind the Mask
1946
as Brad Thomas
20,000 Eyes
1961
as Police Lieutenant
Flight Nurse
1953
as Surgeon
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Lester Knight
Big Timber
1950
as Dixon
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Floyd Durant
Experiment Alcatraz
1950
as Barry Morgan
Frontier Days
1945
as Marshal Jim Blake
Superman Flies Again
1954
as Inspector Henderson
King of the Carnival
1955
as Jess Carter
Rumble on the Docks
1956
as Judge
Spook Chasers
1957
as The Detective
Wednesday's Child
1934
as Howard Benson
When You're Smiling
1950
as Jack Lacey
Shaggy
1948
as Bob Calvin
The Spirit of West Point
1947
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
The Face of Marble
1946
as Dr. David Cochran
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
as Capt. Burke
I Cover Big Town
1947
as Chief Tom Blake
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934
as Maj. James Parker
Best Man Wins
1948
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
I Ring Doorbells
1946
as Dick Meadows
About 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 193… With 129 credits spanning from 1934 to 2005, Robert Shayne has appeared in 105 films and 24 TV shows.
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- I, Mobster (1959) — as Senator
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