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.

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Superman 1952Serie als Inspector Henderson

Indianapolis 1969Film als Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)

Das Leben der Mrs. Skeffington 1944Film als MacMahon

Eine Lady für den Gangster 1946Film als Chet King

Angriff der Riesenkralle 1957Film als Gen. Van Buskirk

Drei Fremde 1946Film als Bertram Fallon

Weihnachten nach Maß 1945Film als Dudley Beecham

Kronos 1957Film als Air Force General

Der Satan mit den 1000 Masken 1958Film als Gary Droz

Planet der toten Seelen 1958Film als Cole Hotchkiss

Tolle Jungs im Einsatz 1956Film als District Attorney Martin Proctor

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 1947Film als Mr. Gordon

Der barfüßige Generaldirektor 1971Film +1 als Sponsor

Geld oder Liebe 1948Film als Dr. Richard Field

Mord ist mein Geschäft 1955Film als Bert Rawley

Teenage Caveman 1958Film als The Fire Maker

Ein Mann der Tat 1945Film als Captain Morgan

Nackte Lebensgier 1960Film als Charlie Munro

Double Jeopardy 1955Film als Mr. Ross

Mit Gesang geht alles besser 1947Film als Roy Chesley

The Inside Story 1948Film als T.W. "Tom" O'Connor

Geladene Pistolen 1948Film als Don Mason

Hot Shots 1956Film als Pierre M. Morley

The Neanderthal Man 1953Film als Prof. Clifford Groves

Der Würger von Sing-Sing 1956Film +1 als Dr. Bradshaw

Shine on Harvest Moon 1944Film als Dan Costello

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go 1974Film als U.S. Senator (uncredited)

Superman and Scotland Yard 1954Film als Inspector Henderson

Superman and the Jungle Devil 1954Film als Inspector Henderson

The Face of Marble 1946Film als Dr. David Cochran

The Naked Monster 2005Film als Prof. Bradshaw

Behind the Mask 1946Film als Brad Thomas

Mr. Walkie Talkie 1952Film als Capt. Burke

Marshal of Cedar Rock 1953Film als Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper

The Ring 1952Film als Jimmy - Aragon's Manager

I Cover Big Town 1947Film als Chief Tom Blake

Trial by Trigger 1944Film als Bill Cardigan

The Specialist 1975Film als Chairman Hopkins

Superman's Peril 1954Film als Inspector Henderson

The Spirit of West Point 1947Film als Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik

Superman in Exile 1954Film als Inspector Henderson

Spook Chasers 1957Film als The Detective

Superman Flies Again 1954Film als Inspector Henderson