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Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

Actor

Born October 4, 1900 in Yonkers, New York, USA

Died November 29, 1992

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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.

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Filmography

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Type

Year

Evil Deeds Poster

Evil Deeds Video2004Russian Scientist 1

The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 Poster

The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 Documentary1991Major

The Flash Poster

The Flash TV Series1990Reggie

Horrible Horror Poster

Horrible Horror Video1986Prof. Bradshaw, In clips from 'Indestructible Man'

Attack of the B Movie Monsters Video1985

Never Con a Killer Poster

Never Con a Killer TV Movie1977Club Member

The Gentleman Tramp Poster

The Gentleman Tramp Documentary1976

S.W.A.T. Poster

S.W.A.T. TV Series1975Dr. Gordon

The Four Deuces Poster

The Four Deuces Feature Film1975Vince

The Specialist Poster

The Specialist Feature Film1975Chairman Hopkins

Superman Poster

Superman Feature Film1973Inspector Henderson

Cool Breeze Poster

Cool Breeze Feature Film1972Dr. Fields, Gynocologist

Emergency! Poster

Emergency! TV Series1972Raymond Foster

The Rookies Poster

The Rookies TV Series1972Man on Stretcher

The Waltons Poster

The Waltons TV Series1972Clerk

Columbo TV Series1971Rudy Matthews

The Barefoot Executive Poster

The Barefoot Executive Feature Film1971Sponsor

The Million Dollar Duck Poster

The Million Dollar Duck Feature Film1971Refinery Executive

The Smith Family Poster

The Smith Family TV Series1971Security officer

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go Poster

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go Feature Film1970U.S. Senator

Tora! Tora! Tora! Poster

Tora! Tora! Tora! Feature Film1970Cmdr. William H. Buracker - Halsey's Operations Officer

Bracken's World Poster

Bracken's World TV Series1969Sound Mixer

Marcus Welby, M.D. Poster

Marcus Welby, M.D. TV Series1969Committee Member

The Arrangement Poster

The Arrangement Feature Film1969Board Member

The Bold Ones: The Protectors Poster

The Bold Ones: The Protectors TV Series1969Appellate Judge

Winning Feature Film1969Well-Wisher at Indy Victory

Blondie TV Series19681 episode, 1968

Land of the Giants Poster

Land of the Giants TV Series1968Mr. Clinton

The Doris Day Show Poster

The Doris Day Show TV Series1968Andrew McIntyre

Ironside Poster

Ironside TV Series1967Father Adam Wendell

Target: Sea of China TV Movie1966Maj. Conroy

Runaway Girl Poster

Runaway Girl Feature Film1965Walter Quillen

A Tiger Walks Poster

A Tiger Walks Feature Film1964Governor's Adviser

Petticoat Junction Poster

Petticoat Junction TV Series1963Mr. Fillmore

Son of Flubber Poster

Son of Flubber Feature Film1963Defense Secretary's Assistant

Our Man Higgins Poster

Our Man Higgins TV Series1962Charley

Stories of the Century Poster

Stories of the Century TV Series1962Colonel Marsh

20,000 Eyes Poster

20,000 Eyes Feature Film1961Police Lieutenant

Hazel TV Series1961Police Lieutenant

Assignment: Underwater Poster

Assignment: Underwater TV Series1960Allan Thornton

Cage of Evil Poster

Cage of Evil Feature Film1960Victor Delmar

From the Terrace Poster

From the Terrace Feature Film1960Partner

My Three Sons Poster

My Three Sons TV Series1960Mr. Marfield

Surfside 6 Poster

Surfside 6 TV Series1960Dowell

The Best of the Post Poster

The Best of the Post TV Series19601 episode, 1960

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus Poster

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus Feature Film1960Husband - Circus Spectator

Valley of the Redwoods Poster

Valley of the Redwoods Feature Film1960Capt. Sid Walker

Why Must I Die? Poster

Why Must I Die? Feature Film1960Charlie Munro

Battle Flame Poster

Battle Flame Feature Film1959Lt. Norris

I Mobster Poster

I Mobster Feature Film1959Senator

North by Northwest Poster

North by Northwest Feature Film1959Larry Wade

The Rebel Set Poster

The Rebel Set Feature Film1959Lt. Cassidy

The Third Man Poster

The Third Man TV Series1959Mr. Morgan

Tightrope Poster

Tightrope TV Series1959Lieutenant Frome

77 Sunset Strip Poster

77 Sunset Strip TV Series1958Stephen Allen

Bronco TV Series1958Sheriff Henry Logan

Frontier Doctor Poster

Frontier Doctor TV Series1958Warden Peter Crown

How to Make a Monster Poster

How to Make a Monster Feature Film1958Gary Droz

Revolt in the Big House Poster

Revolt in the Big House Feature Film1958Mickey - Guard

Teenage Cave Man Poster

Teenage Cave Man Feature Film1958The Fire Maker

The Donna Reed Show Poster

The Donna Reed Show TV Series1958Dr. Flanigan

The Lost Missile Poster

The Lost Missile Feature Film1958Air Force General

War of the Satellites Poster

War of the Satellites Feature Film1958Cole Hotchkiss

26 Men TV Series1957Judge

Death in Small Doses Poster

Death in Small Doses Feature Film1957Frank Ainsley

Footsteps in the Night Poster

Footsteps in the Night Feature Film1957Fred Horner

Kronos Feature Film1957Air Force General

Official Detective Poster

Official Detective TV Series1957Lt. Fowler

Richard Diamond, Private Detective Poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV Series1957Mike Coleman

Spook Chasers Poster

Spook Chasers Feature Film1957Police Lt. Harris

The Giant Claw Poster

The Giant Claw Feature Film1957Gen. Van Buskirk

The Gray Ghost Poster

The Gray Ghost TV Series1957Torbert

Tombstone Territory Poster

Tombstone Territory TV Series1957Capt. Cass Emerson

Accused of Murder Poster

Accused of Murder Feature Film1956Doctor

Dance with Me, Henry Poster

Dance with Me, Henry Feature Film1956Proctor

Hot Shots Poster

Hot Shots Feature Film1956P.L. Morley

Indestructible Man Poster

Indestructible Man Feature Film1956Prof. Bradshaw

Rumble on the Docks Poster

Rumble on the Docks Feature Film1956Judge

Double Jeopardy Poster

Double Jeopardy Feature Film1955Mr. Ross

King of the Carnival Poster

King of the Carnival Feature Film1955Jess Carter

Murder Is My Beat Poster

Murder Is My Beat Feature Film1955Police Captain Bert Rawley

Navy Log Poster

Navy Log TV Series1955Commander

Screen Directors Playhouse Poster

Screen Directors Playhouse TV Series1955Dave O'Bryan

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Poster

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon TV Series1955Sam Thatcher

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle Poster

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle TV Series1955Logan

The Eternal Sea Poster

The Eternal Sea Feature Film1955Cmdr. Dean

The Millionaire Poster

The Millionaire TV Series1955Jack Stewart

Superman and the Jungle Devil Poster

Superman and the Jungle Devil Feature Film1954Inspector Henderson

Superman Flies Again Poster

Superman Flies Again Feature Film1954Inspector Henderson

Superman in Exile Poster

Superman in Exile Feature Film1954Inspector Henderson

Superman in Scotland Yard Poster

Superman in Scotland Yard Feature Film1954Inspector Henderson

Superman's Peril Poster

Superman's Peril Feature Film1954Inspector Henderson

The Desperado Poster

The Desperado Feature Film1954Prosecutor Wilson

The Joe Palooka Story Poster

The Joe Palooka Story TV Series1954Fight Announcer

The Magical World of Disney Poster

The Magical World of Disney TV Series1954Highway Engineer

The Mickey Rooney Show Poster

The Mickey Rooney Show TV Series1954Clyde Sanders

Tobor the Great Poster

Tobor the Great Feature Film1954General

Trader Tom of the China Seas Poster

Trader Tom of the China Seas Feature Film1954Conroy

Eyes of the Jungle Poster

Eyes of the Jungle Feature Film1953Watson

Flight Nurse Poster

Flight Nurse Feature Film1953Surgeon

Invaders from Mars Poster

Invaders from Mars Feature Film1953Dr. Bill Wilson

Marshal of Cedar Rock Poster

Marshal of Cedar Rock Feature Film1953Paul Jackson - fake John Harper

Prince of Pirates Poster

Prince of Pirates Feature Film1953Prime Minister Treeg

Sea of Lost Ships Poster

Sea of Lost Ships Feature Film1953Executive Officer

The Blue Gardenia Poster

The Blue Gardenia Feature Film1953Doctor

The Lady Wants Mink Poster

The Lady Wants Mink Feature Film1953Cecil

The Neanderthal Man Poster

The Neanderthal Man Feature Film1953Prof. Clifford Groves

Adventures of Superman Poster

Adventures of Superman TV Series1952Inspector Henderson

And Now Tomorrow Feature Film1952

Behind Southern Lines Poster

Behind Southern Lines Feature Film1952

Death Valley Days Poster

Death Valley Days TV Series1952Col. Scott

Indian Uprising Poster

Indian Uprising Feature Film1952Maj. Nathan Stark

Mr. Walkie Talkie Poster

Mr. Walkie Talkie Feature Film1952Capt. Burke

Ramar of the Jungle Poster

Ramar of the Jungle TV Series1952Joe

The Ring Poster

The Ring Feature Film1952Jimmy - Aragon's Manager

The Unexpected TV Series1952Gilford

This Is the Life Poster

This Is the Life TV Series1952Cliff

Without Warning! Poster

Without Warning! Feature Film1952Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist

Your Jeweler's Showcase Poster

Your Jeweler's Showcase TV Series19521 episode, 1953

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Poster

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV Series1951

Criminal Lawyer Poster

Criminal Lawyer Feature Film1951Clark P. Sommers

Mark Saber Poster

Mark Saber TV Series19511 episode, 1951

Missing Women Poster

Missing Women Feature Film1951Cincotta

Racket Squad Poster

Racket Squad TV Series1951Wallace

Sky King Poster

Sky King TV Series1951John Waythron

The Dakota Kid Poster

The Dakota Kid Feature Film1951Ace Crandall

The Living Christ Series Poster

The Living Christ Series Mini-Series1951Priest

Big Timber Poster

Big Timber Feature Film1950Dixon

Customs Agent Poster

Customs Agent Feature Film1950West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff

Dynamite Pass Poster

Dynamite Pass Feature Film1950Jay Wingate

Experiment Alcatraz Poster

Experiment Alcatraz Feature Film1950Barry Morgan

Federal Man Poster

Federal Man Feature Film1950Chief Agent Charles Stuart

Hollywood Theatre Time TV Series1950Lawyer

Rider from Tucson Poster

Rider from Tucson Feature Film1950John Avery

Space Patrol Poster

Space Patrol TV Series1950Groata

State Penitentiary Poster

State Penitentiary Feature Film1950Stanley Brown

The Du Pont Story Feature Film1950Executive

When You're Smiling Poster

When You're Smiling Feature Film1950Jack Lacey

Fireside Theatre Poster

Fireside Theatre TV Series1949Father

Forgotten Women Poster

Forgotten Women Feature Film1949Richard Marshall

Law of the Barbary Coast Poster

Law of the Barbary Coast Feature Film1949Michael Lodge

The Lone Ranger Poster

The Lone Ranger TV Series1949Leland Spinner

The Threat Poster

The Threat Feature Film1949Police Insp. Murphy

Best Man Wins Poster

Best Man Wins Feature Film1948Judge Leonidas K. Carter

Let's Live a Little Poster

Let's Live a Little Feature Film1948Dr. Richard Field

Loaded Pistols Poster

Loaded Pistols Feature Film1948Don Mason

Shaggy Feature Film1948Bob Calvin

The Inside Story Poster

The Inside Story Feature Film1948T.W. 'Tom' O'Connor

The Strange Mrs. Crane Poster

The Strange Mrs. Crane Feature Film1948Floyd Durant

The Swordsman Poster

The Swordsman Feature Film1948Ronald MacArden

Backlash Poster

Backlash Feature Film1947James O'Neil

I Cover Big Town Poster

I Cover Big Town Feature Film1947Chief Tom Blake

It Pays to Be Funny Feature Film1947Jack

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Poster

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Feature Film1947Mr. Gordon

The Spirit of West Point Poster

The Spirit of West Point Feature Film1947Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik

Welcome Stranger Poster

Welcome Stranger Feature Film1947Roy Chesley

Behind the Mask Poster

Behind the Mask Feature Film1946Brad Thomas

I Ring Doorbells Poster

I Ring Doorbells Feature Film1946Dick Meadows

Nobody Lives Forever Poster

Nobody Lives Forever Feature Film1946Chet King

The Face of Marble Poster

The Face of Marble Feature Film1946Dr. David Cochran

Three Strangers Poster

Three Strangers Feature Film1946Bertram Fallon

Wife Wanted Poster

Wife Wanted Feature Film1946Bill Tyler

Christmas in Connecticut Poster

Christmas in Connecticut Feature Film1945Dudley Beecham

Escape in the Desert Poster

Escape in the Desert Feature Film1945Radio Newscaster

Frontier Days Poster

Frontier Days Short Film1945Marshal Jim Blake

Law of the Badlands Poster

Law of the Badlands Short Film1945Bob Tate

Navy Nurse Short Film1945

Rhapsody in Blue Poster

Rhapsody in Blue Feature Film1945Christine's Escort

San Antonio Poster

San Antonio Feature Film1945Capt. Morgan

Gun to Gun Poster

Gun to Gun Short Film1944Steve Randall

Hollywood Canteen Poster

Hollywood Canteen Feature Film1944Busboy

I Won't Play Poster

I Won't Play Short Film1944Chaplain aka 'Padre'

Make Your Own Bed Poster

Make Your Own Bed Feature Film1944Mike Knight

Mr. Skeffington Poster

Mr. Skeffington Feature Film1944MacMahon

Roaring Guns Poster

Roaring Guns Short Film1944Jared Whitney

Shine on Harvest Moon Poster

Shine on Harvest Moon Feature Film1944Dan Costello

Trial by Trigger Poster

Trial by Trigger Short Film1944Bill Cardigan

Mission to Moscow Poster

Mission to Moscow Feature Film1943Engineer

Oklahoma Outlaws Poster

Oklahoma Outlaws Short Film1943Ned Kincaid

Wagon Wheels West Poster

Wagon Wheels West Short Film1943U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson

Youth Train for Aviation Documentary1943Narrator

The Glass Case Short Film1939District Attorney

Air Parade Poster

Air Parade Short Film1938

Broker's Follies Poster

Broker's Follies Short Film1937Broker

Man to Man Poster

Man to Man Short Film1937Steve

Off the Horses Poster

Off the Horses Short Film1937Jack

See Uncle Sol Short Film1937

The Big Courtship Short Film1937District Attorney

People's Enemy Poster

People's Enemy Feature Film1935First Department of Justice Representative

Keep 'Em Rolling Poster

Keep 'Em Rolling Feature Film1934Major James Parker

Wednesday's Child Poster

Wednesday's Child Feature Film1934Howard Benson

Faint Heart Poster

Faint Heart Short Film1929

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