Cast
Robert Shayne
Acting
Cast
Robert Shayne
Known for
Acting
Born
1900-10-04
From
Yonkers, New York, USA
Died
1992-11-29
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. 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.
North by Northwest
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
as MacMahon
Indestructible Man
as Dr. Bradshaw
State Penitentiary
as Stanley Brown
I, Mobster
as Senator
The Threat
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Invaders from Mars
as Dr. William Wilson
Federal Man
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
Backlash
as James O'Neil
Christmas in Connecticut
as Dudley Beecham
Missing Women
as Cincotta
The Blue Gardenia
as Doctor (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
as Busboy (uncredited)
From the Terrace
as Partner (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Duck
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
Runaway Girl
as Walter Quillen
Son of Flubber
as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
Wife Wanted
as Bill Tyler
Dynamite Pass
as Jay Wingate
The Desperado
as Attorney Wilson
The Barefoot Executive
as Sponsor
Winning
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Three Strangers
as Bertram Fallon
The Priest Killer
as Father Adam Wendell
Loaded Pistols
as Don Mason
San Antonio
as Captain Morgan
Death in Small Doses
as Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
as Engineer (uncredited)
Indian Uprising
as Maj. Nathan Stark
Murder Is My Beat
as Bert Rawley
The Giant Claw
as Gen. Van Buskirk
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as U.S. Senator (uncredited)
Welcome Stranger
as Roy Chesley
The Ring
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
How to Make a Monster
as Gary Droz
Double Jeopardy
as Mr. Ross
Teenage Cave Man
as The Fire Maker
Let's Live a Little
as Dr. Richard Field
The Gentleman Tramp
as (voice)
Cool Breeze
as Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
Prince of Pirates
as Prime Minister Treeg
Superman in Exile
as Inspector Henderson
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Husband - Circus Spectator
The Four Deuces
as Vince
Without Warning!
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Kronos
as Air Force General
Criminal Lawyer
as Clark Sommers
Dance with Me, Henry
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Dan Costello
The Specialist
as Chairman Hopkins
The Naked Monster
as Prof. Bradshaw
The Swordsman
as Ronald MacArden
Rider from Tucson
as John Avery
Nobody Lives Forever
as Chet King
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
A Tiger Walks
as Governor's Advisor
The Inside Story
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
Oklahoma Outlaws
as Ned Kincaid
Superman's Peril
as Inspector Henderson
Footsteps in the Night
as Fred Horner
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Mr. Gordon
Hot Shots
as Pierre M. Morley
Wagon Wheels West
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
The Neanderthal Man
as Prof. Clifford Groves
War of the Satellites
as Cole Hotchkiss
Customs Agent
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Make Your Own Bed
as Lester Knight
Behind the Mask
as Brad Thomas
Rumble on the Docks
as Judge
Why Must I Die
as Charlie Munro
Roaring Guns
as Jared Whitney
The Rebel Set
as Lt. Cassidy
Spook Chasers
as The Detective
Trial by Trigger
as Bill Cardigan
Superman and Scotland Yard
as Inspector Henderson
Gun to Gun
as Steve Randall
Valley of the Redwoods
as Capt. Sid Walker
I Won't Play
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
Forgotten Women
as Richard Marshall
Experiment Alcatraz
as Barry Morgan
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Floyd Durant
The Face of Marble
as Dr. David Cochran
Flight Nurse
as Surgeon
Eyes of the Jungle
as Watson
Frontier Days
as Marshal Jim Blake
The Dakota Kid
as Ace Crandall
Cage of Evil
as Victor Delmar
20,000 Eyes
as Police Lieutenant
Keep 'Em Rolling
as Maj. James Parker
Wednesday's Child
as Howard Benson
Big Timber
as Dixon
Superman Flies Again
as Inspector Henderson
Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Inspector Henderson
Best Man Wins
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
Behind Southern Lines
The Spirit of West Point
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
I Cover Big Town
as Chief Tom Blake
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Conroy
Law of the Badlands
as Bob Tate
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Capt. Burke
Shaggy
as Bob Calvin
When You're Smiling
as Jack Lacey
King of the Carnival
as Jess Carter
I Ring Doorbells
as Dick Meadows