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
Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
The Ring
Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Without Warning!
Chet King
Nobody Lives Forever
Dudley Beecham
Christmas in Connecticut
Bertram Fallon
Three Strangers
Prof. Clifford Groves
The Neanderthal Man
Gen. Van Buskirk
The Giant Claw
Prof. Bradshaw
The Naked Monster
Mr. Ross
Double Jeopardy
Barry Morgan
Experiment Alcatraz
Bert Rawley
Murder Is My Beat
Cole Hotchkiss
War of the Satellites
MacMahon
Mr. Skeffington
James O'Neil
Backlash
Partner (uncredited)
From the Terrace
Clark Sommers
Criminal Lawyer
Cincotta
Missing Women
Fred Horner
Footsteps in the Night
Dr. Bradshaw
Indestructible Man
Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
The Threat
Victor Delmar
Cage of Evil
Lester Knight
Make Your Own Bed
Senator
I, Mobster
Dr. David Cochran
The Face of Marble
Watson
Eyes of the Jungle
Bill Tyler
Wife Wanted
Chief Agent Charles Stuart
Federal Man
(voice)
The Gentleman Tramp
Roy Chesley
Welcome Stranger
West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Customs Agent
Chaplain aka 'Padre'
I Won't Play
Brad Thomas
Behind the Mask
Doctor (uncredited)
The Blue Gardenia
Chief Tom Blake
I Cover Big Town
Police Lieutenant
20,000 Eyes
Pierre M. Morley
Hot Shots
Howard Benson
Wednesday's Child
Jess Carter
King of the Carnival
Prime Minister Treeg
Prince of Pirates
Capt. Burke
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Jay Wingate
Dynamite Pass
Capt. Sid Walker
Valley of the Redwoods
Judge
Rumble on the Docks
Dr. Richard Field
Let's Live a Little
Lt. Cassidy
The Rebel Set
Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
The Spirit of West Point
Maj. James Parker
Keep 'Em Rolling
Surgeon
Flight Nurse
Dan Costello
Shine on Harvest Moon
Ronald MacArden
The Swordsman
Dick Meadows
I Ring Doorbells
U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Wagon Wheels West
Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
Death in Small Doses
Marshal Jim Blake
Frontier Days
Behind Southern Lines
Stanley Brown
State Penitentiary
Larry Wade (uncredited)
North by Northwest
Air Force General
Kronos
Attorney Wilson
The Desperado
Captain Morgan
San Antonio
John Avery
Rider from Tucson
Governor's Advisor
A Tiger Walks
Judge Leonidas K. Carter
Best Man Wins
Floyd Durant
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Steve Randall
Gun to Gun
The Detective
Spook Chasers
Ace Crandall
The Dakota Kid
Jack Lacey
When You're Smiling
Walter Quillen
Runaway Girl
Maj. Nathan Stark
Indian Uprising
Don Mason
Loaded Pistols
Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Dr. William Wilson
Invaders from Mars
Charlie Munro
Why Must I Die
The Fire Maker
Teenage Cave Man
Chairman Hopkins
The Specialist
Mr. Gordon
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Richard Marshall
Forgotten Women
T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
The Inside Story
Refinery Executive (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Duck
Ned Kincaid
Oklahoma Outlaws
Bob Tate
Law of the Badlands
Engineer (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Jared Whitney
Roaring Guns
Dixon
Big Timber
Busboy (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Gary Droz
How to Make a Monster
Conroy
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Husband - Circus Spectator
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Bill Cardigan
Trial by Trigger
District Attorney Martin Proctor
Dance with Me, Henry
Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Winning
Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
Son of Flubber
Inspector Henderson
Superman and Scotland Yard
Inspector Henderson
Superman Flies Again
Inspector Henderson
Superman and the Jungle Devil
Inspector Henderson
Superman in Exile
Inspector Henderson
Superman's Peril
Father Adam Wendell
The Priest Killer
Sponsor
The Barefoot Executive
Vince
The Four Deuces
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
102
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-10-04
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Also Known As
Robert Shaen Dawe