Robert Shayne
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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.
Acted in
The Naked Monster
2005
as Prof. Bradshaw
The Flash
1990
as Reggie
Horrible Horror
1986
as Prof. Bradshaw in 'Indestructible Man'
The Gentleman Tramp
1976
as (voice)
The Specialist
1975
as Chairman Hopkins
Emergency!
1972
Columbo
1971
as Rudy Matthews (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Winning
1969
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Andrew McIntyre
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Mr. Gilroy
Land of the Giants
1968
as Mr. Clinton
Ironside
1967
as Father Adam Wendell (uncredited)
Runaway Girl
1965
as Walter Quillen
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Governor's Advisor
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mr. Fillmore
Hazel
1961
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
20,000 Eyes
1961
as Police Lieutenant
Surfside 6
1960
as Dowell
From the Terrace
1960
as Partner (uncredited)
Cage of Evil
1960
as Victor Delmar
Why Must I Die
1960
as Charlie Munro
Valley of the Redwoods
1960
as Capt. Sid Walker
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
as Husband - Circus Spectator
The Third Man
1959
as Mr. Morgan
North by Northwest
1959
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
The Rebel Set
1959
as Lt. Cassidy
I, Mobster
1959
as Senator
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Stephen Allen
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Dr. Flanigan
Teenage Cave Man
1958
as The Fire Maker
How to Make a Monster
1958
as Gary Droz
War of the Satellites
1958
as Cole Hotchkiss
26 Men
1957
Death in Small Doses
1957
Spook Chasers
1957
as The Detective
The Giant Claw
1957
as Gen. Van Buskirk
Footsteps in the Night
1957
as Fred Horner
Kronos
1957
as Air Force General
Hot Shots
1956
as Pierre M. Morley
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
Rumble on the Docks
1956
as Judge
Indestructible Man
1956
as Dr. Bradshaw
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Dave O'Bryan
Navy Log
1955
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1955
as Logan
King of the Carnival
1955
as Jess Carter
Double Jeopardy
1955
as Mr. Ross
Murder Is My Beat
1955
as Bert Rawley
The Millionaire
1955
as Jack Stewart (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mr. Wyatt (uncredited)
The Desperado
1954
as Attorney Wilson
Stories of the Century
1954
as Colonel Marsh
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954
as Conroy
Flight Nurse
1953
as Surgeon
Eyes of the Jungle
1953
as Watson
The Neanderthal Man
1953
as Prof. Clifford Groves
Invaders from Mars
1953
as Dr. William Wilson
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Doctor (uncredited)
Prince of Pirates
1953
as Prime Minister Treeg
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
as Capt. Burke
Behind Southern Lines
1952
The Ring
1952
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
Adventures of Superman
1952
as Inspector Henderson
Without Warning!
1952
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Indian Uprising
1952
as Maj. Nathan Stark
Criminal Lawyer
1951
as Clark Sommers
The Dakota Kid
1951
as Ace Crandall
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Missing Women
1951
as Cincotta
The Living Christ
1951
as Priest
Experiment Alcatraz
1950
as Barry Morgan
Big Timber
1950
as Dixon
When You're Smiling
1950
as Jack Lacey
Federal Man
1950
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
State Penitentiary
1950
as Stanley Brown
Rider from Tucson
1950
as John Avery
Customs Agent
1950
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Jay Wingate
The Threat
1949
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Forgotten Women
1949
as Richard Marshall
Loaded Pistols
1948
as Don Mason
Let's Live a Little
1948
as Dr. Richard Field
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Floyd Durant
Best Man Wins
1948
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
The Inside Story
1948
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
The Swordsman
1948
as Ronald MacArden
The Spirit of West Point
1947
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Roy Chesley
Backlash
1947
as James O'Neil
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
as Mr. Gordon
I Cover Big Town
1947
as Chief Tom Blake
Wife Wanted
1946
as Bill Tyler
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Chet King
Behind the Mask
1946
as Brad Thomas
I Ring Doorbells
1946
as Dick Meadows
Three Strangers
1946
as Bertram Fallon
The Face of Marble
1946
as Dr. David Cochran
San Antonio
1945
as Captain Morgan
Frontier Days
1945
as Marshal Jim Blake
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Dudley Beecham
Law of the Badlands
1945
as Bob Tate
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Busboy (uncredited)
I Won't Play
1944
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Lester Knight
Trial by Trigger
1944
as Bill Cardigan
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as MacMahon
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
as Dan Costello
Roaring Guns
1944
as Jared Whitney
Gun to Gun
1944
as Steve Randall
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
as Ned Kincaid
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Engineer (uncredited)
Wednesday's Child
1934
as Howard Benson
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934
as Maj. James Parker