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