Robert Shayne

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-10-04 (92 years old)

Deathday

1992-11-29

Place of Birth

Yonkers, New York, USA

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), ...

Acting

1952

The Ring

as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager

1952

Without Warning!

as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist

1946

1945

Christmas in Connecticut

as Dudley Beecham

1946

Three Strangers

as Bertram Fallon

1953

The Neanderthal Man

as Prof. Clifford Groves

1957

The Giant Claw

as Gen. Van Buskirk

2005

The Naked Monster

as Prof. Bradshaw

1955

Double Jeopardy

as Mr. Ross

1950

Experiment Alcatraz

as Barry Morgan

1955

Murder Is My Beat

as Bert Rawley

1958

War of the Satellites

as Cole Hotchkiss

1944

Mr. Skeffington

as MacMahon

1947

Backlash

as James O'Neil

1960

From the Terrace

as Partner (uncredited)

1951

Criminal Lawyer

as Clark Sommers

1951

Missing Women

as Cincotta

1957

1956

Indestructible Man

as Dr. Bradshaw

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)

1949

The Threat

as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy

1960

Cage of Evil

as Victor Delmar

1944

Make Your Own Bed

as Lester Knight

1959

I, Mobster

as Senator

1946

The Face of Marble

as Dr. David Cochran

1953

1946

Wife Wanted

as Bill Tyler

1950

Federal Man

as Chief Agent Charles Stuart

1976

1947

Welcome Stranger

as Roy Chesley

1950

Customs Agent

as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff

1944

I Won't Play

as Chaplain aka 'Padre'

1946

Behind the Mask

as Brad Thomas

1953

The Blue Gardenia

as Doctor (uncredited)

1947

I Cover Big Town

as Chief Tom Blake

1961

20,000 Eyes

as Police Lieutenant

1956

Hot Shots

as Pierre M. Morley

1934

Wednesday's Child

as Howard Benson

1955

King of the Carnival

as Jess Carter

1953

Prince of Pirates

as Prime Minister Treeg

1952

Mr. Walkie Talkie

as Capt. Burke

1950

Dynamite Pass

as Jay Wingate

1960

Valley of the Redwoods

as Capt. Sid Walker

1948

Let's Live a Little

as Dr. Richard Field

1959

The Rebel Set

as Lt. Cassidy

1947

The Spirit of West Point

as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling

as Maj. James Parker

1953

Flight Nurse

as Surgeon

1944

Shine on Harvest Moon

as Dan Costello

1948

The Swordsman

as Ronald MacArden

1946

I Ring Doorbells

as Dick Meadows

1943

Wagon Wheels West

as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson

1945

Frontier Days

as Marshal Jim Blake

1950

State Penitentiary

as Stanley Brown

1959

North by Northwest

as Larry Wade (uncredited)

1957

Kronos

as Air Force General

1954

The Desperado

as Attorney Wilson

1945

San Antonio

as Captain Morgan

1950

Rider from Tucson

as John Avery

1964

A Tiger Walks

as Governor's Advisor

1948

Best Man Wins

as Judge Leonidas K. Carter

1948

The Strange Mrs. Crane

as Floyd Durant

1944

Gun to Gun

as Steve Randall

1957

Spook Chasers

as The Detective

1951

The Dakota Kid

as Ace Crandall

1950

When You're Smiling

as Jack Lacey

1965

Runaway Girl

as Walter Quillen

1952

Indian Uprising

as Maj. Nathan Stark

1948

Loaded Pistols

as Don Mason

1953

Marshal of Cedar Rock

as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper

1953

Invaders from Mars

as Dr. William Wilson

1960

Why Must I Die

as Charlie Munro

1958

Teenage Cave Man

as The Fire Maker

1975

The Specialist

as Chairman Hopkins

1949

Forgotten Women

as Richard Marshall

1948

The Inside Story

as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor

1971

The Million Dollar Duck

as Refinery Executive (uncredited)

1943

Oklahoma Outlaws

as Ned Kincaid

1945

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Engineer (uncredited)

1944

Roaring Guns

as Jared Whitney

1950

Big Timber

as Dixon

1944

Hollywood Canteen

as Busboy (uncredited)

1958

1960

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

as Husband - Circus Spectator

1944

Trial by Trigger

as Bill Cardigan

1956

Dance with Me, Henry

as District Attorney Martin Proctor

1969

Winning

as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)

1963

Son of Flubber

as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)

1954

Superman and Scotland Yard

as Inspector Henderson

1954

Superman Flies Again

as Inspector Henderson

1954

Superman and the Jungle Devil

as Inspector Henderson

1954

Superman in Exile

as Inspector Henderson

1954

Superman's Peril

as Inspector Henderson

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