Robert Shayne
Biography
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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.
Known For
Acting
1952
asJimmy - Aragon's Manager
1952
asDr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
1946
asChet King
1945
asDudley Beecham
1946
asBertram Fallon
1953
asProf. Clifford Groves
1957
asGen. Van Buskirk
2005
asProf. Bradshaw
1955
asMr. Ross
1950
asBarry Morgan
1955
asBert Rawley
1958
asCole Hotchkiss
1944
asMacMahon
1947
asJames O'Neil
1960
asPartner (uncredited)
1951
asClark Sommers
1951
asCincotta
1957
asFred Horner
1956
asDr. Bradshaw
1970
asCmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
1949
asInsp. 'Murph' Murphy
1960
asVictor Delmar
1944
asLester Knight
1959
asSenator
1946
asDr. David Cochran
1953
asWatson
1946
asBill Tyler
1950
asChief Agent Charles Stuart
1976
as(voice)
1947
asRoy Chesley
1950
asWest Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
1944
asChaplain aka 'Padre'
1946
asBrad Thomas
1953
asDoctor (uncredited)
1947
asChief Tom Blake
1961
asPolice Lieutenant
1956
asPierre M. Morley
1934
asHoward Benson
1955
asJess Carter
1953
asPrime Minister Treeg
1952
asCapt. Burke
1950
asJay Wingate
1960
asCapt. Sid Walker
1956
asJudge
1948
asDr. Richard Field
1959
asLt. Cassidy
1947
asCol. Earl 'Red' Blaik
1934
asMaj. James Parker
1953
asSurgeon
1944
asDan Costello
1948
asRonald MacArden
1946
asDick Meadows
1943
asU.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
1957
as
1945
asMarshal Jim Blake
1952
as
1950
asStanley Brown
1959
asLarry Wade (uncredited)
1957
asAir Force General
1954
asAttorney Wilson
1945
asCaptain Morgan
1950
asJohn Avery
1964
asGovernor's Advisor
1948
asJudge Leonidas K. Carter
1948
asFloyd Durant
1944
asSteve Randall
1957
asThe Detective
1951
asAce Crandall
1950
asJack Lacey
1965
asWalter Quillen
1952
asMaj. Nathan Stark
1948
asDon Mason
1953
asPaul Jackson / Fake John Harper
1953
asDr. William Wilson
1960
asCharlie Munro
1958
asThe Fire Maker
1975
asChairman Hopkins
1947
asMr. Gordon
1949
asRichard Marshall
1948
asT.W. "Tom" O'Connor
1971
asRefinery Executive (uncredited)
1943
asNed Kincaid
1945
asBob Tate
1943
asEngineer (uncredited)
1944
asJared Whitney
1950
asDixon
1944
asBusboy (uncredited)
1958
asGary Droz
1954
asConroy
1960
asHusband - Circus Spectator
1944
asBill Cardigan
1956
asDistrict Attorney Martin Proctor
1969
asWell-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
1963
asDefense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
1954
asInspector Henderson
1954
asInspector Henderson
1954
asInspector Henderson
1954
asInspector Henderson
1954
asInspector Henderson
as
asJack Stewart (uncredited)
asInspector Henderson
asas 
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asDr. Flanigan
asMr. Morgan
asLogan
asStephen Allen
asMr. Fillmore
asReggie
asPolice Lieutenant (uncredited)
asMr. Clinton
asAssistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited)
asFather Adam Wendell (uncredited)
asDowell
asDave O'Bryan
asAndrew McIntyre
asMr. Gilroy
asPriest
asColonel Marsh
asRudy Matthews (uncredited)
asMr. Wyatt (uncredited)
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