10.0
10.0
Superman and Scotland Yard
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Robert Shayne
Acting
Born:October 4, 1900
Died:November 29, 1992(aged 92)
Birthplace:Yonkers, New York, USA
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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.
Filmography (89 movies)
10.0
10.0
Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954
as Inspector Henderson
10.0
10.0
Superman in Exile
1954
as Inspector Henderson
10.0
10.0
Superman Flies Again
1954
as Inspector Henderson
7.5
7.5
Prince of Pirates
1953
as Prime Minister Treeg
6.9
6.9
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Dudley Beecham
6.8
6.8
Criminal Lawyer
1951
as Clark Sommers
6.7
6.7
Best Man Wins
1948
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
6.7
6.7
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as MacMahon
6.6
6.6
The Desperado
1954
as Attorney Wilson
6.6
6.6
The Gentleman Tramp
1976
as (voice)
6.6
6.6
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Roy Chesley
6.5
6.5
State Penitentiary
1950
as Stanley Brown
6.5
6.5
The Inside Story
1948
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
6.5
6.5
Experiment Alcatraz
1950
as Barry Morgan
6.5
6.5
I, Mobster
1959
as Senator
6.5
6.5
Wife Wanted
1946
as Bill Tyler
6.4
6.4
Three Strangers
1946
as Bertram Fallon
6.4
6.4
I Won't Play
1944
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
6.3
6.3
Let's Live a Little
1948
as Dr. Richard Field
6.2
6.2
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Chet King
6.2
6.2
Missing Women
1951
as Cincotta
6.2
6.2
Indian Uprising
1952
as Maj. Nathan Stark
6.1
6.1
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
as Mr. Gordon
6.0
6.0
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Floyd Durant
6.0
6.0
Rider from Tucson
1950
as John Avery
6.0
6.0
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
as Dan Costello
6.0
6.0
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934
as Maj. James Parker
6.0
6.0
I Cover Big Town
1947
as Chief Tom Blake
5.9
5.9
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Jay Wingate
5.9
5.9
San Antonio
1945
as Captain Morgan
5.9
5.9
Without Warning!
1952
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
5.9
5.9
Winning
1969
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Threat
1949
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
5.8
5.8
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Lester Knight
5.8
5.8
Murder Is My Beat
1955
as Bert Rawley
5.7
5.7
Loaded Pistols
1948
as Don Mason
5.7
5.7
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Governor's Advisor
5.7
5.7
Rumble on the Docks
1956
as Judge
5.6
5.6
Kronos
1957
as Air Force General
5.6
5.6
How to Make a Monster
1958
as Gary Droz
5.5
5.5
Cage of Evil
1960
as Victor Delmar
5.5
5.5
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
5.5
5.5
Flight Nurse
1953
as Surgeon
5.5
5.5
The Barefoot Executive
1971
as Sponsor
5.3
5.3
Footsteps in the Night
1957
as Fred Horner
5.1
5.1
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
5.0
5.0
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
as Capt. Burke
5.0
5.0
War of the Satellites
1958
as Cole Hotchkiss
5.0
5.0
Hot Shots
1956
as Pierre M. Morley
5.0
5.0
Double Jeopardy
1955
as Mr. Ross
5.0
5.0
Federal Man
1950
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
5.0
5.0
Why Must I Die
1960
as Charlie Munro
5.0
5.0
Behind the Mask
1946
as Brad Thomas
5.0
5.0
The Dakota Kid
1951
as Ace Crandall
5.0
5.0
Valley of the Redwoods
1960
as Capt. Sid Walker
5.0
5.0
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
as Ned Kincaid
4.9
4.9
Spook Chasers
1957
as The Detective
4.8
4.8
The Giant Claw
1957
as Gen. Van Buskirk
4.7
4.7
The Ring
1952
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
4.7
4.7
Backlash
1947
as James O'Neil
4.4
4.4
The Face of Marble
1946
as Dr. David Cochran
4.2
4.2
Indestructible Man
1956
as Dr. Bradshaw
4.2
4.2
The Neanderthal Man
1953
as Prof. Clifford Groves
4.1
4.1
The Naked Monster
2005
as Prof. Bradshaw
4.0
4.0
Frontier Days
1945
as Marshal Jim Blake
4.0
4.0
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
3.8
3.8
Teenage Cave Man
1958
as The Fire Maker
3.5
3.5
20,000 Eyes
1961
as Police Lieutenant
3.0
3.0
The Specialist
1975
as Chairman Hopkins
2.8
2.8
The Rebel Set
1959
as Lt. Cassidy
2.5
2.5
Wednesday's Child
1934
as Howard Benson
2.0
2.0
Trial by Trigger
1944
as Bill Cardigan
I Ring Doorbells
1946
as Dick Meadows
The Swordsman
1948
as Ronald MacArden
When You're Smiling
1950
as Jack Lacey
Runaway Girl
1965
as Walter Quillen
Forgotten Women
1949
as Richard Marshall
Law of the Badlands
1945
as Bob Tate
Gun to Gun
1944
as Steve Randall
Big Timber
1950
as Dixon
Roaring Guns
1944
as Jared Whitney
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954
as Conroy
Behind Southern Lines
1952
Eyes of the Jungle
1953
as Watson
The Spirit of West Point
1947
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
Superman's Peril
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Customs Agent
1950
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
King of the Carnival
1955
as Jess Carter
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