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