Robert Shayne
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Robert Shayne has taken roles in front of the camera in American film and television, and beyond the credits there is little on file. Cast lists for 'Invaders from Mars' include his name, tied to the character Dr. William Wilson. The filmography also holds 'Christmas in Connecticut'. The databases list 116 credits in total.
Robert Shayne
97 Movies
19 Series
Robert Shayne has taken roles in front of the camera in American film and television, and beyond the credits there is little on file. Cast lists for 'Invaders from Mars' include his name, tied to the character Dr. William Wilson. The filmography also holds 'Christmas in Connecticut'. The databases list 116 credits in total.
Movies
Plays MacMahon
Mr. Skeffington
1944
Plays Dr. William Wilson
Invaders from Mars
1953
Plays Cincotta
Missing Women
1951
Plays Dudley Beecham
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
Plays Sponsor
The Barefoot Executive
1971
Plays Governor's Advisor
A Tiger Walks
1964
Plays Bertram Fallon
Three Strangers
1946
Plays Pierre M. Morley
Hot Shots
1956
Plays Mr. Ross
Double Jeopardy
1955
Plays Roy Chesley
Welcome Stranger
1947
Plays Husband - Circus Spectator
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
Plays Cole Hotchkiss
War of the Satellites
1958
Plays Captain Morgan
San Antonio
1945
Plays Don Mason
Loaded Pistols
1948
Plays Gary Droz
How to Make a Monster
1958
Plays Air Force General
Kronos
1957
Plays Lt. Cassidy
The Rebel Set
1959
Plays Mr. Gordon
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
Plays Chet King
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
Plays Gen. Van Buskirk
The Giant Claw
1957
Plays Barry Morgan
Experiment Alcatraz
1950
Plays Dr. Richard Field
Let's Live a Little
1948
Plays Dan Costello
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
Plays T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
The Inside Story
1948
Plays Attorney Wilson
The Desperado
1954
Plays Senator
I, Mobster
1959
Plays Lester Knight
Make Your Own Bed
1944
Plays Bert Rawley
Murder Is My Beat
1955
Plays Vince
The Four Deuces
1975
Plays Bill Cardigan
Trial by Trigger
1944
Plays Prof. Clifford Groves
The Neanderthal Man
1953
Plays District Attorney Martin Proctor
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
Plays Surgeon
Flight Nurse
1953
Plays U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Wagon Wheels West
1943
Plays James O'Neil
Backlash
1947
Plays Ned Kincaid
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
Plays Floyd Durant
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
Plays Dr. Bradshaw
Indestructible Man
1956
Plays Howard Benson
Wednesday's Child
1934
Plays Brad Thomas
Behind the Mask
1946
Plays Maj. Nathan Stark
Indian Uprising
1952
Plays The Fire Maker
Teenage Cave Man
1958
Plays Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
The Threat
1949
Plays Victor Delmar
Cage of Evil
1960
Plays Clark Sommers
Criminal Lawyer
1951
Plays Charlie Munro
Why Must I Die
1960
Plays Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Without Warning!
1952
Plays Ronald MacArden
The Swordsman
1948
Plays Jared Whitney
Roaring Guns
1944
Plays Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
The Ring
1952
TV Shows
Plays Inspector Henderson
Adventures of Superman
1952
Plays Reggie
The Flash
1990
Plays Dr. Flanigan
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Plays Mr. Morgan
The Third Man
1959
Plays Logan
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1955
Plays Stephen Allen
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Plays Mr. Fillmore
Petticoat Junction
1963
Plays Mr. Clinton
Land of the Giants
1968
Plays Dowell
Surfside 6
1960
Plays Dave O'Bryan
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Plays Andrew McIntyre
The Doris Day Show
1968
Plays Priest
The Living Christ
1951
Plays Colonel Marsh
Stories of the Century
1954
Plays The Minister
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
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The Flash
Reggie · 2 episodes
1990–1991
TV
Freddy's Nightmares
The Minister · 1 episode
1988–
TV
The Four Deuces
Vince
1975
Film
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
U.S. Senator (uncredited)
1974
Film
Cool Breeze
Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
1972
Film
Ironside
Father Adam Wendell (uncredited) · 1 episode
1971
TV
Columbo
Rudy Matthews (uncredited) · 1 episode
1971–
TV
The Million Dollar Duck
Refinery Executive (uncredited)
1971
Film
The Barefoot Executive
Sponsor
1971
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Robert Shayne still alive?
Robert Shayne passed away on November 29, 1992 at age 92.
What are the most famous roles of Robert Shayne?
Robert Shayne is best known for roles in North by Northwest, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Invaders from Mars.
How many movies has Robert Shayne been in?
Over a 58-year career (since 1934), Robert Shayne has appeared in 97 movies and 18 TV shows.
What was Robert Shayne's first movie?
The career of Robert Shayne began with Keep 'Em Rolling (1934).
What is Robert Shayne's most recent movie or series?
Robert Shayne's most recent release is The Flash, which premiered on September 20, 1990.
What TV shows has Robert Shayne appeared in?
On television, Robert Shayne has appeared in Columbo, The Flash, Freddy's Nightmares, Ironside.
Robert Shayne
1900-10-04 · Yonkers, New York, USA
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.