Robert Shayne

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Robert Shaen Dawe

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Yonkers, New York, U.S.
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Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California
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Years active1929–1991
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Robert Shayne (born Robert Shaen Dawe, October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992) was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years.[1][2] He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman.[3]

Early years

Shayne was born in Yonkers, New York.[3] He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor Dawe, and he had a brother, Allen Shaen Dawe.[4] His father was one of the founders of the United States Chamber of Commerce.[5]

Shayne left Boston University in his senior year so that his brother could go to college.[5] For a time, he lived in Birmingham, Alabama, writing advertising copy for a women's clothing store by day and acting in a stock theater company at night. When the store went out of business, he began acting full-time.[6]

Career

Shayne became an actor after having worked as a reporter at the Illustrated Daily Tab in Miami, Florida.[7] His initial acting experience came with repertory companies in Alabama,[8] including the Birmingham Players.[5]

Stage

Shayne's first Broadway appearance came by 1931 in The Rap.[8] 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.[2][9]

Film

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Shayne in Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)

Shayne began his film career in 1934, appearing in two features. In 1942, he became a contract actor with Warner Bros.[10] 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,[11] and as a mad scientist in the 1953 horror film The Neanderthal Man.

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From Indestructible Man (1956), L-R: Lon Chaney Jr., Joe Flynn, and Robert Shayne

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.[12] He also had a small but pivotal role in the 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars as a scientist.[13] Shayne enjoyed a brief rebirth in his career when he was cast as the blind newspaper vendor in The Flash television show.[14]

Television

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 was accused by his second wife Mary Sheffield,[15] and came under HUAC scrutiny and was briefly blacklisted on unproven and unspecific charges of association with Communism.[16][17] 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.[18][19]

Personal life

Shayne married Mary Crouch in 1925.[20] They had one daughter, but divorced in 1933.[5]

In 1933, he married Mary Sheffield. They also had one daughter, and divorced in 1943.[21][5]

In 1943, he married Elizabeth McDonald, with whom he had 2 more children. They remained married until his death in 1992.[citation needed]

Death

Shayne died in 1992 of lung cancer at the Motion Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[9] He was 92 years old. Shayne was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California.[22]

Selected filmography

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  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Overview for Robert Shayne". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7864-5019-0. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."(untitled brief)". Tallahassee Democrat. Florida, Tallahassee. May 28, 1927. p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Laura, Wagner (November 2017). "Robert Shayne". Classic Images (509): 72–74.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.MacPherson, Virginia (August 9, 1945). "Handsome Robert Shayne A 'Comer' in Hollywood". Tampa Bay Times. Florida, St. Petersburg. United Press. p. 6. Retrieved December 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Raymer, Dorothy (October 13, 1945). "Robert Shayne, Film Star, Was Once Miami Reporter". The Miami News. Florida, Miami. p. 12. Retrieved December 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Folkart, Burt A. (December 2, 1992). "Robert Shayne, Broadway and Movie Actor". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. p. A 28. Retrieved December 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Robert Shayne Actor, 92". The New York Times. December 3, 1992. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Weaver, Tom (2000). Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews. McFarland. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-7864-0755-2. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
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  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Robert Shayne". hitchcock.zone.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alan Jones. "Invaders from Mars". RadioTimes. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Robert Shayne movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wagner, Laura (October 11, 2017). "Robert Shayne". Quad-City Times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vaughn, Robert (1996). Only Victims. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-87910-081-0.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Weaver, Tom (September 28, 2006). Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-2857-1.
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  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hal Erickson (2013). "Robert Shayne - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 19, 1925. p. 7. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Actor Shayne Divorced". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. July 19, 1946. p. 2 - Part II. Retrieved December 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 681. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

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