Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: October 4, 1900

Death Date: November 29, 1992

Birth Place: Yonkers, New York

Prolific supporting player of the Broadway stage, screen and TV, whose career lasted for over 60 years. Best known as Inspector Henderson on the popular syndicated series "The Adventures of Superman" (1952-57), Shayne's last role was the recurring part of Reggie, the blind news vendor, on another superhero series, "The Flash" (1990-91). On Broadway, he worked with Katherine Hepburn and Ethel Barrymore. Shayne appeared in nearly 100 films, sometimes as a lead, but usually a supporting player, often in B movies. His feature credits include "Hollywood Canteen" (1944), "Mr. Skeffington," "Rhapsody in Blue" (both 1945), "Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman" (1947), "Let's Live a Little" (1948) and "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970).

Credits

Oklahoma Outlaws

Actor
Show
2002

Red Alert

Actor
Movie
1977

Never Con a Killer

Actor
Club member
Movie
1977

The Specialist

Actor
Chairman Hopkins
Movie
1975

The WaltonsStream

Guest Star
Series
1972

The Priest Killer

Actor
Father Adam Wendell
Movie
1971

The Doris Day ShowStream

Guest Star
Series
1968

Petticoat JunctionStream

Guest Star
Series
1963

HazelStream

Guest Star
Series
1961

Surfside 6

Guest Star
Series
1960

My Three SonsStream

Guest Star
Series
1960

Cage of Evil

Actor
Victor Delmar
Movie
1960

The Rebel Set

Actor
Lt. Cassidy
Movie
1959

77 Sunset Strip

Guest Star
Stephen Allen
Series
1958

Bronco

Guest Star
Series
1958

Teen-Age Caveman

Actor
Young Tribe Member
Movie
1958

I, Mobster

Actor
Senator
Movie
1958

War of the Satellites

Actor
Cole Hotchkiss
Movie
1958

Spook Chasers

Actor
Police Lt. Harris
Movie
1957

The Giant Claw

Actor
Gen. Van Buskirk
Movie
1957

Footsteps in the Night

Actor
Fred Horner
Movie
1957

Dance With Me Henry

Actor
Proctor
Movie
1956

The Indestructible Man

Actor
Prof. Bradshaw
Movie
1956

King of the Carnival

Actor
Jess Carter
Show
1955

Murder Is My BeatStream

Actor
Police Captain Bert Rawley
Movie
1955
100%

Stories of the CenturyStream

Guest Star
Colonel Marsh
Series
1954

Trader Tom of the China Seas

Actor
Maj. Conroy
Movie
1954

Tobor the Great

Actor
General 1
Movie
1954

Invaders from MarsStream

Actor
Dr. Bill Wilson (uncredited)
Movie
1953
88%

Prince of Pirates

Actor
Prime Minister Treeg
Movie
1953

The Neanderthal Man

Actor
Prof. Clifford Groves
Movie
1953

Marshal of Cedar Rock

Actor
Jackson/Fake John Harper
Movie
1953

Eyes of the Jungle

Actor
Watson
Movie
1953

Death Valley DaysStream

Actor
Newscaster
Series
1952

Adventures of SupermanStream

Actor
Inspector William Henderson
Series
1952

Indian Uprising

Actor
Maj. Nathan Stark
Movie
1952

Wild Bill Hickok

Guest Star
Show
1951

Experiment Alcatraz

Actor
Barry Morgan
Movie
1950

Rider From Tucson

Actor
John Avery
Movie
1950

Federal Man

Actor
Stuart
Movie
1950

The Lone RangerStream

Guest Star
Luther Gage
Series
1949

Loaded Pistols

Actor
Don Mason
Movie
1949

Law of the Barbary Coast

Actor
Michael Lodge
Movie
1949

Forgotten Women

Actor
Richard Marshall
Movie
1949

The Inside Story

Actor
T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
Movie
1948

Shaggy

Actor
Bob Calvin
Movie
1948

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Actor
Floyd Durant
Movie
1948

Best Man Wins

Actor
Judge Leonidas K. Carter
Movie
1948

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Actor
Mr. Gordon
Movie
1947

Welcome Stranger

Actor
Roy Chesley
Movie
1947

Backlash

Actor
James O'Neil
Movie
1947

Three Strangers

Actor
Bertram Fallon
Movie
1946

Wife Wanted

Actor
Bill Tyler
Movie
1946

The Face of Marble

Actor
Dr. David Cochran
Movie
1946

Behind the Mask

Actor
Brad Thomas
Movie
1946

Frontier Days

Actor
Marshal Jim Blake
Movie
1945

San AntonioStream

Actor
Captain Morgan
Movie
1945

Christmas in ConnecticutStream

Actor
Dudley Beecham
Movie
1945
89%

I Ring Doorbells

Actor
Dick Meadows
Movie
1945

Gun to Gun

Actor
Steve Randall
Movie
1944

I Won't Play

Actor
Chaplain
Movie
1944

Trial by Trigger

Actor
Bill Cardigan
Movie
1944

Roaring Guns

Actor
Jared Whitney
Movie
1944

Mr. SkeffingtonStream

Actor
MacMahon
Movie
1944
57%

Make Your Own Bed

Actor
Lester Knight
Movie
1944

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Actor
Dan Costello
Movie
1944

Wagon Wheels West

Actor
U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Movie
1943

Oklahoma Outlaws

Actor
Ned Kincaid
Movie
1943

Keep 'Em Rolling

Actor
Major James Parker
Movie
1934