Biography
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 Play...
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Complete Filmography

The Naked Monster
2005
as Prof. Bradshaw
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from ...

The Gentleman Tramp
1976
as (voice)
A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.

The Specialist
1975
as Chairman Hopkins
Jerry Bounds, an upright lawyer, must stand up against Pike Smith and his the water company's efforts to exploit a local lake.

The Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! ...

Winning
1969
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing...

Runaway Girl
1965
as Walter Quillen
Vineyard owner Randy Minola becomes captivated by the worldly Edella, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend Winnie.

A Tiger Walks
1964
as Governor's Advisor
A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the surrounding woods. This throws the town into a panic and eve...

Son of Flubber
1963
as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hope...

20,000 Eyes
1961
as Police Lieutenant
An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back.

From the Terrace
1960
as Partner (uncredited)
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his ca...

Cage of Evil
1960
as Victor Delmar
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfri...

Why Must I Die
1960
as Charlie Munro
A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.

Valley of the Redwoods
1960
as Capt. Sid Walker
Wayne, Jan, and Dino try pulling off a heist of a lumber company's payroll, and everything seems to go wrong right from the beginning, in spite of Din...

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
as Husband - Circus Spectator
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee...

North by Northwest
1959
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

The Rebel Set
1959
as Lt. Cassidy
Three beatniks are brought together to rob an armored car, only to face betrayal from amongst their ranks.

I, Mobster
1959
as Senator
The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story.

Teenage Cave Man
1958
as The Fire Maker
Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared "forbidden zone."

How to Make a Monster
1958
as Gary Droz
When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.

War of the Satellites
1958
as Cole Hotchkiss
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the f...

Death in Small Doses
1957
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.

Spook Chasers
1957
as The Detective
Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.

The Giant Claw
1957
as Gen. Van Buskirk
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard fo...

Footsteps in the Night
1957
as Fred Horner
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.

Kronos
1957
as Air Force General
Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscraper-tall, mobile machine which is designed to syp...

Hot Shots
1956
as Pierre M. Morley
Sach and the gang baby-sit a bratty TV star.

Dance with Me, Henry
1956
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling...

Rumble on the Docks
1956
as Judge
A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.

Indestructible Man
1956
as Dr. Bradshaw
A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impe...

King of the Carnival
1955
as Jess Carter
Treasury agents go after a ring of counterfeiters operating out of a traveling carnival.

Double Jeopardy
1955
as Mr. Ross
Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam'...

Murder Is My Beat
1955
as Bert Rawley
Mr. Dean's body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted ...

Superman Flies Again
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Compilation of 3 episodes of the "Adventures of Superman" TV show: episodes #30 ("Jet Ace"), #35 ("The Dog Who Knew Superman"), and #42 ("The Clown Wh...

Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #39 ("Machine That Could Plot Crimes"), #40 ("Jungle Devil"), and #31 ("...

Superman in Exile
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #33 ("Superman in Exile"), 36 ("The Face and the Voice"), and #51 ("The W...

Superman's Peril
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #47 ("The Golden Vulture"), #44 ("The Semi-Private Eye"), and #32 ("The D...

Superman and Scotland Yard
1954
as Inspector Henderson
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #34 ("A Ghost for Scotland Yard"), #49 ("Lady in Black"), and #38 ("Pani...

The Desperado
1954
as Attorney Wilson
"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fug...

Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954
as Conroy
In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort to prevent the natives from starting a revolution in B...

Flight Nurse
1953
as Surgeon
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
Eyes of the Jungle
1953
as Watson
Ramar of the Jungle encounters a holy man who warns him of great danger. His friend Professor Howard is near death, cursed by the Mark of Shitan. A sa...

The Neanderthal Man
1953
as Prof. Clifford Groves
A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous r...

Invaders from Mars
1953
as Dr. William Wilson
In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all of...

The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Doctor (uncredited)
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the ...

Prince of Pirates
1953
as Prime Minister Treeg
In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with hi...

Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his s...

Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
as Capt. Burke
Military comedy about two sergeant buddies constantly getting into trouble.

Behind Southern Lines
1952
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

The Ring
1952
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
A young Mexican/American learns about life both inside and out of the ring when he takes up boxing.

Without Warning!
1952
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears

Indian Uprising
1952
as Maj. Nathan Stark
It's 1885 in Arizona and an Army Captain has dispersed his troops to keep the whites off of Government land thereby keeping the peace with the Apaches...

Criminal Lawyer
1951
as Clark Sommers
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

The Dakota Kid
1951
as Ace Crandall
Dakota Kid is a young outlaw who joins a gang headed by Ace Crandall. Crandall's aim is to unseat Sheriff Tom White and then use his power to enrich h...

Missing Women
1951
as Cincotta
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.

Experiment Alcatraz
1950
as Barry Morgan
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Big Timber
1950
as Dixon
A young man goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bun...

When You're Smiling
1950
as Jack Lacey
When You're Smiling is distinguished by the presence of several top recording artists of 1950. The wafer-thin plotline concerns the misadventures of T...

Federal Man
1950
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.

State Penitentiary
1950
as Stanley Brown
A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.

Rider from Tucson
1950
as John Avery
In order to make Tug Cardwell (William Phipps) sign over his rich gold claim to them, John Avery (Robert Shayne), Gypsy Avery (Veda Ann Borg) and Jack...

Customs Agent
1950
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.

Dynamite Pass
1950
as Jay Wingate
A cowhand becomes involved in a war between a road construction crew and the greedy toll-owner hoping to thwart the new project.

The Threat
1949
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.

Forgotten Women
1949
as Richard Marshall
A tale of three women who hang out in a bar and bend the ear of Harry the bartender. Kate Allison drinks to forget playboy Andy Emerson, whom she migh...

Loaded Pistols
1948
as Don Mason
A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.

Let's Live a Little
1948
as Dr. Richard Field
A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fianc...

The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Floyd Durant
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former...

Best Man Wins
1948
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog ...

The Inside Story
1948
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hote...

The Swordsman
1948
as Ronald MacArden
Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.

The Spirit of West Point
1947
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
The story of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, two All-American football players at the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point.

Welcome Stranger
1947
as Roy Chesley
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing Doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; b...

Backlash
1947
as James O'Neil
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland hims...

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
as Mr. Gordon
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.

I Cover Big Town
1947
as Chief Tom Blake
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned ...

Wife Wanted
1946
as Bill Tyler
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs...

Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Chet King
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.

Behind the Mask
1946
as Brad Thomas
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.

I Ring Doorbells
1946
as Dick Meadows
Set at a major newspaper, this crime drama centers on a fellow who returns to newspaper reporting after he bombs as a playwright. Believing his grown ...

Three Strangers
1946
as Bertram Fallon
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable ...

The Face of Marble
1946
as Dr. David Cochran
The story of Dr. Charles Randolph, a scientist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of life and death. Aided by assistant David Cochran, Charles condu...

San Antonio
1945
as Captain Morgan
Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is ...

Frontier Days
1945
as Marshal Jim Blake
U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.

Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Dudley Beecham
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse...

Law of the Badlands
1945
as Bob Tate
A cavalry officer is framed for the murder of a fellow officer and cashiered out of the army. After he gets out of prison he vows to find the renegade...

Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Busboy (uncredited)
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...

I Won't Play
1944
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
In this Oscar-winning short film, a Marine, Joe Fingers, on a South Sea island during World War II, tells tales of the influence he's had on various p...

Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Lester Knight
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresti...

Trial by Trigger
1944
as Bill Cardigan
California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.

Mr. Skeffington
1944
as MacMahon
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
as Dan Costello
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

Roaring Guns
1944
as Jared Whitney
Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.

Gun to Gun
1944
as Steve Randall
Don Diego is a large ranch owner, the uncle of Dolores and the guardian of a young American, Steve Randall. Steve has just delivered a large herd of c...

Wagon Wheels West
1943
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
In this short western, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father.

Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
as Ned Kincaid
In this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Mission to Moscow
1943
as Engineer (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

Wednesday's Child
1934
as Howard Benson
A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.

Keep 'Em Rolling
1934
as Maj. James Parker
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.