Robert Shayne was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman.
14 Facts About Robert Shayne
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Robert Shayne was the son of Mr and Mrs Grosvenor Dawe, and he had a brother, Allen Shaen Dawe.
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Robert Shayne's father was one of the founders of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
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Robert Shayne became an actor after having worked as a reporter at the Illustrated Daily Tab in Miami, Florida.
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Robert Shayne's initial acting experience came with repertory companies in Alabama, including the Birmingham Players.
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Robert Shayne began his film career in 1934, appearing in two features.
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Robert Shayne played many character roles in movies and television, including a film series of Warner Bros.
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Robert Shayne 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.
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Robert Shayne had a small but pivotal role in the 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars as a scientist.
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Robert Shayne 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.
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Robert Shayne portrayed Police Inspector William "Bill" Henderson on the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman.
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Robert Shayne appeared sporadically in the early episodes of the series, in part because he was accused by his second wife Mary Sheffield, and came under HUAC scrutiny and was briefly blacklisted on unproven and unspecific charges of association with Communism.
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Robert Shayne died in 1992 of lung cancer at the Motion Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
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Robert Shayne was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California.