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Robert Shayne

Highest Rated: 100% Murder Is My Beat (1955)

Lowest Rated: 57% Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Birthday: Oct 4, 1900

Birthplace: Yonkers, New York, USA

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).

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Highest rated movies

100% 43% Murder Is My Beat
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89% 75% Christmas in Connecticut
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88% 56% Invaders From Mars
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57% 80% Mr. Skeffington
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8% The Rebel Set
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Law of the Barbary Coast
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Frontier Days
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42% Dance With Me Henry
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Marshal of Cedar Rock
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The Face of Marble
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Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne THE NEANDERTHAL MAN, Robert Shayne, 1953 MR. SKEFFINGTON, Bette Davis, Robert Shayne, 1944 MARSHAL OF CEDAR ROCK, Robert Shayne, Allan Lane, William Henry, 1953 MARSHAL OF CEDAR ROCK, Eddy Waller, Robert Shayne, Phyllis Coates, Allan Lane, William Henry, Roy Barcroft, 1953 INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, from left: Lon Chaney Jr, Joe Flynn, Robert Shayne, 1956 THE REBEL SET, Robert Shayne, Gregg Palmer, 1959 THE NEANDERTHAL MAN, Dick Rich (bottom), Robert Shayne, 1953 THE NEANDERTHAL MAN, Robert Shayne, 1953 THE NEANDERTHAL MAN, Robert Shayne (top), 1953 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Con a Killer Club member (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 12% Red Alert Unknown (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 20% The Specialist Chairman Hopkins (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Priest Killer Father Adam Wendell (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cage of Evil Victor Delmar (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 8% The Rebel Set Lt. Cassidy (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 12% War of the Satellites Cole Hotchkiss (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 67% I, Mobster Senator (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 6% Teen-Age Caveman Young Tribe Member (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 32% The Giant Claw Gen. Van Buskirk (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Footsteps in the Night Fred Horner (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spook Chasers Police Lt. Harris (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 42% Dance With Me Henry Proctor (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 10% The Indestructible Man Prof. Bradshaw (Character) - 1956
100% 43% Murder Is My Beat Police Captain Bert Rawley (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trader Tom of the China Seas Maj. Conroy (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 46% Tobor the Great General 1 (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 8% The Neanderthal Man Prof. Clifford Groves (Character) - 1953
88% 56% Invaders From Mars Dr. Bill Wilson (uncredited) (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal of Cedar Rock Jackson/Fake John Harper (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eyes of the Jungle Watson (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Prince of Pirates Prime Minister Treeg (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indian Uprising Maj. Nathan Stark (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rider From Tucson John Avery (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Federal Man Stuart (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Experiment Alcatraz Barry Morgan (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Loaded Pistols Don Mason (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law of the Barbary Coast Michael Lodge (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forgotten Women Richard Marshall (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inside Story T.W. "Tom" O'Connor (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Strange Mrs. Crane Floyd Durant (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shaggy Bob Calvin (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Best Man Wins Judge Leonidas K. Carter (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 58% Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Mr. Gordon (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 40% Backlash James O'Neil (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 67% Welcome Stranger Roy Chesley (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Behind the Mask Brad Thomas (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 50% Three Strangers Bertram Fallon (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Face of Marble Dr. David Cochran (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wife Wanted Bill Tyler (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 64% San Antonio Captain Morgan (Character) - 1945
89% 75% Christmas in Connecticut Dudley Beecham (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frontier Days Marshal Jim Blake (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Ring Doorbells Dick Meadows (Character) - 1945
57% 80% Mr. Skeffington MacMahon (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gun to Gun Steve Randall (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 78% Make Your Own Bed Lester Knight (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 38% Shine On, Harvest Moon Dan Costello (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Won't Play Chaplain (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roaring Guns Jared Whitney (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trial by Trigger Bill Cardigan (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oklahoma Outlaws Ned Kincaid (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Wheels West U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Keep 'Em Rolling Major James Parker (Character) - 1934

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doris Day Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petticoat Junction Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Three Sons Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hazel Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Stephen Allen (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Superman Inspector William Henderson (Character) 1952-1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Luther Gage (Guest Star) 1953-1954