Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne (lahir Robert Shaen Dawe, 4 Oktober 1900 – 29 November 1992) merupakan seorang pelakon Amerika selama lebih 60 tahun.   Beliau terkenal dengan watak Inspektor Bill Henderson dalam siri televisyen Amerika Adventures of Superman .

Tahun-tahun awal 
Shayne dilahirkan di Yonkers, New York.  Beliau meripakan anak kepada Mr. dan Mrs. Grosvenor Dawe, dan mempunyai seorang adik, Allen Shaen Dawe.  Bapanya merupakan salah seorang pengasas Dewan Perniagaan Amerika Syarikat . 

Shayne meninggalkan Universiti Boston pada tahun seniornya supaya adiknya boleh pergi ke kolej.  Untuk sementara waktu, beliau tinggal di Birmingham, Alabama, menulis salinan pengiklanan untuk kedai pakaian wanita pada siang hari dan bertindak dalam syarikat teater saham pada waktu malam. Apabila kedai itu tidak beroperasi, beliau mula berlakon sepenuh masa.

Kerjaya 
Shayne menjadi pelakon selepas bekerja sebagai wartawan di Illustrated Daily Tab di Miami, Florida.  Pengalaman lakonan awalnya datang dengan syarikat repertori di Alabama.

Kehidupan peribadi 
Shayne berkahwin dengan Mary Crouch pada tahun 1925.  Mereka bercerai pada tahun 1933 dan mempunyai seorang anak perempuan. 

Pada tahun 1933, beliau berkahwin dengan Mary Sheffield. Mereka bercerai pada tahun 1943  dan mempunyai seorang anak perempuan. 

Pada tahun 1943, dia berkahwin dengan Elizabeth McDonald, dengannya mereka mempunyai 2 orang agi anak. Mereka kekal berkahwin sehingga kematiannya pada tahun 1992.

Kematian 
Shayne meninggal dunia pada tahun 1992 akibat kanser paru-paru di Hospital Motion Picture di Woodland Hills, California.  Beliau berumur 92 tahun. Shayne telah dikebumikan di Taman Memorial Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, California.

Filemografi terpilih 

 Keep 'Em Rolling (1934) - Major James Parker
 Wednesday's Child (1934) - Howard Benson
 The People's Enemy (1935) - First Department of Justice Representative (uncredited)
 Mission to Moscow (1943) - Engineer (uncredited)
 Shine On Harvest Moon (1944) - Dan Costello
 Mr. Skeffington (1944) - MacMahon
 Make Your Own Bed (1944) - Lester Knight
 Hollywood Canteen (1944) - Busboy (uncredited)
 Escape in the Desert (1945) - Radio Newscaster (voice, uncredited)
 Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - Christine's Escort (uncredited)
 Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - Dudley Beecham
 San Antonio (1945) - Captain Morgan
 The Face of Marble (1946) - Dr. David Cochran
 Three Strangers (1946) - Bertram Fallon
 I Ring Doorbells (1946) - Dick Meadows
 Behind the Mask (1946) - Brad Thomas
 Nobody Lives Forever (1946) - Chet King
 Wife Wanted (1946) - Bill Tyler
 I Cover Big Town (1947) - Chief Tom Blake
 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) - Mr. Gordon
 Backlash (1947) - James O'Neil
 Welcome Stranger (1947) - Roy Chesley
 The Spirit of West Point (1947) - Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
 The Swordsman (1948) - Ronald MacArden
 The Inside Story (1948) - T.W. 'Tom' O'Connor
 Best Man Wins (1948) - Judge Leonidas K. Carter
 Shaggy (1948) - Bob Calvin
 The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948) - Floyd Durant
 Let's Live a Little (1948) - Dr. Richard Field
 Loaded Pistols (1948) - Don Mason
 Law of the Barbary Coast (1949) - Michael Lodge
 Forgotten Women (1949) - Richard Marshall
 The Threat (1949) - Police Insp. Murphy
 Dynamite Pass (1950) - Jay Wingate
 Customs Agent (1950) - West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
 Rider from Tucson (1950) - John Avery
 State Penitentiary (1950) - Stanley Brown
 Federal Man (1950) - Chief Agent Charles Stuart
 When You're Smiling (1950) - Jack Lacey
 Big Timber (1950) - Dixon
 Experiment Alcatraz (1950) - Barry Morgan
 Missing Women (1951) - Cincotta
 The Dakota Kid (1951) - Ace Crandall
 Criminal Lawyer (1951) - Clark P. Sommers
 Indian Uprising (1952) - Maj. Nathan Stark
 Without Warning! (1952) - Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
 And Now Tomorrow (1952)
 The Ring (1952) - Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
 Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952) - Capt. Burke
 Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953) - Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
 Prince of Pirates (1953) - Prime Minister Treeg
 The Blue Gardenia (1953) - Doctor (uncredited)
 The Lady Wants Mink (1953) - Cecil
 Invaders from Mars (1953) - Dr. Bill Wilson (uncredited)
 The Neanderthal Man (1953) - Prof. Clifford Groves
 Sea of Lost Ships (1953) - Executive Officer (uncredited)
 Flight Nurse (1953) - Surgeon (uncredited)
 Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954) - Maj. Conroy
 The Desperado (1954) - Prosecutor (uncredited)
 Tobor the Great (1954) - General #1 (uncredited)
 Murder Is My Beat (1955) - Police Captain Bert Rawley
 The Eternal Sea (1955) - Cmdr. Dean (uncredited)
 Double Jeopardy (1955) - Mr. Ross (uncredited)
 King of the Carnival (1955) - Jess Carter
 Indestructible Man (1956) - Prof. Bradshaw
 Rumble on the Docks (1956) - Judge (uncredited)
 Accused of Murder (1956) - Doctor (uncredited)
 Dance with Me, Henry (1956) - Proctor
 Hot Shots (1956) - Pierre M. Morley
 Kronos (1957) -Air Force General
 Footsteps in the Night (1957) - Fred Horner
 The Giant Claw (1957) - Gen. Van Buskirk
 Spook Chasers (1957) - Police Lt. Harris
 Death in Small Doses (1957) - FDA Chief Insp. Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
 Adventures of Superman (1952-1958, TV Series) - Inspector Launay / Police Inspector Bill Henderson
 War of the Satellites (1958) - Cole Hotchkiss
 Teenage Cave Man (1958) - The Fire Maker
 How to Make a Monster (1958) - Gary Droz
 The Lost Missile (1958) - Air Force General (uncredited)
 Revolt in the Big House (1958) - Mickey (uncredited)
 I Mobster (1958) - Senator
 The Rebel Set (1959) - Lt. Cassidy
 North by Northwest (1959) - Larry Wade (uncredited)
 Battle Flame (1959) - Lt. Norris
 Toby Tyler (1960) - Husband in Audience (uncredited)
 Valley of the Redwoods (1960) - Capt. Sid Walker
 Why Must I Die? (1960) - Charlie Munro
 Cage of Evil (1960) - Victor Delmar
 From the Terrace (1960) - Partner (uncredited)
 20,000 Eyes (1961) - Police Lieutenant
 Son of Flubber (1963) - Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
 A Tiger Walks (1964) - Governor's Adviser (uncredited)
 Runaway Girl (1965) - Walter Quillen
 Winning (1969) - Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
 The Arrangement (1969) - Board Member (uncredited)
 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Cmdr. William H. Buracker - Halsey's Operations Officer (uncredited)
 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970) - U.S. Senator (uncredited)
 The Barefoot Executive (1971) - Sponsor
 The Million Dollar Duck (1971) - Refinery Executive (uncredited)
 Cool Breeze (1972) - Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
 The Specialist (1975) - Chairman Hopkins
 The Four Deuces (1975) - Vince

Rujukan

Pautan luar 

   
   
   
 Robert Shayne sebagai pelakon pentas muda (Perpustakaan Awam New York, Koleksi Billy Rose)
Kematian akibat kanser paru-paru
Kematian 1992
Kelahiran 1900
Pelakon lelaki Amerika Syarikat