Robert Shayne
Actor

Robert Shayne Net Worth

Robert Shayne was born in Yonkers, New York in 1900 and had a variety of jobs before turning to acting. He appeared in theater productions and a few films in the 1930s, and in 1942 he signed with Warner Brothers and moved to Hollywood. He starred in a series of two-reel Westerns and supporting roles in "A"-level features before leaving the studio to freelance. He later got involved in television, where he is best remembered for playing Inspector Henderson in the series Adventures of Superman (1952).
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day October 04, 1900
Birth Place  Yonkers, New York, United States
Age 119 YEARS OLD
Died On November 29, 1992(1992-11-29) (aged 92)\nWoodland Hills, California, US
Birth Sign Scorpio
Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Occupation Stage, film, television actor
Years active 1929-1991
Spouse(s) Elizabeth (Bette) McDonald (1943-1992) (his death) 2 children Mary Sheffield (1933-1943) 1 child Mary Crouch (1925-1933) (see the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY 12/19/1925, page 7) 1 child
Children Robert Shayne, Jr. (b. 1947-1983) Stephanie Shayne (b. 1950) Dorothy Dawe (w/Mary Crouch) Roberta Shayne (w/Mary Sheffield)
Parent(s) Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor Dawe

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1929

Shayne married Mary Crouch in 1929. They divorced three years later and had one daughter. In 1934, he married Mary Sheffield. They divorced in 1946 and had one daughter.

1931

Shayne's first Broadway appearance came by 1931 in The Rap. His other Broadway shows include Yellow Jack (1934), The Cat and the Canary (1935), Whiteoaks (1938), with Ethel Barrymore, and Without Love (1942), with Katharine Hepburn.

1934

Shayne began his film career in 1934, appearing in two features. In 1942, he became a contract actor with Warner Bros.. He played many character roles in movies and television, including a film series of Warner Bros. featurettes called the "Santa Fe Trail" series such as Wagon Wheels West, and as a mad scientist in the 1953 horror film The Neanderthal Man.

1950

Shayne portrayed Police Inspector william "Bill" Henderson on the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. He appeared sporadically in the early episodes of the series, in part because he came under HUAC scrutiny and was briefly blacklisted on unproven and unspecific charges of association with Communism. As the program evolved, especially in the color episodes, he was brought into more and more of them, to the point where he was a regular on the series.

1953

He appears briefly in Alfred Hitchcock's North by North West, 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. He also had a small but pivotal role in the 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars as a scientist. He also 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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