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Robert Shayne is a Actor American born on 4 october 1900 at Yonkers (USA)

Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne
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Birth name Robert Shaen Dawe
Nationality USA
Birth 4 october 1900 at Yonkers (USA)
Death 29 november 1992 (at 92 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Robert Shayne (October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992), born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years.

Biography

Sous le nom de scène de Robert Shayne, il débute au théâtre durant les années 1920 et joue notamment à Broadway (New York) dans seize pièces, les deux premières en 1932. La dernière est Sans amour de Philip Barry, représentée 113 fois de novembre 1942 à février 1943, avec Katharine Hepburn et Elliott Nugent dans les rôles principaux.

Entretemps, citons La Nuit du 16 janvier d'Ayn Rand (235 représentations de septembre 1935 à avril 1936, avec Edmund Breese, Sarah Padden et Walter Pidgeon), Whiteoaks de Mazo De la Roche (112 représentations en 1938, avec Ethel Barrymore et Richard Carlson), ainsi que The Land Is Bright d'Edna Ferber et George S. Kaufman (79 représentations d'octobre 1941 à janvier 1942, avec Leon Ames, Hugh Marlowe, Arnold Moss et K. T. Stevens).

Au cinéma, il apparaît pour la première fois dans un court métrage de 1929 ; suivent sept films sortis de 1934 à 1938, dont quatre autres courts métrages. Puis, sous contrat à la Warner Bros. de 1942 à 1946, il tient des seconds rôles (ou des petits rôles non crédités) notamment dans Femme aimée est toujours jolie de Vincent Sherman (1944, avec Bette Davis et Claude Rains), San Antonio de David Butler (1945, avec Errol Flynn et Alexis Smith) et Three Strangers de Jean Negulesco (1946, avec Sydney Greenstreet et Geraldine Fitzgerald).

Après son passage à la Warner, Robert Shayne tourne en indépendant entre autres dans Une vie perdue de Stuart Heisler (Universal Pictures, 1947, avec Susan Hayward et Lee Bowman), Les Envahisseurs de la planète rouge de William Cameron Menzies (20th Century Fox, 1953, avec Arthur Franz et Jimmy Hunt), I Mobster de Roger Corman (20th Century Fox, 1958, avec Steve Cochran et Robert Strauss), ou encore Un singulier directeur de Robert Butler (Studios Disney, 1971, avec Kurt Russell et Joe Flynn). Les deux derniers de ses cent-dix-sept films américains (parfois en coproduction) sortent en 1975.

Pour la télévision, excepté un téléfilm de 1977, il contribue surtout à cinquante-deux séries américaines dès 1951, sa plus connue étant Les Aventures de Superman (quatre-vingt-dix épisodes, 1952-1958), où il personnifie l'inspecteur Henderson. Ultérieurement, mentionnons Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (deux épisodes, 1958-1965), Doris comédie (deux épisodes, 1970-1971) et Columbo (un épisode, 1971).

Robert Shayne interprète son ultime rôle à l'écran (vers 90 ans) dans la série Flash, avec deux épisodes diffusés respectivement en 1990 et 1991. Il meurt l'année suivante (1992) à Woodland Hills.

Best films

Mr. Skeffington (1944)
(Actor)

Usually with

Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(10 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(7 films)
Roger Corman
Roger Corman
(3 films)
Milo Anderson
Milo Anderson
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Shayne (76 films)

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Actor

The Naked Monster, 1h26
Directed by Ted Newsom
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Kenneth Tobey, Brinke Stevens, Forrest J Ackerman, John Agar, Jeanne Carmen, Robert Clarke
Roles Prof. Bradshaw
Rating52% 2.6113952.6113952.6113952.6113952.611395
A colossal series of disasters releases something monstrous from a glacier. Strange disappearances in a small California town attract the attention of a thick-headed sheriff (R.G. Wilson), his transparently uninterested scientist girlfriend (Brinke Stevens) and a visiting government agent (John Goodwin). They discover that a giant green monster is at large, the Creaturesaurus Erectus, ("He wrecked us? He nearly KILLED us!") They turn to experienced monster fighter Colonel Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey), who has been locked in a government asylum for decades. With the help of other monster experts, lots of stock footage and incredibly bad special effects, humanity fights back against the "Thing from Another Time Zone".
The Million Dollar Duck, 1h29
Directed by Vincent McEveety, Christopher Hibler, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Children's films
Actors Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts, James Gregory, Lee Montgomery
Roles Refinery Executive (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8500452.8500452.8500452.8500452.850045
The film centers on the family of a scientist named Albert Dooley (Dean Jones) who struggles to pay the bills. His wife, Katie (Sandy Duncan) gets a recipe for applesauce wrong and gives it to her husband to take to work for lunch, hoping it will help cut down on the budget. In a humorous chain reaction, the duck Albert is testing steals the applesauce after Albert has thrown it away in the trash, and then wanders into a radiation lab and becomes irradiated. Albert is ordered to get rid of the duck, so he figures he can give it to his son, Jimmy (Lee Montgomery) who has been wanting a pet, only to discover it now lays eggs with solid gold yolks.
The Barefoot Executive, 1h36
Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about television, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Joe Flynn, Wally Cox, Johnny Flynn, Heather North, John Ritter, Harry Morgan
Roles Sponsor
Rating58% 2.9480352.9480352.9480352.9480352.948035
A satire of network television, the movie follows the adventures of an ambitious mailroom clerk, Steven Post (Russell) at the fictional UBC Network who discovers his girlfriend Jennifer Scott's (Heather North) pet chimpanzee has the supernatural ability to predict which television programs will receive the highest ratings, in which he blows a raspberry to shows that will bomb, or claps his hands in applause to shows that will be hits.
Tora! Tora! Tora!, 2h24
Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Sō Yamamura, E. G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Jason Robards
Roles Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.747653.747653.747653.747653.74765
In 1941, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Sō Yamamura) and his predecessor, Zengo Yoshida (Junya Usami), discuss America's embargo that starves Japan of raw materials. While both agree that a war with the United States would be a complete disaster, army hotheads and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and start planning for war. With the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto orders the planning of a preventive strike, believing Japan's only hope is to annihilate the American Pacific fleet at the outset of hostilities.
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go, 1h29
Directed by Burgess Meredith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors James Mason, Jack MacGowran, Irene Tsu, Jeff Bridges, Peter Lind Hayes, Clarissa Kaye
Rating35% 1.7781251.7781251.7781251.7781251.778125
An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan (Jeff Bridges) becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go (James Mason), an oriental organized crime mastermind. They conspire to blackmail an American weapons scientist into providing secrets to Mr. Go's organization for resale to the highest bidder. "The Dolphin" then arrives, who is an American CIA agent and James Joyce scholar, and is charged with recovering the scientist and his work by whatever means necessary.
Winning
Winning (1969)
, 2h3
Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, Clu Gulager, Karen Arthur
Roles Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.9995852.9995852.9995852.9995852.999585
Professional racecar driver Frank Capua (Paul Newman) meets divorcee Elora (Newman's real-life wife Joanne Woodward). After a whirlwind romance they are married. Charley (Richard Thomas), Elora's teenage son by her first husband, becomes very close to Frank, and helps him prepare his cars for his races. But Frank is so dedicated to his career that he neglects his wife, who has an affair with Frank's main rival on the race track, Luther Erding (Robert Wagner). Frank finds them in bed together and storms out. The couple separate, but Frank still sees Charley regularly. Frank's bitterness fuels his dedication to his work, and he becomes a much more aggressive driver. At the Indianapolis 500, Elora and Charley watch while Frank drives the race of his life and wins. After winning, Frank attends a victory party. He is uninterested when attractive women throw themselves at him, and he slips away. Luther finds Frank and apologizes to him for the affair, but Frank punches him. Frank visits Elora and tells her he wants to start again. Elora is unsure. The film ends with a freeze-frame as the two look uncertainly at each other.
A Tiger Walks, 1h31
Directed by Norman Tokar
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Pamela Franklin, Sabu, Edward Andrews, Una Merkel
Roles Governor's Advisor
Rating61% 3.093163.093163.093163.093163.09316
A mistreated Bengal tiger named Raja escapes from a traveling circus, and hides in the woods surrounding the small town of Scotia. The new arrival starts a panic, and the townsfolk want Raja killed with the exception of Julie Williams (played by Pamela Franklin), the sheriff's daughter.
Son of Flubber, 1h40
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about education, Comedy science fiction films, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Kirk
Roles Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.048313.048313.048313.048313.04831
Professor Ned Brainard's discovery of Flubber has not quite brought him or his college the riches he thought. The Pentagon has declared his discovery to be top secret and the IRS has slapped him with a huge tax bill, even if he has yet to receive a cent. He thinks he may have found the solution in the form of "Flubbergas," (the "son" of Flubber) which can change the weather. His wife Betsy becomes fed up with all the stress and starts separating from him, and the professor's old rival Shelby starts trying to woo her again. Brainard's experiments continue, by making it rain inside people's houses, as well as in Shelby's car too while he's driving, which causes him to get into an accident with a police car. It also helps Medfield College's football team to win a game, but it also has one unfortunate side effect: It shatters glass, which eventually places Brainard on the lam. At home, his wife Betsy is jealous of the attention lavished on him by an old high school girlfriend. On trial, Ned's future seems hopeless, until a farmer shows the court that his crops grew extra large because of Ned's experiment, which the farmer names "Dry Rain", and the professor is acquitted, and he and Betsy are reunited.
20,000 Eyes, 1h1
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Gene Nelson, Merry Anders, James Brown, James Brown, John Banner, Robert Shayne
Roles Police Lieutenant
Rating54% 2.712172.712172.712172.712172.71217
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus, 1h36
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films, Children's films
Actors Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Bob Sweeney, Gene Sheldon, Richard Eastham, James Drury
Roles Husband - Circus Spectator
Rating67% 3.3885353.3885353.3885353.3885353.388535
Overhearing stern Uncle Daniel describe him as a "millstone", hurt and insulted, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus. There he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games. Harry Tupper, the evil candy vendor, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Devastated, Toby resigns himself to circus life, even scoring himself a much bigger role. When he discovers, with the help of Mr. Stubbs, that Harry lied to him about Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel, who truly do love him, he departs the circus for home. On the way, Toby finds that Mr. Stubbs has followed him, and decides to take the chimp home with him, for safe keeping. Soon after though, Mr. Stubbs gets chased by a hunter's dog. The hunter, Jim Weaver, accidentally shoots Mr. Stubbs just as Harry arrives to haul Toby back to the circus.
Why Must I Die, 1h26
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Terry Moore, Debra Paget, Bert Freed, Sid Melton, Dorothy Lovett, Jackie Joseph
Roles Charlie Munro
Rating57% 2.8608552.8608552.8608552.8608552.860855
Lois King keeps her troubled past from nightclub owner Kenny Randall, who hires her to sing at his club, The Cockatoo, and has fallen in love with her.
From the Terrace, 2h29
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Barbara Eden, Ina Balin, Leon Ames
Roles Partner (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.348213.348213.348213.348213.34821
In 1946, David Alfred Eaton returns home from the war to Philadelphia. He finds his mother Martha driven to alcoholism by years of neglect and abuse from her husband Samuel Eaton, owner of a prestigious iron and steel company. Having withdrawn from his family after the death of his firstborn son thirteen years earlier, Samuel's resentment drove Alfred to turn his back on the family business and strike out on his own with his closest friend, Lex.
Cage of Evil, 1h10
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Western
Actors Ron Foster, Patricia Blair, Hugh Sanders, Helen Kleeb, Preston Hanson, Robert Shayne
Roles Victor Delmar
Rating55% 2.7582252.7582252.7582252.7582252.758225
Scott (Ron Foster) is a frustrated police detective constantly being passed over for promotion. When he's assigned to gain the confidence of Holly (Patricia Blair), the girlfriend of a suspect in a robbery, the couple fall in love, plot to murder Holly's boyfriend, and run off to Mexico with the loot.
Valley of the Redwoods, 1h3
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ed Nelson, John Hudson, Michael Forest, Robert Shayne, Bruno VeSota
Roles Capt. Sid Walker
Rating54% 2.7304452.7304452.7304452.7304452.730445
North by Northwest, 2h16
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Films about marriage
Actors Cary Grant, Sol Gorss, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Roles Larry Wade (uncredited)
Rating82% 4.148164.148164.148164.148164.14816
Advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for George Kaplan and kidnapped by Valerian (Adam Williams) and Licht (Robert Ellenstein), who take him to the Long Island estate of Lester Townsend. He is interrogated by a man he assumes to be Townsend, but who is actually spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Vandamm's "associate" Leonard (Martin Landau) intends to get rid of Thornhill once they finish questioning him.