Robert Shayne

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Shayne (October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992), born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman. Shayne became an actor after having worked as a reporter at the Illustrated Daily Tab in Miami, Florida. His initial acting experience came with repertory companies in Alabama, including the Birmingham Players. 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. 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. He 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. 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. 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.

罗伯特·谢恩（1900年10月4日－1992年11月29日），本名罗伯特·沙恩·道，是一位美国演员，演艺生涯持续超过60年。他最知名的角色是在美国电视剧《超人历险记》中饰演比尔·亨德森警探。 在佛罗里达州迈阿密的《每日画报》担任记者之后，谢恩开始了演员生涯。他的最初表演经验来自于阿拉巴马州的剧团，包括伯明翰演员团。 谢恩首次登上百老汇是在1931年的戏剧《批评》中。他出演的其他百老汇剧目包括《黄热病》（1934）、《猫与金丝雀》（1935）、与埃塞尔·巴里摩尔合作的《白橡树》（1938），以及与凯瑟琳·赫本合作的《无爱》（1942）。 谢恩于1934年开始电影生涯，出演了两部故事片。1942年，他与华纳兄弟公司签约成为合同演员。他在电影和电视剧中扮演了许多性格角色，包括华纳兄弟的一系列短片《圣达菲小道》系列（如《马车西行》），以及在1953年恐怖片《尼安德特人》中饰演一位疯狂的科学家。 他在阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克的《西北偏北》中短暂亮相，坐在酒店酒吧的卡座里，饰演的角色在加里·格兰特饰演的角色即将被绑架前与他相遇。他在1953年科幻经典《火星入侵者》中也有一个小而关键的角色，饰演一名科学家。当他在电视剧《闪电侠》中被选为盲人报贩时，他的职业生涯曾短暂复苏。那时他实际上已经失明，通过妻子为他读台词并反复排练直到记住来学习台词。 谢恩在20世纪50年代的电视剧《超人历险记》中饰演威廉·“比尔”·亨德森警探。他在该剧早期剧集中零星出现，部分原因是他受到了众议院非美活动委员会的审查，并因未经证实且不具体的与共产主义有关联的指控而短暂被列入黑名单。随着剧情的发展，尤其是在彩色剧集阶段，他越来越多地出现在剧中，最终成为了该剧的常驻演员。