Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

actor

Robert Shayne was born on Oct 04, 1900 in USA. Robert Shayne's big-screen debut came with Faint Heart directed by Murray Roth in 1929, strarring . Robert Shayne is known for The Flash directed by Mario Azzopardi, John Wesley Shipp stars as Barry Allen and Amanda Pays as Christina McGee. The upcoming new tvshow Robert Shayne plays is The Flash - Season 1 which will be released on Sep 20, 1990.

Born in turn-of-the-century Yonkers, New York, Robert Shayne (born Robert Shaen Dawe) worked at a variety of jobs before his interests ultimately turned toward acting. He appeared in a succession of legit theater productions throughout the 1930s and even appeared in a few films, making a comedy short in New York in 1929, two features in 1934 and a comedy short shot in New York in 1937. In 1942 he signed with Warner Brothers and trekked to Hollywood, where he became a contract player at their Culver City studios. Warners starred the newly-arrived stage actor in a series of two-reel Westerns before graduating him to supporting roles in "A"-level features. In 1946 he left the studio to freelance. Several years later he got involved in the infant medium of TV, where he played the part for which he is best remembered--Inspector Henderson in the series Superman (1952).

  • Birthday

    Oct 04, 1900
  • Place of Birth

    Yonkers, New York, USA

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