Prolific supporting player of the Broadway stage, screen and TV, whose career lasted for over 60 years. Best known as Inspector Henderson on the popular syndicated series "The Adventures of Superman" (1952-57), Shayne's last role was the recurring part of Reggie, the blind news vendor, on another superhero series, "The Flash" (1990-91). On Broadway, he worked with Katherine Hepburn and Ethel Barrymore. Shayne appeared in nearly 100 films, sometimes as a lead, but usually a supporting player, often in B movies. His feature credits include "Hollywood Canteen" (1944), "Mr. Skeffington", "Rhapsody in Blue" (both 1945), "Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman" (1947), "Let's Live a Little" (1948) and "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970).
Profession(s):
Actor, journalist, investment banker
Sometimes Credited As:
Robert Shaen Dawe
Family
daughter:Dorothy Dawe (mother, Mary Crouch)
daughter:Roberta Dawe (mother, Mary Sheffield)
daughter:Stephanie Dawe (born in 1950)
son:Robert Dawe Jr (born in 1947; died of cancer at age 36 in August 1983)
wife:Elizabeth Shayne (worked in stills department at Warner Bros.; married c. 1943 until his death)
wife:Mary Crouch (married and divorced in the late 1920s)
wife:Mary Sheffield (married c. 1931; divorced after ten years of marriage)
Companion(s)
Ayn Rand
, Companion
, ```..had relationship around 1935
Education
Boston University Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago Academy of the Arts Chicago, Illinois
1971 Final film role in Disney's "The Million Dollar Duck"
1953 - 1957 Played Inspector Henderson on the syndicated superhero series, "The Adventures of Superman"
1934 Feature acting debut, "Keep `Em Rolling"
Worked as a journalist
Acted with repertory companies in Alabama
Final recurring TV series role, "The Flash"