Bill Shine (actor)
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Bill Shine | |
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 Bill Shine (left) & Claude Hulbert in Take a Chance (1937) | |
| Born | Wilfred William Dennis Shine 20 October 1911 London, England |
| Died | 24 July 1997 (aged 85) Kensington, London, England |
| Years active | 1929–1988 |
Wilfred William Dennis Shine (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor.[1][2] Shine was born into a family of theatre actors; among others, Shine's father, mother, grandmother, two uncles and an aunt had worked in theatre.[3][4] His father Wilfred Shine was a theatre actor who also appeared in films during the 1920s and the 1930s.[5] Bill Shine made his film debut in 1929, since which he appeared in over 160 films and television series.[4] Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black on children's television series Super Gran.[6] In series two, episode four, of Mrs Thursday, 'The Duke and I', (1967), he played the Duke of Midlothian.
Selected filmography[]
- The Flying Scotsman (1929) - Barman (uncredited)
- High Seas (1929) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Under the Greenwood Tree (1929) - Leaf
- The Loves of Robert Burns (1930) - (uncredited)
- Harmony Heaven (1930) - Rejected Actor (uncredited)
- The Last Hour (1930) - Ben
- The Yellow Mask (1930) - Sunshine
- These Charming People (1931) - Ulysses Wiggins
- Many Waters (1931) - Registry Office Junior Clerk (uncredited)
- The Bells (1931)
- Money for Nothing (1932) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Verdict of the Sea (1932) - Slim
- The Man from Toronto (1933) - Butcher's Delivery Boy
- Waltzes from Vienna (1934) - Carl (uncredited)
- The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- My Old Dutch (1934) - Cousin Arry
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) - An Aristocrat (uncredited)
- It Happened in Paris (1935) - Albert (uncredited)
- Old Roses (1935) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Late Extra (1935) - Fred (uncredited)
- Music Hath Charms (1935) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- It's a Bet (1935) - Arthur - Citizen of Doveton (uncredited)
- Blue Smoke (1935) - Ted
- Gaol Break (1936)
- Find the Lady (1936) - (uncredited)
- Highland Fling (1936) - Lizards
- To Catch a Thief (1936) - (uncredited)
- Rembrandt (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Sensation (1936) - Quirk
- You Must Get Married (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Take a Chance (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Compulsory Wife (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937) - Rodney Broadbent
- Farewell Again (1937) - Cpl. Edrich
- Cotton Queen (1937) - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- First Night (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Squeaker (1937) - Alfie (uncredited)
- There Was a Young Man (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Dinner at the Ritz (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Last Adventurers (1937) - Joe Hanson
- Young and Innocent (1937) - Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe (uncredited)
- The Green Cockatoo (1937) - Lightning (uncredited)
- The Terror (1938) - (uncredited)
- You're the Doctor (1938) - (uncredited)
- His Lordship Goes to Press (1938)
- They Drive by Night (1938) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Villiers Diamond (1938) - Joe
- Second Thoughts (1938) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Over the Moon (1939) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Face at the Window (1939) - Pierre, Babette's Beau
- Let George Do It! (1940) - Untipped Steward (uncredited)
- Crook's Tour (1940) - Bit Role (uncredited)
- Three Silent Men (1940) - Bystander at Accident (uncredited)
- Garrison Follies (1940) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Spare a Copper (1940) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Old Bill and Son (1941) - Pub Customer (uncredited)
- Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941) - Hotel Porter
- Turned Out Nice Again (1941) - (uncredited)
- Champagne Charlie (1944) - Mogador Stage Manager
- Fiddlers Three (1944) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- For You Alone (1945) - Captain (uncredited)
- Perfect Strangers (1945) - Webster
- Wanted for Murder (1946) - Det. Ellis
- Captain Boycott (1947) - Press Photographer (uncredited)
- Vice Versa (1948) - Lord Gosport
- The Red Shoes (1948) - Her Mate
- The Winslow Boy (1948) - Fred (uncredited)
- The Small Voice (1948) - Maitland
- Another Shore (1948) - Bats Vere-Brown
- Passport to Pimlico (1949) - Captain Willow
- Private Angelo (1949) - Col. Michael
- Under Capricorn (1949) - Mr. Banks
- The Chiltern Hundreds (1949) - Reporter
- The Woman with No Name (1950) - Major
- Something in the City (1950) - Reporter
- Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1950) - F / O Prang
- Talk of a Million (1951) - church groundsman - (uncredited)
- Scarlet Thread (1951) - Basil (uncredited)
- The Woman's Angle (1952) - (uncredited)
- Never Look Back (1952) - Willie
- No Haunt for a Gentleman (1952) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) - Mugsy's Assistant
- Love's a Luxury (1952) - Clarence Mole
- Hot Ice (1952)
- There Was a Young Lady (1953) - Charlie, Duke of Chiddingford
- Melba (1953) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Innocents in Paris (1953) - Customs Officer (uncredited)
- The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953) - Henchman in Opening Sequence (uncredited)
- Devil on Horseback (1954) - Steward (at horseracing track)
- Knave of Hearts (1954) - Pub Barman (uncredited)
- Father Brown (1954) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Knave of Hearts (1954) - Saxby
- Duel in the Jungle (1954) - Bill Shine (uncredited)
- Raising a Riot (1955) - Dotty (uncredited)
- As Long as They're Happy (1955) - P.C. Bowker (uncredited)
- Where There's a Will (1955) - Porter
- John and Julie (1955) - Car Driver
- The Deep Blue Sea (1955) - Golfer
- The Gold Express (1955) - (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) - Trois-Eschelles
- Richard III (1955) - Beadle
- An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Not So Dusty (1956) - Alistair
- Women Without Men (1956) - Reveller
- Bond of Fear (1956) - Man Hiker
- Blonde Bait (1956) - Lindbergh (uncredited)
- The Last Man to Hang (1956) - The Jury: Underhay
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Tommy Steele Story (1957) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- High Flight (1957) - Policeman
- The House in the Woods (1957) - Colonel Shellaby
- Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) - Policeman (uncredited)
- The Diplomatic Corpse (1958) - Humphrey Garrad
- The Man Inside (1958) - English Husband
- Blow Your Own Trumpet (1958) - Drummer (uncredited)
- Make Mine a Million (1959) - Outside Broadcast Producer (uncredited)
- Idol on Parade (1959) - Ticket Collector
- Jack the Ripper (1959) - Lord Tom Sopwith
- Left Right and Centre (1959) - Centre - Basingstoke
- The Boy and the Bridge (1959) - Bridge Mechanic
- Libel (1959) - The Guide
- Trouble with Eve (1960) - Alonzo, Artist
- The Challenge (1960) - Farm Labourer
- Not a Hope in Hell (1960) - Pettigrew
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) - Usher
- Double Bunk (1961) - 2nd Thames Conservancy Officer
- The Rescue Squad (1963)
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Joey Boy (1965) - Ticket Collector (uncredited)
- The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Bindle (One of Them Days) (1966) - Man in country pub
- The Sky Bike (1967) - Wingco
- Not Tonight, Darling (1971) - Captain Harrison
- Burke & Hare (1971) - Landlord
- The Jigsaw Man (1983) - Commissionaire
References[]
- ^ "Bill Shine | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Bill Shine". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
- ^ Abstracts: Bill Shine. Felix Barker. Bill Naughton, faqs.org. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Benedick, Adam. Obituary: Bill Shine, The Independent, 14 August 1997. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ "Wilfred Shine". BFI.
- ^ Evans, Jeff (1995). The Guinness Television Encyclopedia. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 506. ISBN 0-85112-744-4.
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Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1997 deaths
- English male stage actors
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- Male actors from London
- 20th-century English male actors