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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.
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 |
Selected filmography
edit* 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 rolee (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) – rReporter
- The Woman with No Name (1950) – Major
- Something in the City (1950) – rReporter
- 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)
- Girdle of Gold (1952) – juror
- 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Benedick, Adam. Obituary: Bill Shine, The Independent, 14 August 1997. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ "Wilfred Shine". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016.
- ^ Evans, Jeff (1995). The Guinness Television Encyclopedia. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 506. ISBN 0-85112-744-4.