ROBERT SHAYNE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/17/1984 - HFSID 298878

ROBERT SHAYNE
He tells a collector he can't afford to send signed photos, since he is no longer under contract, but fondly remembers living and acting in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Typed Letter signed: "Robert Shayne", 1 page, 8½x5½. Toluca Lake, California, 1984 January 17. To Warren Perkins, in full: "I have received your update letter and request. I gladly sign the cards, but cannot comply with your request to forward those pictures. I am not under contract now, and not working in a TV series at the present time, so what you want is two [expensive] for me. If you want two more pictures, forward $3.00 and postage of $1.00 and I shall be glad to do as you request. Have a happy and prosperous New Year, and thank you for thinking of me. I lived in Quincy once ... in fact I worked in the Cohasset Playhouse for three successive summers in stock years ago. Quincy is a nice place to live. Sincerely yours". Robert Shayne (1900-1992) is best remembered as Inspector William Henderson on the TV series, The Adventures of Superman (1952-1958). His role in the series grew larger with each season. Shayne had moved from stage acting to become a contract player with Warner Bros. in the 1940s, with starring roles in B-movies and supporting ones in big features (North by Northwest, 1959; Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970). In State Penitentiary, he played an engineer who framed his partner for a crime he committed. Other TV series in which Shayne made multiple appearances were Navy Log (1955-1957) and Death Valley Days (1959). Fine condition.