Bill Shine (actor)

Wilfred William Dennis Shine (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor.^[1][2]

Biography

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) – 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

1. ^ "Bill Shine | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com
2. ^ "Bill Shine". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11.
3. ^ Abstracts: Bill Shine. Felix Barker. Bill Naughton, faqs.org. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
4. ^ Benedick, Adam. Obituary: Bill Shine, The Independent, 14 August 1997. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
5. ^ "Wilfred Shine". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016.
6. ^ Evans, Jeff (1995). The Guinness Television Encyclopedia. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 506. ISBN 0-85112-744-4.

External links

• Bill Shine at IMDb
• Bill Shine Obituary in The Independent