Bill Shine

Bill Shine
Bill Shine (left) & Claude Hulbert in Take a Chance (1937)
Born	Wilfred William Dennis Shine 20 October 1911 London, United Kingdom
Died	24 July 1997 (aged 85) Kensington, London
Years active	1929–1988

Bill Shine, born Wilfred William Dennis Shine, (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor.^[1] 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.^[2][3] His father Wilfred Shine was a theatre actor who also appeared in films during the 1920s and the 1930s. Bill Shine made his film debut in 1929's The Flying Scotsman since which he had appeared in over 120 films and television series. Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black, a character on children's television series Supergran.^[4]

Partial filmography

• The Flying Scotsman (1929)
• High Seas (1929)
• Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
• Harmony Heaven (1930)
• The Loves of Robert Burns (1930)
• The Last Hour (1930)
• The Yellow Mask (1930)
• These Charming People (1931)
• Many Waters (1931)
• The Bells (1931)
• Money for Nothing (1932)
• Verdict of the Sea (1932)
• The Man from Toronto (1933)
• My Old Dutch (1934)
• It Happened in Paris (1935)
• Late Extra (1935)
• Blue Smoke (1935)
• Highland Fling (1936)
• The Last Adventurers (1937)
• Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937)
• Young and Innocent (1937)
• Second Thoughts (1938)
• The Face at the Window (1939)
• Three Silent Men (1940)
• Wanted for Murder (1946)
• Another Shore (1948)
• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• Private Angelo (1949)
• Under Capricorn (1949)
• The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
• Something in the City (1950)
• Never Look Back (1952)
• Knave of Hearts (1954)
• Where There's a Will (1955)
• John and Julie (1955)
• The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
• The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
• Not So Dusty (1956)
• Women Without Men (1956)
• High Flight (1957)
• Left Right and Centre (1959)
• Make Mine a Million (1959)
• The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
• Trouble with Eve (1960)
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
• Supergran (1985–1987)

References

1. "Bill Shine". BFI.
2. Abstracts: Bill Shine. Felix Barker. Bill Naughton, faqs.org. Accessed 20 February 2009.
3. Benedick, Adam. Obituary: Bill Shine, The Independent, 14 August 1997. Accessed 20 February 2009.
4. Evans, Jeff (1995). The Guinness Television Encyclopedia. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 506. ISBN 0-85112-744-4.

External links

• Bill Shine at the Internet Movie Database