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Wilfred William Dennis "Bill" Shine was a British theatre, film and television actor. 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. 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, since which he appeared in over 160 films and television series. Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black on children's television series Super Gran.
Birth Name
Wilfred William Dennis Shine
Born
Friday, 20 October 1911
Died
Thursday, 24 July 1997
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Very Peculiar Practice | Old age pensioner | 1986 |
| Super Gran | Inventor Black, Inventor Black / Snay | 1985 |
| Screen Two | From The Rear Window | 1985 |
| The Jigsaw Man | Commissionaire | 1983 |
| Cribb | Landlord | 1980 |
| Second Time Around | Francis | 1974 |
| Happy Ever After | Arnold Finch | 1974 |
| Burke & Hare | Landlord | 1972 |
| Not Tonight, Darling | Captain Harrison | 1971 |
| The Sky-Bike | Wingco | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Very Peculiar Practice | Old age pensioner | 1986 |
| Super Gran | Inventor Black, Inventor Black / Snay | 1985 |
| Screen Two | From The Rear Window | 1985 |
| The Jigsaw Man | Commissionaire | 1983 |
| Cribb | Landlord | 1980 |
| Second Time Around | Francis | 1974 |
| Happy Ever After | Arnold Finch | 1974 |
| Burke & Hare | Landlord | 1972 |
| Not Tonight, Darling | Captain Harrison | 1971 |
| The Sky-Bike | Wingco | 1967 |
| As Good Cooks Go | Councillor Purbright | 1969 |
| The Ronnie Barker Playhouse | Willy | 1968 |
| Not in Front of the Children | Estate Agent | 1967 |
| The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery | Minor Role | 1966 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | The Colonel | 1965 |
| Joey Boy | Ticket Collector | 1965 |
| The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Minor Role | 1964 |
| Three Live Wires | 1961 | |
| The Marriage Lines | Bertie Barnes | 1961 |
| Double Bunk | 2nd Thames Conservancy Officer | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Cleghorn | 1961 |
| The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Usher | 1960 |
| Bootsie and Snudge | Man Hiker | 1960 |
| Jazz Boat | Boat Ticket Collector | 1960 |
| Trouble with Eve | Alonzo, Artist | 1960 |
| It Takes a Thief | Farm Labourer | 1960 |
| Libel | The Guide | 1959 |
| The Boy and the Bridge | Bridge Mechanic | 1959 |
| Left Right and Centre | Centre - Basingstoke / Basingstoke | 1959 |
| The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull | Assistant manager | 1959 |
| Jack the Ripper | Lord Tom Sopwith | 1959 |
| Idol on Parade | Ticket Collector | 1959 |
| Make Mine a Million | Outside Broadcast Producer | 1959 |
| Quatermass and the Pit | First Journalist, 2nd Journalist | 1958 |
| The Larkins | Car Salesman | 1958 |
| The Man Inside | English Husband | 1958 |
| Ivanhoe | Cedric the Simple | 1958 |
| Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | Policeman | 1957 |
| The House in the Woods | Colonel Shellaby / Colonel Dick Shellaby | 1957 |
| High Flight | Policeman | 1957 |
| Rock Around the World | Minor Role | 1957 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Minor Role | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Arthur, WC Flighty | 1956 |
| Women Without Men | Reveller | 1956 |
| The Tony Hancock Show | Various Characters | 1956 |
| Blonde Bait | Lindbergh | 1956 |
| Bond of Fear | Man Hiker / Hiker | 1956 |
| An Alligator Named Daisy | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1955 |
| Richard III | Beadle | 1955 |
| Quentin Durward | Trois-Eschelles | 1955 |
| Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Floor Painter | 1954 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Bill | 1955 |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Golfer | 1955 |
| John and Julie | Car Driver | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Animal Clinic Supervisor, Edward Locke, Tedd | 1955 |
| As Long as They're Happy | P.C. Bowker | 1955 |
| Where There's a Will | Porter | 1955 |
| Duel in the Jungle | Bill Shine | 1954 |
| Tonight's the Night | Saxby | 1954 |
| The Detective | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1954 |
| Lovers, Happy Lovers! | Pub Barman | 1954 |
| Innocents in Paris | Customs Officer | 1953 |
| Melba | Minor Role | 1953 |
| The Caretaker's Daughter | Clarence Mole | 1952 |
| Vampire Over London | Mugsy's Assistant | 1952 |
| Never Look Back | Willie | 1952 |
| The Cocktail Party | Alexander MacColgie Gibbs | 1952 |
| Her Panelled Door | Major | 1950 |
| Something in the City | Reporter | 1950 |
| Under Capricorn | Mr. Banks | 1949 |
| The Amazing Mr. Beecham | Reporter | 1949 |
| Private Angelo | Col. Michael | 1949 |
| Passport to Pimlico | Captain Willow | 1949 |
| Another Shore | Bats Vere-Brown | 1948 |
| The Hideout | Maitland | 1948 |
| The Winslow Boy | Fred | 1948 |
| The Red Shoes | Her Mate | 1948 |
| Vice Versa | Lord Gosport | 1948 |
| Captain Boycott | Press Photographer | 1947 |
| The Green Cockatoo | Lightning | 1947 |
| Wanted for Murder | Det. Ellis / Detective Ellis | 1946 |
| Vacation from Marriage | Webster | 1945 |
| While Nero Fiddled | Minor Role | 1944 |
| Champagne Charlie | Mogador Stage Manager | 1944 |
| Turned Out Nice Again | Singing Diner | 1941 |
| Mail Train | Hotel Porter | 1941 |
| Old Bill and Son | Pub Customer | 1941 |
| Spare a Copper | Minor Role | 1940 |
| Three Silent Men | Bystander at Accident | 1940 |
| Crook's Tour | Bit Role | 1940 |
| To Hell with Hitler | 1940 | |
| The Face at the Window | Pierre / Pierre, Babette's Beau | 1939 |
| Over the Moon | Minor Role | 1939 |
| They Drive by Night | Minor Role | 1938 |
| The Villiers Diamond | Joe | 1938 |
| Young and Innocent | Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe | 1937 |
| The Last Adventurers | Joe Hanson | 1937 |
| Dinner at the Ritz | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Murder on Diamond Row | Alfie | 1937 |
| Cotton Queen | Telephone Operator | 1937 |
| Take a Chance | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Troopship | Cpl. Edrich | 1937 |
| Sensation | Quirk | 1936 |
| Rembrandt | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1936 |
| Old Roses | Minor Role | 1935 |
| It Happened in Paris | Albert | 1935 |
| Late Extra | Fred | 1935 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | An Aristocrat | 1934 |
| Strauss' Great Waltz | Carl | 1934 |
| The Private Life of Don Juan | Minor Role | 1934 |
| The Man from Toronto | Butcher's Delivery Boy | 1933 |
| Money for Nothing | Minor Role | 1932 |
| East of Shanghai | Man Eating on London Underground | 1931 |
| These Charming People | Ulysses Wiggins | 1931 |
| The Yellow Mask | Sunshine | 1930 |
| The Last Hour | Ben | 1930 |
| Harmony Heaven | Rejected Actor | 1930 |
| The Loves of Robert Burns | 1930 | |
| High Seas | Minor Role | 1929 |
| The Greenwood Tree | Leaf | 1929 |
| The Flying Scotsman | Barman | 1929 |
