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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 / 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 |
| The Upper Crusts | Rollo Bognor Regis | 1973 |
| Burke & Hare | Landlord | 1972 |
| Not Tonight, Darling | Captain Harrison | 1971 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Very Peculiar Practice | Old age pensioner | 1986 |
| Super Gran | 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 |
| The Upper Crusts | Rollo Bognor Regis | 1973 |
| Burke & Hare | Landlord | 1972 |
| Not Tonight, Darling | Captain Harrison | 1971 |
| Coppers End | Vicar | 1971 |
| As Good Cooks Go | Councillor Purbright | 1969 |
| The Ronnie Barker Playhouse | Willy | 1968 |
| The Sky-Bike | Wingco | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Landlord | 1967 |
| Not in Front of the Children | Estate Agent | 1967 |
| Mrs Thursday | Duke of Midlothian | 1966 |
| The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery | Minor Role | 1966 |
| Bindle (One of Them Days) | Man in country pub | 1966 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | The Colonel | 1965 |
| Joey Boy | Ticket Collector | 1965 |
| The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Minor Role | 1964 |
| Once Aboard the Lugger... | E.J. Farrowby | 1963 |
| Zero One | Pilot | 1962 |
| Ghost Squad | Hathwin | 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 |
| Not a Hope in Hell | Pettigrew | 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 |
| The Diplomatic Corpse | Humphrey Garrad | 1958 |
| Ivanhoe | Cedric the Simple | 1958 |
| Blow Your Own Trumpet | Drummer | 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 |
| The Last Man to Hang | The Jury: Underhay / Underhay | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | WC Flighty / Arthur | 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 | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Landlord / Starveling / Tom Foster | 1955 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Bill | 1955 |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Golfer | 1955 |
| The Gold Express | Train Passenger with Bobble Hat | 1955 |
| John and Julie | Car Driver | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Tedd / Edward Locke / Animal Clinic Supervisor | 1955 |
| As Long as They're Happy | P.C. Bowker | 1955 |
| Where There's a Will | Porter | 1955 |
| Raising a Riot | Dotty | 1955 |
| Tim Driscoll's Donkey | Ted - the Tinker | 1955 |
| Duel in the Jungle | Bill Shine | 1954 |
| Tonight's the Night | Saxby | 1954 |
| The Detective | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1954 |
| Knave of Hearts | Pub Barman | 1954 |
| The Clue of the Missing Ape | Crony | 1953 |
| Melba | Minor Role | 1953 |
| Innocents in Paris | Customs Officer | 1953 |
| The Good Old Days | Self - Chairman | 1953 |
| There Was a Young Lady | Charlie, Duke of Chiddingford | 1953 |
| No Haunt for a Gentleman | Minor Role | 1952 |
| The Caretaker's Daughter | Clarence Mole | 1952 |
| Vampire Over London | Mugsy's Assistant | 1952 |
| Never Look Back | Willie | 1952 |
| Girdle of Gold | Juror | 1952 |
| The Cocktail Party | Alexander MacColgie Gibbs | 1952 |
| Hot Ice | Henry | 1952 |
| Talk of a Million | Gardener in Churchyard | 1951 |
| Jungle Treasure | F / O Prang / F/O Prang | 1951 |
| Her Panelled Door | Major | 1950 |
| Something in the City | Reporter | 1950 |
| Under Capricorn | Mr. Banks | 1949 |
| The Amazing Mr. Beecham | Reporter | 1949 |
| Passport to Pimlico | Captain Willow | 1949 |
| Private Angelo | Col. Michael | 1949 |
| The Hideout | Maitland | 1948 |
| Another Shore | Bats Vere-Brown | 1948 |
| The Winslow Boy | Fred | 1948 |
| The Red Shoes | Her Mate | 1948 |
| Vice Versa | Lord Gosport | 1948 |
| The End of the River | Feliciano | 1947 |
| 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 |
| Garrison Follies | Minor Role | 1940 |
| Three Silent Men | Bystander at Accident | 1940 |
| Crook's Tour | Bit Role | 1940 |
| To Hell with Hitler | Untipped Steward | 1940 |
| The Face at the Window | Pierre / Pierre, Babette's Beau | 1939 |
| Over the Moon | Minor Role | 1939 |
| His Lordship Goes to Press | (as Billy Shine) | 1939 |
| They Drive by Night | Minor Role | 1938 |
| Second Thoughts | Minor Role | 1938 |
| The Villiers Diamond | Joe | 1938 |
| Dinner at the Ritz | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Young and Innocent | Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe | 1937 |
| The Last Adventurers | Joe Hanson | 1937 |
| Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith | Rodney Broadbent | 1937 |
| Murder on Diamond Row | Alfie | 1937 |
| The Compulsory Wife | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Cotton Queen | Telephone Operator | 1937 |
| Take a Chance | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Troopship | Cpl. Edrich | 1937 |
| There Was a Young Man | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Sensation | Quirk | 1936 |
| Rembrandt | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1936 |
| Gaol Break | 1936 | |
| Old Roses | Minor Role | 1936 |
| You Must Get Married | Minor Role | 1936 |
| It Happened in Paris | Albert | 1935 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | An Aristocrat | 1935 |
| It's a Bet | Arthur - Citizen of Doveton | 1935 |
| Late Extra | Fred | 1935 |
| Strauss' Great Waltz | Carl | 1934 |
| The Private Life of Don Juan | Minor Role | 1934 |
| The Man from Toronto | Butcher's Delivery Boy | 1933 |
| Verdict of the Sea | Slim | 1932 |
| Money for Nothing | Minor Role | 1932 |
| East of Shanghai | Man Eating on London Underground | 1931 |
| Many Waters | Registry Office Junior Clerk | 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 |
