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Konstantin Shayne

Acting Born Nov 29, 1888 Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine] 24 credits

Biography

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Konstantin Shayne (November 29, 1888 – November 15, 1974) was an actor from the Russian Empire who emigrated to the United States.

Born in Kharkov, Russian Empire, to the family of a Jewish actor Veniamin Olkenitsky-Nikulin, he was the brother of actress Tamara Shayne and Russian writers Lev Nikulin and Yuriy Nikulin.[1] The First World War intervened before he could join the Moscow Arts Theatre, and during the conflict he fought with General Wrangel and the White Armies. Shayne was married two times and he also had children.

As an actor, Konstantin Shayne performed in movies such as None but the Lonely Heart (1944) and The Stranger (1946), starring (and directed by) Orson Welles. He performed in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) which featured Danny Kaye in the lead role. His performance in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) was cut from the final release. In his last film appearance Shayne dominates two minutes of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo, playing the old bookseller Pop Leibel.

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Known for

The Outer Limits

as The Gardener

The Outer Limits

as Philip Fletcher

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Customs Officer Trevitch

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Abdul Ismael
Film

Vertigo

as Pop Leibel
Film

The Stranger

as Konrad Meinike

Full filmography

  • The Outer Limits (1963) as The Gardener
  • The Outer Limits (1963) as Philip Fletcher
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Customs Officer Trevitch
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Abdul Ismael
  • The Rogues (1964) as Commandant
  • Vertigo (1958) as Pop Leibel
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) as Karkov
  • The Stranger (1946) as Konrad Meinike
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) as Peter van Hoorn
  • 5 Fingers (1952)
  • The Seventh Cross (1944) as Fuellgrabe
  • Passage to Marseille (1944)
  • Cry of the City (1948) as Dr. Veroff
  • Five Graves to Cairo (1943) as Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
  • The Unknown Man (1951) as Peter Hulderman
  • The Man in Half Moon Street (1945) as Dr. B.A. Vishanoff
  • Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) as Father Benoit
  • Night Wind (1948) as Dr. Ulding
  • The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) as Alec Hoffman
  • Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) as Yanos Van Lankovitz
  • Mission to Moscow (1943) as Mr. Nikolai Bukharin (uncredited)
  • Song of Love (1947) as Reinecke
  • None But the Lonely Heart (1944) as Ike Weber
  • The Red Danube (1949) as Professor Serge Bruloff