Bill Shine

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

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. 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. 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) – reporter 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