Konstantin Shayne
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Stranger
as Konrad Meinike 1946
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Karkov 1943
Five Graves to Cairo
as Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited) 1943
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Peter van Hoorn 1947
5 Fingers
1952
Cry of the City
as Dr. Veroff 1948
Passage to Marseille
1944
None But the Lonely Heart
as Ike Weber 1944
The Seventh Cross
as Fuellgrabe 1944
Escape in the Fog
as Schiller 1945
The Price of Fear
as Bolasny 1956
Mission to Moscow
as Mr. Nikolai Bukharin (uncredited) 1943
I Was a Communist for the FBI
as Gerhardt Eisler 1951
The Unknown Man
as Peter Hulderman 1951
Christmas Eve
as Gustav Reichman 1947
The Falcon in Hollywood
as Alec Hoffman 1944