Konstantin Shayne
Known For
Acting
Born
1888-11-29 in Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Died
1974-11-15
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Most 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
Vertigo
as Pop Leibel
The Rogues
as Commandant
5 Fingers
The Stranger
as Konrad Meinike
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Peter van Hoorn
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Karkov
Five Graves to Cairo
as Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross
as Fuellgrabe
Cry of the City
as Dr. Veroff
Christmas Eve
as Gustav Reichman
Passage to Marseille
The Red Danube
as Professor Serge Bruloff
Song of Love
as Reinecke
Her Highness and the Bellboy
as Yanos Van Lankovitz
Escape in the Fog
as Schiller
Mission to Moscow
as Mr. Nikolai Bukharin (uncredited)