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Bill Shine | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Actor_Bill_Shine.jpg) Bill Shine (left) & Claude Hulbert in Take a Chance (1937) | |
| Born | Wilfred William Dennis Shine 20 October 1911 London, England |
| Died | 24 July 1997 (aged 85) Kensington, London, England |
| Years active | 1929–1988 |
Wilfred William Dennis Shine (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor.[1][2] 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.[3][4] His father Wilfred Shine was a theatre actor who also appeared in films during the 1920s and the 1930s.[5] Bill Shine made his film debut in 1929, since which he appeared in over 160 films and television series.[4] Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black on children's television series Super Gran.[6] In series two, episode four, of Mrs Thursday, 'The Duke and I', (1967), he played the Duke of Midlothian.
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- ^ Abstracts: Bill Shine. Felix Barker. Bill Naughton, faqs.org. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ a b Benedick, Adam. Obituary: Bill Shine, The Independent, 14 August 1997. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ "Wilfred Shine". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016.
- ^ Evans, Jeff (1995). The Guinness Television Encyclopedia. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 506. ISBN 0-85112-744-4.