Alan Shayne (born November 21, 1925) is an American casting director, actor, and producer.
Alan Shayne | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 21, 1925 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Casting director, actor & producer |
| Years active | 1947–? |
| Spouse(s) | Jacqueline Babbin (1947-1955) Norman Sunshine (2004-) |
Early life and career
editShayne was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He started acting in theatre in the 1940s, where he encountered a young Marlon Brando in acting school.[1] He appeared in the Broadway plays Antony and Cleopatra (1947–1948) and The Madwoman of Chaillot (1948–1950). In 1958, he was in the multiple Tony-nominated Broadway musical Jamaica.[2] Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in several television series such as The Philco Television Playhouse, Man Against Crime, and Kraft Television Theatre.[3] In 1953, he portrayed Bernardo in the TV film Hamlet.[4]
Having been encouraged by Michael Shurtleff, Shayne became a casting director in the 1960s. He recruited actors for films such as All the Way Home (1963), Johnny Belinda (1967), Catch-22 (1970), and All the President's Men (1976). In 1976, he became the president of Warner Bros. Television Studios, a position he held for ten years. He retired from the entertainment industry in the 1990s.[5]
Personal life
editShayne served in the United States Army during World War II. Between 1947 and 1955, he was married to Jacqueline Babbin. In 2004, he married graphic designer and visual artist Norman Sunshine, who had won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design at the 28th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1976. He is openly homosexual.[5] In 2023, he published his autobiography The Star Dressing Room: Portrait of an Actor.[6]
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Masterpiece Playhouse | Episode: "Othello" | |
| 1950 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Donatello | Episode: "The Marble Faun" |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Joseph | Episode: "A Child Is Born" |
| 1951 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Kid | Episode: "Bulletin 120" |
| 1951–52 | Studio One | Ross/Joseph of Arimathea | Episodes: "Macbeth", "Pontius Pilate" |
| 1951–1957 | Kraft Television Theatre | Joseph/Unknown | Episodes: "Jane Eyre", "The Wren", "Justice", "A Child Is Born", "The Other Wise Man" |
| 1952 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Frederic Chopin | Episode: "Prelude" |
| 1952–53 | Man Against Crime | Bill Weaver/Abel Jackson | Episodes: "Paradise Lost", "A Family Affair" |
| 1953 | Hamlet | TV film | |
| 1965 | The Trials of O'Brien | Ned Wertimer | Episode: "No Justice for the Judge" |
References
edit- ^ "Upstaged by Marlon Brando". The New Yorker. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Alan Shayne". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "ALAN SHAYNE: LIFE, LOVE AND THEATRE". Medium. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Big Hamlet Show Today Over WMCT". The Commercial Appeal. 26 April 1953. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Q&A: Memoir shares insight into life of film and TV guru Alan Shayne". The Columbus Dispatch. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "The Star Dressing Room". Oldster Magazine. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
External links
edit- Alan Shayne at IMDb
- Alan Shayne at the Internet Broadway Database