Bill Shine

Q: When did Bill Shine die?

Bill Shine died on July 24, 1997.

Q: How old was Bill Shine when they died?

Bill Shine was 85 years old at the time of death.

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. Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black on children's television series Super Gran. 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) – reporter
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