Acting
Konstantin Shayne
EN cinema · 31 credits
Born
29 November 1888
Died
15 November 1974 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Also known as Константин Вениаминович Олькеницкий · Konstantin Veniaminovich Olkenitski
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.
Known for
Filmography
Vertigo
as Pop Leibel
The Price of Fear
as Bolasny
Treasure of the Golden Condor
as Father Benoit
I Was a Communist for the FBI
as Gerhardt Eisler
The Unknown Man
as Peter Hulderman
The Red Danube
as Professor Serge Bruloff
Angel on the Amazon
as Dr. Jungmeyer
To the Victor
as Pablo
Night Wind
as Dr. Ulding
Cry of the City
as Dr. Veroff
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Peter van Hoorn
Christmas Eve
as Gustav Reichman
Song of Love
as Reinecke
The Stranger
as Konrad Meinike
Dangerous Millions
as Professor Jan Schuyler
Escape in the Fog
as Schiller
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Dr. B.A. Vishanoff
Her Highness and the Bellboy
as Yanos Van Lankovitz
The Falcon in Hollywood
as Alec Hoffman
Till We Meet Again
as Major Krupp
None But the Lonely Heart
as Ike Weber
The Seventh Cross
as Fuellgrabe
Passage to Marseille
as First Mate (uncredited)
Five Graves to Cairo
as Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Karkov
Mission to Moscow
as Mr. Nikolai Bukharin (uncredited)
On Your Toes
as First Assassin
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as Headwaiter
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as Plane Saboteur
King of Alcatraz
as Murok