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 OlkenitskyNikulin he was the brother of actress Tamara Shayne and Russian writers Lev Nikulin and Yuriy Nikulin1 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 Hitchcocks masterpiece Vertigo playing the old bookseller Pop Leibel
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