'''Wilfred William Dennis "Bill" Shine''' (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/s5q/bill-shine|title=Bill Shine | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba2d97358|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711144713/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba2d97358|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-11|title=Bill Shine|work=BFI}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Retail-industry/Bill-Shine-Felix-Barker.html Abstracts: Bill Shine. Felix Barker. Bill Naughton], faqs.org. Accessed 20 February 2009.</ref><ref name="OBIT">Benedick, Adam. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bill-shine-1245353.html Obituary: Bill Shine], ''[[The Independent]]'', 14 August 1997. Accessed 20 February 2009.</ref> His father [[Wilfred Shine]] was a theatre actor who also appeared in films during the 1920s and the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2f76c08|title=Wilfred Shine|website=BFI}}</ref> Bill Shine made his film debut in 1929, since which he appeared in over 160 films and television series.<ref name="OBIT"/> Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black on [[children's television series]] ''[[Super Gran]]''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Evans |title=The Guinness Television Encyclopedia |publisher=Guinness Publishing Ltd |year=1995 |page=506 |isbn=0-85112-744-4}}</ref>
