| Michael Shayne | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Dividend on Death |
| Last appearance | Win Some, Lose Some |
| Created by | Brett Halliday |
| Portrayed by | Lloyd Nolan (film) Hugh Beaumont (film) Jeff Chandler (radio) Wally Maher (radio) Mark Stevens (television pilot) Richard Denning (television) |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Private detective |
| Nationality | American |
Michael "Mike" Shayne is a fictional private detective character created during the late 1930s by writer Brett Halliday, a pseudonym of Davis Dresser. The character appeared in a series of seven films starring Lloyd Nolan for Twentieth Century Fox, five films from the low-budget Producers Releasing Corporation with Hugh Beaumont, a radio series under a variety of titles between 1944 and 1953, and later in 1960–1961 in a 32-episode NBC television series starring Richard Denning in the title role.