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Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

09/08/1927

Day of Death

28/08/1978
(51) years old

Place of Birth

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English stage and film actor and novelist, remembered for his performances in The Sting, From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons, the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Black Sunday (1977), The Deep (1977) and Jaws, ... Read More

Known For

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Godzilla Apex

Godzilla Apex

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

Avalanche Express

Avalanche Express

The Horror Show

The Horror Show

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

End of the Game

End of the Game

The Deep

The Deep

Black Sunday

Black Sunday

Filmography

Cast

2025

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

as Self

2021

Godzilla Apex

as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"

2011

Discovering Hamlet

as Claudius (archive footage)

2002

Best Ever Bond

as Red Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)

1979

Avalanche Express

as General Markenkov

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1978

Force 10 from Navarone

as Mallory

1978

End of the Game

as Richard Gastmann

1977

The Deep

as Romer Treece

1977

Black Sunday

as Kabakov

1976

Swashbuckler

as Ned Lynch

1976

Robin and Marian

as Sheriff of Nottingham

1975

Diamonds

as Charles / Earl Hodgson

1975

Jaws

as Quint

1974

New England Our Way

as Self

1974

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

as Blue

1974

The Break

as Giles

1973

The Sting

as Doyle Lonnegan

1973

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

as The Oracle of all knowledge

1973

The Hireling

as Steven Ledbetter

1972

A Reflection of Fear

as Michael

1972

Young Winston

as Lord Randolph Churchill

1971

A Town Called Hell

as The Priest

1970

Figures in a Landscape

as MacConnachie

1969

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

as Francisco Pizarro

1969

Battle of Britain

as Squadron Leader Skipper

1968

The Birthday Party

as Stanley Webber

1968

Luther

as Martin Luther

1967

Custer of the West

as General George Armstrong Custer

1966

A Man for All Seasons

as King Henry VIII

1965

Battle of the Bulge

as Col Hessler

1965

The Incredible World of James Bond

as Self (archive footage)

1964

Carol for Another Christmas

as Ghost of Christmas Future

1964

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

as Ginger Coffey

1964

Hamlet at Elsinore

as Claudius

1964

The Caretaker

as Aston

1963

From Russia with Love

as Donald 'Red' Grant

1963

Tomorrow at Ten

as Marlowe

1962

The Valiant

as Lieutenant Field

1962

The Winter's Tale

as Leontes

1962

North to the Dales

as Narrator (voice)

1959

Libel

as First Photographer

1958

Sea Fury

as Gorman

1957

Rupert of Hentzau

as Rupert of Hentzau

1957

Holiday

as Narrator (voice)

1956

A Hill in Korea

as LCpl. Hodge

1956

Doublecross

as Ernest

1955

The Dam Busters

as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.

1955

Yorkshire Sands

as Narrator (voice)

1954

The Peak District

as Self – Narrator (voice)

1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

as Chemist at Police Exhibition