Robert Shaw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1927
- Died
- August 28, 1978 (aged 51)
- Birthplace
- 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, where he played the shark hunter Quint.
Known For
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Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Movie · as Self
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Claudius (archive footage)
Avalanche Express
Movie · as General Markenkov
The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie · as Mallory
The Deep
Movie · as Romer Treece
Black Sunday
Movie · as Kabakov
Robin and Marian
Movie · as Sheriff of Nottingham
Swashbuckler
Movie · as Ned Lynch
Jaws
Movie · as Quint
End of the Game
Movie · as Richard Gastmann
Diamonds
Movie · as Charles / Earl Hodgson
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie · as Blue
The Break
Movie · as Giles
New England Our Way
Movie · as Self
The Making of Pelham One Two Three
Movie · as Self
The Sting
Movie · as Doyle Lonnegan
The Hireling
Movie · as Steven Ledbetter
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Movie · as The Oracle of all knowledge
Young Winston
Movie · as Lord Randolph Churchill
A Reflection of Fear
Movie · as Michael
A Town Called Bastard
Movie · as The Priest
Figures in a Landscape
Movie · as MacConnachie
Battle of Britain
Movie · as Squadron Leader Skipper
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Movie · as Francisco Pizarro
The Birthday Party
Movie · as Stanley Webber
Luther
Movie · as Martin Luther
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Custer of the West
Movie · as General George Armstrong Custer
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Man for All Seasons
Movie · as King Henry VIII
Battle of the Bulge
Movie · as Col. Martin Hessler
The Incredible World of James Bond
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Carol for Another Christmas
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Future
The Caretaker
Movie · as Aston
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Movie · as Ginger Coffey
Hamlet at Elsinore
Movie · as Claudius
From Russia with Love
Movie · as Donald 'Red' Grant
Tomorrow at Ten
Movie · as Marlowe
Festival
TV · as Simone · 1 ep
North to the Dales
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Valiant
Movie · as Lieutenant Field
The Winter's Tale
Movie · as Leontes
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Danger Man
TV · as Tony Costello · 1 ep
Libel
Movie · as First Photographer
Sea Fury
Movie · as Gorman
The Adventures of William Tell
TV · as Peter von Breck · 1 ep
Holiday
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Rupert of Hentzau
Movie · as Rupert of Hentzau
White Hunter
TV · 1 ep
A Hill in Korea
Movie · as LCpl. Hodge
Doublecross
Movie · as Ernest
The Buccaneers
TV · as Capt. Dan Tempest · 39 eps
The Dam Busters
Movie · as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Yorkshire Sands
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV · as Lord Anthony Dewhurst · 1 ep
The Peak District
Movie · as Self – Narrator (voice)
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie · as Chemist at Police Exhibition
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Herbert · 1 ep