Person Details

Birthday: 1927-08-09 18:20:34

Death: 1978-08-28 18:20:34

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 46

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Danger Man
Average
7

Danger Man

(1960) Tony Costello
The Adventures of William Tell
Average
6

The Adventures of William Tell

(1958) Peter von Breck
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Average
9

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

(1955) Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Jaws
Average
8

Jaws

(1975) Quint
The Buccaneers
Average
6

The Buccaneers

(1956) Capt. Dan Tempest
From Russia with Love
Average
7

From Russia with Love

(1963) Donald 'Red' Grant
Force 10 from Navarone
Average
6

Force 10 from Navarone

(1978) Mallory
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Average
7

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

(1973) The Oracle of all knowledge

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
2011 Claudius (archive footage)
2002 Red Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979 General Markenkov
(archive footage)
1978 Mallory
Richard Gastmann
1977 Romer Treece
Kabakov
1976 Ned Lynch
Sheriff of Nottingham
1975 Charles / Earl Hodgson
Quint
1974 Himself
Blue
Giles
1973 Doyle Lonnegan
The Oracle of all knowledge
Steven Ledbetter
Michael
1972 Lord Randolph Churchill
1971 The Priest
1970 MacConnachie
1969 Francisco Pizarro
Squadron Leader Skipper
1968 Stanley Webber
Self - Guest
Martin Luther
1967 George Armstrong Custer
1966 King Henry VIII
1965 Col Hessler
Self (archive footage)
1964 Ghost of Christmas Future
Ginger Coffey
Claudius
Aston
1963 Donald 'Red' Grant
1962 Self
Marlowe
Lieutenant Field
Leontes
Narrator (voice)
1960 Tony Costello
1959 First Photographer
1958 Peter von Breck
Gorman
1957 N/A
Narrator (voice)
1956 Capt. Dan Tempest
LCpl. Hodge
Ernest
1955 Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Narrator (voice)
1954 N/A
1951 Chemist at Police Exhibition
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing


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