Portrait of Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Acting

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.

Born: August 9, 1927

Place of Birth: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Filmography

2021
Godzilla Apex

as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"

2011
Discovering Hamlet

as Claudius (archive footage)

1979
Avalanche Express

as General Markenkov

1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

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
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
1972
Young Winston

as Lord Randolph Churchill

1971
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
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
Luther

as Martin Luther

1967
Custer of the West

as General George Armstrong Custer

1967
Omnibus

as Self

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
1964
1964
1963
From Russia with Love

as Donald 'Red' Grant

1963
Tomorrow at Ten

as Marlowe

1962
The Valiant

as Lieutenant Field

1962
1960
Danger Man

as Tony Costello

1959
Libel

as First Photographer

1958
1958
Sea Fury

as Gorman

1956
The Buccaneers

as Capt. Dan Tempest

1956
A Hill in Korea

as LCpl. Hodge

1955
1955
The Dam Busters

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

1954
The Peak District

as Self – Narrator (voice)

1951
The Lavender Hill Mob

as Chemist at Police Exhibition

1950