Robert Shaw
Acting1927Westhoughton, 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
Acting History
2025
2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
Avalanche Express
as General Markenkov
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
as Mallory
End of the Game
as Richard Gastmann
1977
The Deep
as Romer Treece
Black Sunday
as Kabakov
1976
Robin and Marian
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Swashbuckler
as Ned Lynch
1975
1974
New England Our Way
as Self
1973
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
as The Oracle of all knowledge
The Sting
as Doyle Lonnegan
The Hireling
as Steven Ledbetter
1972
A Reflection of Fear
as Michael
Young Winston
as Lord Randolph Churchill
1971
A Town Called Bastard
as The Priest
1970
1969
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Skipper
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 5 eps
1968
The Birthday Party
as Stanley Webber
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
1964
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
as Ginger Coffey
Carol for Another Christmas
as Ghost of Christmas Future
The Caretaker
as Aston
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Claudius
Festival
TVas Simone• 1 eps
1963
From Russia with Love
as Donald 'Red' Grant
Tomorrow at Ten
as Marlowe
1962
North to the Dales
as Narrator (voice)
The Valiant
as Lieutenant Field
1961
Danger Man
TVas Tony Costello• 1 eps
1959
Libel
as First Photographer
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
TVas Peter von Breck
1957
Rupert of Hentzau
as Rupert of Hentzau
Holiday
as Narrator (voice)
1956
A Hill in Korea
as LCpl. Hodge
The Buccaneers
TVas Capt. Dan Tempest
1955
The Dam Busters
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Yorkshire Sands
as Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TVas Lord Anthony Dewhurst• 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
TVas Herbert• 1 eps
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Chemist at Police Exhibition