Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 9, 1927
Place of Birth:
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
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Robert Shaw
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self |
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Godzilla Apex | "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE" |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Claudius (archive footage) |
| 1979 | Avalanche Express | General Markenkov |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Mallory |
| 1978 | End of the Game | Richard Gastmann |
| 1977 | The Deep | Romer Treece |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Kabakov |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| 1976 | Swashbuckler | Ned Lynch |
| 1975 | Jaws | Quint |
| 1975 | Diamonds | Charles / Earl Hodgson |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Blue |
| 1974 | The Break | Giles |
| 1974 | New England Our Way | Self |
| 1973 | The Sting | Doyle Lonnegan |
| 1973 | The Hireling | Steven Ledbetter |
| 1973 | The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | The Oracle of all knowledge |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Lord Randolph Churchill |
| 1972 | A Reflection of Fear | Michael |
| 1971 | A Town Called Bastard | The Priest |
| 1970 | Figures in a Landscape | MacConnachie |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Squadron Leader Skipper |
| 1969 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Francisco Pizarro |
| 1968 | The Birthday Party | Stanley Webber |
| 1968 | Luther | Martin Luther |
| 1967 | Custer of the West | General George Armstrong Custer |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | King Henry VIII |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Col Hessler |
| 1965 | The Incredible World of James Bond | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas | Ghost of Christmas Future |
| 1964 | The Caretaker | Aston |
| 1964 | The Luck of Ginger Coffey | Ginger Coffey |
| 1964 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Claudius |
| 1963 | From Russia with Love | Donald 'Red' Grant |
| 1963 | Tomorrow at Ten | Marlowe |
| 1962 | North to the Dales | Narrator (voice) |
| 1962 | The Valiant | Lieutenant Field |
| 1962 | The Winter's Tale | Leontes |
| 1959 | Libel | First Photographer |
| 1958 | Sea Fury | Gorman |
| 1957 | Holiday | Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | Rupert of Hentzau | Rupert of Hentzau |
| 1956 | A Hill in Korea | LCpl. Hodge |
| 1956 | Doublecross | Ernest |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters | Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. |
| 1955 | Yorkshire Sands | Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | The Peak District | Self – Narrator (voice) |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Chemist at Police Exhibition |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |
| 1963 | Festival | Simone |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Tony Costello |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | Peter von Breck |
| 1957 | White Hunter | |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers | Capt. Dan Tempest |
| 1955 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Lord Anthony Dewhurst |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Herbert |