Acting

Robert Shaw

Born 1927-08-09 · Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Died 1978-08-28

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.

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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025
Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
2011
Avalanche Express
as General Markenkov
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Force 10 from Navarone
as Mallory
1978
The Deep
as Romer Treece
1977
Black Sunday
as Kabakov
1977
Swashbuckler
as Ned Lynch
1976
Robin and Marian
as Sheriff of Nottingham
1976
Diamonds
as Charles / Earl Hodgson
1975
Jaws
as Quint
1975
End of the Game
as Richard Gastmann
1975
The Man in the Glass Booth
Theatre Play
1975
New England Our Way
as Self
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Blue
1974
The Break
as Giles
1974
The Sting
as Doyle Lonnegan
1973
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
as The Oracle of all knowledge
1973
The Hireling
as Steven Ledbetter
1973
A Reflection of Fear
as Michael
1972
Young Winston
as Lord Randolph Churchill
1972
A Town Called Bastard
as The Priest
1971
Figures in a Landscape
as MacConnachie
1970
Figures in a Landscape
Writer
1970
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Francisco Pizarro
1969
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Skipper
1969
The Birthday Party
as Stanley Webber
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Luther
as Martin Luther
1968
Custer of the West
as General George Armstrong Custer
1967
Omnibus
as Self
1967
A Man for All Seasons
as King Henry VIII
1966
Battle of the Bulge
as Col Hessler
1965
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
1965
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
Novel
1965
Carol for Another Christmas
as Ghost of Christmas Future
1964
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
as Ginger Coffey
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Claudius
1964
The Caretaker
as Aston
1964
From Russia with Love
as Donald 'Red' Grant
1963
Festival
as Simone
1963
Tomorrow at Ten
as Marlowe
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Valiant
as Lieutenant Field
1962
The Winter's Tale
as Leontes
1962
North to the Dales
as Narrator (voice)
1962
Danger Man
as Tony Costello
1960
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Novel
1960
Libel
as First Photographer
1959
The Adventures of William Tell
as Peter von Breck
1958
Sea Fury
as Gorman
1958
Rupert of Hentzau
as Rupert of Hentzau
1957
White Hunter
1957
Holiday
as Narrator (voice)
1957
The Buccaneers
as Capt. Dan Tempest
1956
A Hill in Korea
as LCpl. Hodge
1956
Doublecross
as Ernest
1956
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
1955
The Dam Busters
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
1955
Yorkshire Sands
as Narrator (voice)
1955
The Peak District
as Self – Narrator (voice)
1954
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Chemist at Police Exhibition
1951
Sunday Night Theatre
as Herbert
1950
The Making of Pelham One Two Three
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