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

King Henry VIII

A Man for All Seasons

General Markenkov

Avalanche Express

Quint

Jaws

Donald 'Red' Grant

From Russia with Love

Sheriff of Nottingham

Robin and Marian

Romer Treece

The Deep

Narrator (voice)

North to the Dales

Squadron Leader Skipper

Battle of Britain

Blue

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Doyle Lonnegan

The Sting

(archive footage)

The Horror Show

Col Hessler

Battle of the Bulge

Ned Lynch

Swashbuckler

"TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"

Godzilla Apex

Lord Randolph Churchill

Young Winston

The Priest

A Town Called Hell

Mallory

Force 10 from Navarone

Steven Ledbetter

The Hireling

Kabakov

Black Sunday

George Armstrong Custer

Custer of the West

Richard Gastmann

Der Richter und sein Henker

Ghost of Christmas Future

Carol for Another Christmas

Aston

The Caretaker

Stanley Webber

The Birthday Party

Michael

A Reflection of Fear

Charles / Earl Hodgson

Diamonds

MacConnachie

Figures in a Landscape

Marlowe

Tomorrow at Ten

Ginger Coffey

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

Lieutenant Field

The Valiant

Francisco Pizarro

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Claudius (archive footage)

Discovering Hamlet

Self (archive footage)

The Incredible World of James Bond

Claudius

Hamlet at Elsinore

Gorman

Sea Fury

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

The Dam Busters

Giles

The Break

Leontes

The Winter's Tale

Red Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)

Best Ever Bond

LCpl. Hodge

A Hill in Korea

Self – Narrator (voice)

The Peak District

Narrator (voice)

Holiday

First Photographer

Libel

Martin Luther

Luther

Narrator (voice)

Yorkshire Sands

Ernest

Doublecross

Chemist at Police Exhibition

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Oracle of all knowledge

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Self

New England Our Way

Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-08-09

Place of Birth

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Роберт Шоу