Robert Shaw

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
August 9, 1927 (51 years old)
Died
August 28, 1978
Place of Birth
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Popular Genres
Drama Action Thriller
Career Span
1951 – 2021

Robert Shaw

18 wins
65 nominations
17 Oscars
50 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Aug 9, 1927
From
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1951 – 2021

Award Recognition

18
Wins
65
Nominations
17
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2021

Godzilla Apex as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"

2011

Discovering Hamlet as Claudius (archive footage) Award

2002

Best Ever Bond as Red Grant (archive footage) (uncredited) Award

1979

Avalanche Express as General Markenkov Award
The Horror Show as (archive footage) Award

1978

Force 10 from Navarone as Mallory Award
End of the Game as Richard Gastmann

1977

Black Sunday as Kabakov Award
The Deep as Romer Treece

1976

Swashbuckler as Ned Lynch Award
Robin and Marian as Sheriff of Nottingham

1975

Jaws as Quint Award
Diamonds as Charles / Earl Hodgson

1974

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Blue Award
New England Our Way as Self
The Break as Giles

1973

The Sting as Doyle Lonnegan Award
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad as The Oracle of all knowledge Award
A Reflection of Fear as Michael
The Hireling as Steven Ledbetter

1972

Young Winston as Lord Randolph Churchill Award

1971

A Town Called Hell as The Priest Award

1970

Figures in a Landscape as MacConnachie

1969

Battle of Britain as Squadron Leader Skipper Award
The Royal Hunt of the Sun as Francisco Pizarro

1968

Luther as Martin Luther
The Birthday Party as Stanley Webber

1967

Custer of the West as George Armstrong Custer Award

1966

A Man for All Seasons as King Henry VIII Award

1965

Battle of the Bulge as Col Hessler Award
The Incredible World of James Bond as Self (archive footage)

1964

Hamlet at Elsinore as Claudius
The Caretaker as Aston
Carol for Another Christmas as Ghost of Christmas Future
The Luck of Ginger Coffey as Ginger Coffey

1963

From Russia with Love as Donald 'Red' Grant Award
Tomorrow at Ten as Marlowe

1962

The Valiant as Lieutenant Field
The Winter's Tale as Leontes
North to the Dales as Narrator (voice)

1959

Libel as First Photographer Award

1958

Sea Fury as Gorman

1957

Holiday as Narrator (voice)
Rupert of Hentzau as Rupert of Hentzau

1956

A Hill in Korea as LCpl. Hodge
Doublecross as Ernest

1955

The Dam Busters as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Yorkshire Sands as Narrator (voice)

1954

The Peak District as Self – Narrator (voice)

1951

The Lavender Hill Mob as Chemist at Police Exhibition Award

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Jaws
Swashbuckler
The Sting
From Russia with Love
A Man for All Seasons
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Young Winston
Black Sunday
Battle of Britain

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