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Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Birthday: 1927-08-09 | Place of Birth: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Jaws

as    Quint

1978
Force 10 from Navarone

as    Mallory

1977
Black Sunday

as    Kabakov

1977
The Deep

as    Romer Treece

1976
Swashbuckler

as    Ned Lynch

1976
End of the Game

as    Richard Gastmann

1976
Robin and Marian

as    Sheriff of Nottingham

1975
Diamonds

as    Charles / Earl Hodgson

1973
The Sting

as    Doyle Lonnegan

1973
A Reflection of Fear

as    Michael

1973
The Hireling

as    Steven Ledbetter

1972
Young Winston

as    Lord Randolph Churchill

1971
Figures in a Landscape

as    MacConnachie

1971
A Town Called Hell

as    The Priest

1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun

as    Francisco Pizarro

1968
Custer of the West

as    George Armstrong Custer

1968
The Birthday Party

as    Stanley Webber

1966
A Man for All Seasons

as    King Henry VIII

1965
Battle of the Bulge

as    Col Hessler

1964
The Caretaker

as    Aston

1964
Hamlet at Elsinore

as    Claudius

1964
From Russia with Love

as    Donald 'Red' Grant

1964
Carol for Another Christmas

as    Ghost of Christmas Future

1962
Tomorrow at Ten

as    Marlowe

1958
Sea Fury

as    Gorman

1957
Holiday

as    Narrator (voice)

1956
The Buccaneers

as    Capt. Dan Tempest

1955
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as    Lord Anthony Dewhurst