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