Sebastian Shaw
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Biography
Sebastian Lewis Shaw was an English actor, director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions. Shaw was born and brought up in Holt, Norfolk, and made his acting debut at age eight at a London theatre. He studied acting at Gresham's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Although he worked primarily on the London stage, he made his Broadway debut in 1929, when he played one of the...
Known For
Filmography
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)
Monkey Boy
1992
as Dr. Liawski
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991
as Grandpa
Chimera
1991
as Dr. Liawski
The Master Builder
1988
as Knut Brovik
High Season
1987
as Sharp
Casualty
1986
as Charles Howlett
Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957
1985
as Yeats (voice)
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Anakin Skywalker
The Weather in the Streets
1983
as Mr. Curtis
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Reverend Thomas
A Bit of Singing and Dancing
1982
as Uncle Cecil
Timon of Athens
1981
as Old Athenian
Fothergill
1981
as Crusty Old Party
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979
as Grandfather
Liza
1978
as Carl Fiodorich
A Choice of Evils
1977
as Abbot General
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Carl Fiodorich
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Mr. Justice Skelton
Playhouse
1974
as Crusty Old Party
Dead of Night
1972
as Powys Jubb
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Quince
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as King of France
It Happened Here
1966
as Dr. Richard Fletcher
Walk's End
1966
as Major Gregory
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Major Gregory
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Judge
The Great War
1964
Theatre 625
1964
Laxdale Hall
1953
as Hugh Marvell, M.P.
The Glass Mountain
1949
as Bruce McLeod
Landfall
1949
as Wing Commander Dickens
Journey Together
1945
as Squadron Leader Marshall
East of Piccadilly
1941
as Tamsie Green
Three Silent Men
1940
as Sir James Quentin
The Flying Squad
1940
as Inspector Bradley
Now You're Talking
1940
as Charles Hampton
Bulldog Sees It Through
1940
The Spy in Black
1939
as Ashington
Prison Without Bars
1939
Julius Caesar
1938
as Marcus Brutus
The Squeaker
1937
as Frank Sutton
Farewell Again
1937
as Capt. Gilbert Reed
Jury's Evidence
1936
as Philip
Men Are Not Gods
1936
as Edmund Davey
Tomorrow We Live
1936
as Eric Morton
Birds of a Feather
1936
as Jack Wortle
The Ace of Spades
1935
as Trent
Department Store
1935
as John Goodman Johnson
Brewster's Millions
1935
as Frank
Adventure Ltd.
1935
as Bruce Blandford
Three Witnesses
1935
as Roger Truscott
The Lad
1935
as Jimmy
The Way of Youth
1935
as Lieut. Alan Marmon
Little Miss Nobody
1933
as Pat Carey
Caste
1930
as Hon. George d'Alroy