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