Robert Shaw
Acting • Born 1927-08-09 – Died 1978-08-28
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.
Filmography
61 credits
A Man for All Seasons
Movie • 1966
King Henry VIII
Jaws
Movie • 1975
Quint
Avalanche Express
Movie • 1979
General Markenkov
From Russia with Love
Movie • 1963
Donald 'Red' Grant
Robin and Marian
Movie • 1976
Sheriff of Nottingham
The Deep
Movie • 1977
Romer Treece
North to the Dales
Movie • 1962
Narrator (voice)
Battle of Britain
Movie • 1969
Squadron Leader Skipper
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie • 1974
Blue
The Sting
Movie • 1973
Doyle Lonnegan
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
Battle of the Bulge
Movie • 1965
Col Hessler
Swashbuckler
Movie • 1976
Ned Lynch
Godzilla Apex
Movie • 2021
"TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
Young Winston
Movie • 1972
Lord Randolph Churchill
A Town Called Bastard
Movie • 1971
The Priest
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie • 1978
Mallory
The Hireling
Movie • 1973
Steven Ledbetter
Black Sunday
Movie • 1977
Kabakov
Custer of the West
Movie • 1967
General George Armstrong Custer
End of the Game
Movie • 1978
Richard Gastmann
Carol for Another Christmas
Movie • 1964
Ghost of Christmas Future
The Caretaker
Movie • 1964
Aston
The Birthday Party
Movie • 1968
Stanley Webber
A Reflection of Fear
Movie • 1972
Michael
Diamonds
Movie • 1975
Charles / Earl Hodgson
Figures in a Landscape
Movie • 1970
MacConnachie
Tomorrow at Ten
Movie • 1963
Marlowe
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Movie • 1964
Ginger Coffey
The Valiant
Movie • 1962
Lieutenant Field
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Movie • 1969
Francisco Pizarro
Discovering Hamlet
Movie • 2011
Claudius (archive footage)
The Incredible World of James Bond
Movie • 1965
Self (archive footage)
Hamlet at Elsinore
Movie • 1964
Claudius
Sea Fury
Movie • 1958
Gorman
The Dam Busters
Movie • 1955
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
The Break
Movie • 1974
Giles
The Winter's Tale
Movie • 1962
Leontes
A Hill in Korea
Movie • 1956
LCpl. Hodge
The Peak District
Movie • 1954
Self – Narrator (voice)
Holiday
Movie • 1957
Narrator (voice)
Libel
Movie • 1959
First Photographer
Luther
Movie • 1968
Martin Luther
Yorkshire Sands
Movie • 1955
Narrator (voice)
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie • 1951
Chemist at Police Exhibition
Doublecross
Movie • 1956
Ernest
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Movie • 1973
The Oracle of all knowledge
New England Our Way
Movie • 1974
Self
Rupert of Hentzau
Movie • 1957
Rupert of Hentzau
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Movie • 2025
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
White Hunter
TV • 1957
The Adventures of William Tell
TV • 1958
Peter von Breck
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1955
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Danger Man
TV • 1960
Tony Costello
The Buccaneers
TV • 1956
Capt. Dan Tempest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Herbert
Festival
TV • 1963
Simone