Acting
Robert Shaw
Born 1927-08-09
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Robert Shaw
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Jaws
1975
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From Russia with Love
1963
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The Sting
1973
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
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A Man for All Seasons
1966
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Force 10 from Navarone
1978
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Battle of Britain
1969
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The Dick Cavett Show
1968
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Battle of the Bulge
1965
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (64 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Discovering Hamlet | Claudius (archive footage) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Avalanche Express | General Markenkov | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Movie | 1979 |
 | Force 10 from Navarone | Mallory | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Deep | Romer Treece | Movie | 1977 |
 | Black Sunday | Kabakov | Movie | 1977 |
 | Swashbuckler | Ned Lynch | Movie | 1976 |
 | Robin and Marian | Sheriff of Nottingham | Movie | 1976 |
 | Diamonds | Charles / Earl Hodgson | Movie | 1975 |
 | Jaws | Quint | Movie | 1975 |
 | End of the Game | Richard Gastmann | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Man in the Glass Booth | Theatre Play | Movie | 1975 |
 | New England Our Way | Self | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Blue | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Break | Giles | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Sting | Doyle Lonnegan | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | The Oracle of all knowledge | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Hireling | Steven Ledbetter | Movie | 1973 |
 | A Reflection of Fear | Michael | Movie | 1972 |
 | Young Winston | Lord Randolph Churchill | Movie | 1972 |
 | A Town Called Bastard | The Priest | Movie | 1971 |
 | Figures in a Landscape | MacConnachie | Movie | 1970 |
| Figures in a Landscape | Writer | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Francisco Pizarro | Movie | 1969 |
 | Battle of Britain | Squadron Leader Skipper | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Birthday Party | Stanley Webber | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Luther | Martin Luther | Movie | 1968 |
 | Custer of the West | General George Armstrong Custer | Movie | 1967 |
 | Omnibus | Self | TV Series | 1967 |
 | A Man for All Seasons | King Henry VIII | Movie | 1966 |
 | Battle of the Bulge | Col Hessler | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Incredible World of James Bond | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1965 |
 | Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious | Novel | Movie | 1965 |
 | Carol for Another Christmas | Ghost of Christmas Future | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Luck of Ginger Coffey | Ginger Coffey | Movie | 1964 |
 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Claudius | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Caretaker | Aston | Movie | 1964 |
 | From Russia with Love | Donald 'Red' Grant | Movie | 1963 |
| Festival | Simone | TV Series | 1963 | |
 | Tomorrow at Ten | Marlowe | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Valiant | Lieutenant Field | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Winter's Tale | Leontes | Movie | 1962 |
| North to the Dales | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1962 | |
 | Danger Man | Tony Costello | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place | Novel | Movie | 1960 |
 | Libel | First Photographer | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Adventures of William Tell | Peter von Breck | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Sea Fury | Gorman | Movie | 1958 |
| Rupert of Hentzau | Rupert of Hentzau | Movie | 1957 | |
| White Hunter | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1957 | |
| Holiday | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1957 | |
 | The Buccaneers | Capt. Dan Tempest | TV Series | 1956 |
 | A Hill in Korea | LCpl. Hodge | Movie | 1956 |
| Doublecross | Ernest | Movie | 1956 | |
 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Lord Anthony Dewhurst | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Dam Busters | Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. | Movie | 1955 |
| Yorkshire Sands | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1955 | |
 | The Peak District | Self – Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Chemist at Police Exhibition | Movie | 1951 |
 | Sunday Night Theatre | Herbert | TV Series | 1950 |
 | The Making of Pelham One Two Three | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |