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Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Born: 1927-08-09 • Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies poster
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 • Self - (archive footage)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story poster
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 • Self
Godzilla Apex poster
Godzilla Apex
2021 • "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
Discovering Hamlet poster
Discovering Hamlet
2011 • Claudius (archive footage)
Avalanche Express poster
Avalanche Express
1979 • General Markenkov
The Horror Show poster
The Horror Show
1979 • (archive footage)
Force 10 from Navarone poster
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 • Mallory
End of the Game poster
End of the Game
1978 • Richard Gastmann
The Deep poster
The Deep
1977 • Romer Treece
Black Sunday poster
Black Sunday
1977 • Kabakov
Swashbuckler poster
Swashbuckler
1976 • Ned Lynch
Robin and Marian poster
Robin and Marian
1976 • Sheriff of Nottingham
Diamonds poster
Diamonds
1975 • Charles / Earl Hodgson
Jaws poster
Jaws
1975 • Quint
New England Our Way poster
New England Our Way
1974 • Self
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three poster
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974 • Blue
The Break poster
The Break
1974 • Giles
The Sting poster
The Sting
1973 • Doyle Lonnegan
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad poster
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973 • The Oracle of all knowledge
The Hireling poster
The Hireling
1973 • Steven Ledbetter
A Reflection of Fear poster
A Reflection of Fear
1972 • Michael
Young Winston poster
Young Winston
1972 • Lord Randolph Churchill
A Town Called Bastard poster
A Town Called Bastard
1971 • The Priest
Figures in a Landscape poster
Figures in a Landscape
1970 • MacConnachie
The Royal Hunt of the Sun poster
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969 • Francisco Pizarro
Battle of Britain poster
Battle of Britain
1969 • Squadron Leader Skipper
The Birthday Party poster
The Birthday Party
1968 • Stanley Webber
Luther poster
Luther
1968 • Martin Luther
Custer of the West poster
Custer of the West
1967 • General George Armstrong Custer
A Man for All Seasons poster
A Man for All Seasons
1966 • King Henry VIII
Battle of the Bulge poster
Battle of the Bulge
1965 • Col Hessler
The Incredible World of James Bond poster
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965 • Self (archive footage)
Carol for Another Christmas poster
Carol for Another Christmas
1964 • Ghost of Christmas Future
The Luck of Ginger Coffey poster
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
1964 • Ginger Coffey
Hamlet at Elsinore poster
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 • Claudius
The Caretaker poster
The Caretaker
1964 • Aston
From Russia with Love poster
From Russia with Love
1963 • Donald 'Red' Grant
Tomorrow at Ten poster
Tomorrow at Ten
1963 • Marlowe
The Valiant poster
The Valiant
1962 • Lieutenant Field
The Winter's Tale poster
The Winter's Tale
1962 • Leontes
No Image
North to the Dales
1962 • Narrator (voice)
Libel poster
Libel
1959 • First Photographer
Sea Fury poster
Sea Fury
1958 • Gorman
No Image
Rupert of Hentzau
1957 • Rupert of Hentzau
No Image
Holiday
1957 • Narrator (voice)
A Hill in Korea poster
A Hill in Korea
1956 • LCpl. Hodge
No Image
Doublecross
1956 • Ernest
The Dam Busters poster
The Dam Busters
1955 • Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
No Image
Yorkshire Sands
1955 • Narrator (voice)
The Peak District poster
The Peak District
1954 • Self – Narrator (voice)
The Lavender Hill Mob poster
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 • Chemist at Police Exhibition