Robert Shaw

Personal Info

Birthday

August 9, 1927

Day of Death

1978-08-28

(51 years old)

Place of Birth

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Роберт Шоу

رابرت شاو

Robert Shaw

Biography

Robert Archibald Shaw 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

Jaws

Danger Man

The Adventures of William Tell

Sunday Night Theatre

From Russia with Love

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Buccaneers

The Sting

Filmography

2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2021
Godzilla Apex
as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
2002
Best Ever Bond
as Red Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
Avalanche Express
as General Markenkov
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
as Mallory
End of the Game
as Richard Gastmann
1977
The Deep
as Romer Treece
Black Sunday
as Kabakov
1976
Swashbuckler
as Ned Lynch
Robin and Marian
as Sheriff of Nottingham
1975
Diamonds
as Charles / Earl Hodgson
Jaws
as Quint
1974
New England Our Way
as Self
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Blue
The Break
as Giles
1973
The Sting
as Doyle Lonnegan
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
as The Oracle of all knowledge
The Hireling
as Steven Ledbetter
A Reflection of Fear
as Michael
1972
Young Winston
as Lord Randolph Churchill
1971
A Town Called Hell
as The Priest
1970
Figures in a Landscape
as MacConnachie
1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Francisco Pizarro
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Skipper
1968
The Birthday Party
as Stanley Webber
Luther
as Martin Luther
1967
Custer of the West
as General George Armstrong Custer
1966
A Man for All Seasons
as King Henry VIII
1965
Battle of the Bulge
as Col Hessler
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
1964
Carol for Another Christmas
as Ghost of Christmas Future
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
as Ginger Coffey
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Claudius
The Caretaker
as Aston
1963
From Russia with Love
as Donald 'Red' Grant
Tomorrow at Ten
as Marlowe
1962
The Valiant
as Lieutenant Field
The Winter's Tale
as Leontes
North to the Dales
as Narrator (voice)
1959
Libel
as First Photographer
1958
Sea Fury
as Gorman
1957
Rupert of Hentzau
as Rupert of Hentzau
Holiday
as Narrator (voice)
1956
A Hill in Korea
as LCpl. Hodge
Doublecross
as Ernest
1955
The Dam Busters
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Yorkshire Sands
as Narrator (voice)
1954
The Peak District
as Self – Narrator (voice)
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Chemist at Police Exhibition