Robert Shaw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 9, 1927
- Died
- Aug 28, 1978 (aged 51)
- Place of birth
- Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 60
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
Jaws
1975Movie
Quint
From Russia with Love
1963Movie
Donald 'Red' Grant
The Sting
1973Movie
Doyle Lonnegan
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974Movie
Blue
A Man for All Seasons
1966Movie
King Henry VIII
Battle of Britain
1969Movie
Squadron Leader Skipper
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025Movie
Self
Discovering Hamlet
2011Movie
Claudius (archive footage)
Avalanche Express
1979Movie
General Markenkov
The Horror Show
1979Movie
(archive footage)
Force 10 from Navarone
1978Movie
Mallory
The Deep
1977Movie
Romer Treece
Black Sunday
1977Movie
Kabakov
Swashbuckler
1976Movie
Ned Lynch
Robin and Marian
1976Movie
Sheriff of Nottingham
Diamonds
1975Movie
Charles / Earl Hodgson
Jaws
1975Movie
Quint
End of the Game
1975Movie
Richard Gastmann
New England Our Way
1974Movie
Self
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974Movie
Blue
The Break
1974Movie
Giles
The Sting
1973Movie
Doyle Lonnegan
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973Movie
The Oracle of all knowledge
The Hireling
1973Movie
Steven Ledbetter
A Reflection of Fear
1972Movie
Michael
Young Winston
1972Movie
Lord Randolph Churchill
A Town Called Bastard
1971Movie
The Priest
Figures in a Landscape
1970Movie
MacConnachie
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969Movie
Francisco Pizarro
Battle of Britain
1969Movie
Squadron Leader Skipper
The Birthday Party
1968Movie
Stanley Webber
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Luther
1968Movie
Martin Luther
Custer of the West
1967Movie
General George Armstrong Custer
Omnibus
1967TV
Self
A Man for All Seasons
1966Movie
King Henry VIII
Battle of the Bulge
1965Movie
Col Hessler
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965Movie
Self (archive footage)
Carol for Another Christmas
1964Movie
Ghost of Christmas Future
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
1964Movie
Ginger Coffey
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964Movie
Claudius
The Caretaker
1964Movie
Aston
From Russia with Love
1963Movie
Donald 'Red' Grant
Festival
1963TV
Simone
Tomorrow at Ten
1963Movie
Marlowe
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Valiant
1962Movie
Lieutenant Field
The Winter's Tale
1962Movie
Leontes
North to the Dales
1962Movie
Narrator (voice)
Danger Man
1960TV
Tony Costello
Libel
1959Movie
First Photographer
The Adventures of William Tell
1958TV
Peter von Breck
Sea Fury
1958Movie
Gorman
Rupert of Hentzau
1957Movie
Rupert of Hentzau
White Hunter
1957TV
Holiday
1957Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Buccaneers
1956TV
Capt. Dan Tempest
A Hill in Korea
1956Movie
LCpl. Hodge
Doublecross
1956Movie
Ernest
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955TV
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
The Dam Busters
1955Movie
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Yorkshire Sands
1955Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Peak District
1954Movie
Self – Narrator (voice)
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951Movie
Chemist at Police Exhibition
Sunday Night Theatre
1950TV
Herbert
The Making of Pelham One Two Three
Movie