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Robert Shaw

Known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · The Dick Cavett Show

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.

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Born
Aug 9, 1927
Died
Aug 28, 1978
Birthplace
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
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.

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Known For

TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 1968
★ 6.8

Filmography

Movies

The Lavender Hill MobChemist at Police Exhibition
1951
The Peak DistrictSelf – Narrator (voice)
1954
The Dam BustersFlt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
1955
YS
Yorkshire SandsNarrator (voice)
1955
A Hill in KoreaLCpl. Hodge
1956
DoublecrossErnest
1956
H
HolidayNarrator (voice)
1957
RO
Rupert of HentzauRupert of Hentzau
1957
Sea FuryGorman
1958
LibelFirst Photographer
1959
Playhouse 90: The Hiding PlaceNovel
1960
NT
North to the DalesNarrator (voice)
1962
The ValiantLieutenant Field
1962
The Winter's TaleLeontes
1962
From Russia with LoveDonald 'Red' Grant
1963
Tomorrow at TenMarlowe
1963
Carol for Another ChristmasGhost of Christmas Future
1964
Hamlet at ElsinoreClaudius
1964
The CaretakerAston
1964
The Luck of Ginger CoffeyGinger Coffey
1964
Battle of the BulgeCol Hessler
1965
Situation Hopeless... But Not SeriousNovel
1965
The Incredible World of James BondSelf (archive footage)
1965
A Man for All SeasonsKing Henry VIII
1966
Custer of the WestGeneral George Armstrong Custer
1967
LutherMartin Luther
1968
The Birthday PartyStanley Webber
1968
Battle of BritainSquadron Leader Skipper
1969
The Royal Hunt of the SunFrancisco Pizarro
1969
Figures in a LandscapeMacConnachie
1970
Figures in a LandscapeWriter
1970
A Town Called BastardThe Priest
1971
A Reflection of FearMichael
1972
Young WinstonLord Randolph Churchill
1972
The Golden Voyage of SinbadThe Oracle of all knowledge
1973
The HirelingSteven Ledbetter
1973
The StingDoyle Lonnegan
1973
New England Our WaySelf
1974
The BreakGiles
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeBlue
1974
DiamondsCharles / Earl Hodgson
1975
End of the GameRichard Gastmann
1975
JawsQuint
1975
The Man in the Glass BoothTheatre Play
1975
Robin and MarianSheriff of Nottingham
1976
SwashbucklerNed Lynch
1976
Black SundayKabakov
1977
The DeepRomer Treece
1977
Force 10 from NavaroneMallory
1978
Avalanche ExpressGeneral Markenkov
1979
The Horror Show(archive footage)
1979
Discovering HamletClaudius (archive footage)
2011
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StorySelf
2025
The Making of Pelham One Two Three

Television

Sunday Night TheatreHerbert · 1 eps
1950
The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelLord Anthony Dewhurst · 1 eps
1955
The BuccaneersCapt. Dan Tempest · 39 eps
1956
WH
White Hunter1 eps
1957
The Adventures of William TellPeter von Breck · 1 eps
1958
Danger ManTony Costello · 1 eps
1960
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 3 eps
1962
F
FestivalSimone · 1 eps
1963
OmnibusSelf · 1 eps
1967
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 5 eps
1968

Photos

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