Robert Shaw
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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Movies (45)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025
Godzilla Apex
as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
2021
Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
2011
Avalanche Express
as General Markenkov
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Force 10 from Navarone
as Mallory
1978
End of the Game
as Richard Gastmann
1978
The Deep
as Romer Treece
1977
Black Sunday
as Kabakov
1977
Swashbuckler
as Ned Lynch
1976
Robin and Marian
as Sheriff of Nottingham
1976
Diamonds
as Charles / Earl Hodgson
1975
Jaws
as Quint
1975
The Man in the Glass Booth
Theatre Play (Writing)
1975
New England Our Way
as Self
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Blue
1974
The Break
as Giles
1974
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
as The Oracle of all knowledge
1974
The Sting
as Doyle Lonnegan
1973
The Hireling
as Steven Ledbetter
1973
A Reflection of Fear
as Michael
1972
Young Winston
as Lord Randolph Churchill
1972
A Town Called Bastard
as The Priest
1971
Figures in a Landscape
as MacConnachie
1970
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Francisco Pizarro
1969
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Skipper
1969
The Birthday Party
as Stanley Webber
1968
Luther
as Martin Luther
1968
Custer of the West
as General George Armstrong Custer
1967
A Man for All Seasons
as King Henry VIII
1966
Battle of the Bulge
as Col Hessler
1965
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Novel (Writing)
1965
Carol for Another Christmas
as Ghost of Christmas Future
1964
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
as Ginger Coffey
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Claudius
1964
The Caretaker
as Aston
1964
From Russia with Love
as Donald 'Red' Grant
1963
Tomorrow at Ten
as Marlowe
1963
The Valiant
as Lieutenant Field
1962
The Winter's Tale
as Leontes
1962
North to the Dales
as Narrator (voice)
1962
The Hiding Place
Novel (Writing)
1960
Libel
as First Photographer
1959
