Robert Shaw
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Film
Jaws
Quint
1975
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
Danger Man
Tony Costello
1960
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Herbert
1950
Film
The Sting
Doyle Lonnegan
1973
Film
From Russia with Love
Donald 'Red' Grant
1963
Series
The Buccaneers
Capt. Dan Tempest
1956
Festival
Simone
1963
Series
The Adventures of William Tell
Peter von Breck
1958
Series
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
1955
Film
The Deep
Romer Treece
1977
Film
Force 10 from Navarone
Mallory
1978
Film
A Man for All Seasons
King Henry VIII
1966
Film
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
The Oracle of all knowledge
1973
Film
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Blue
1974
Film
Battle of the Bulge
Col Hessler
1965
Film
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025
Film
Battle of Britain
Squadron Leader Skipper
1969
Film
Robin and Marian
Sheriff of Nottingham
1976
White Hunter
1957
Film
The Dam Busters
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
1955
Film
The Lavender Hill Mob
Chemist at Police Exhibition
1951
Film
Swashbuckler
Ned Lynch
1976
Film
Black Sunday
Kabakov
1977
Film
A Town Called Bastard
The Priest
1971
Film
Custer of the West
General George Armstrong Custer
1967
Film
Avalanche Express
General Markenkov
1979
Film
Young Winston
Lord Randolph Churchill
1972
Film
The Incredible World of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
1965
Film
Figures in a Landscape
MacConnachie
1970
Film
The Caretaker
Aston
1964
Film
Hamlet at Elsinore
Claudius
1964
Film
The Break
Giles
1974
Film
Godzilla Apex
"TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
2021
Film
Carol for Another Christmas
Ghost of Christmas Future
1964
Film
A Hill in Korea
LCpl. Hodge
1956
Film
End of the Game
Richard Gastmann
1975
Film
New England Our Way
Self
1974
Doublecross
Ernest
1956
Film
The Hireling
Steven Ledbetter
1973
Film
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Francisco Pizarro
1969
Film
The Birthday Party
Stanley Webber
1968
Film
The Valiant
Lieutenant Field
1962
Film
Discovering Hamlet
Claudius (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Peak District
Self – Narrator (voice)
1954
Film
The Winter's Tale
Leontes
1962
Film
Libel
First Photographer
1959
Film
Sea Fury
Gorman
1958
Film
Tomorrow at Ten
Marlowe
1963
Film
A Reflection of Fear
Michael
1972
Film
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Film
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Ginger Coffey
1964
Film
Diamonds
Charles / Earl Hodgson
1975
Film
Luther
Martin Luther
1968
North to the Dales
Narrator (voice)
1962
Rupert of Hentzau
Rupert of Hentzau
1957
Holiday
Narrator (voice)
1957
Yorkshire Sands
Narrator (voice)
1955