
Robert Shaw
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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
Credits

Jaws (1975)
as Quint

From Russia with Love (1963)
as Donald 'Red' Grant

The Sting (1973)
as Doyle Lonnegan

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
as King Henry VIII

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as Mallory

Battle of the Bulge (1965)
as Col Hessler

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Blue

Battle of Britain (1969)
as Squadron Leader Skipper

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
as The Oracle of all knowledge

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self

Godzilla Apex (2021)
as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"

The Deep (1977)
as Romer Treece

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
as Chemist at Police Exhibition

Robin and Marian (1976)
as Sheriff of Nottingham

Black Sunday (1977)
as Kabakov

The Dam Busters (1955)
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.

Young Winston (1972)
as Lord Randolph Churchill

A Town Called Bastard (1971)
as The Priest

A Hill in Korea (1956)
as LCpl. Hodge
Doublecross (1956)
as Ernest

Custer of the West (1967)
as General George Armstrong Custer

Figures in a Landscape (1970)
as MacConnachie

The Caretaker (1964)
as Aston

The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)
as Self (archive footage)

The Break (1974)
as Giles

Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
as Claudius

Avalanche Express (1979)
as General Markenkov

Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
as Ghost of Christmas Future

The Birthday Party (1968)
as Stanley Webber

The Hireling (1973)
as Steven Ledbetter

End of the Game (1978)
as Richard Gastmann

A Reflection of Fear (1972)
as Michael

The Winter's Tale (1962)
as Leontes

Libel (1959)
as First Photographer

Swashbuckler (1976)
as Ned Lynch

Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Claudius (archive footage)

The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
as Ginger Coffey

Diamonds (1975)
as Charles / Earl Hodgson

New England Our Way (1974)
as Self

Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
as Marlowe

The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
as Francisco Pizarro

The Valiant (1962)
as Lieutenant Field

The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)

The Peak District (1954)
as Self – Narrator (voice)

Sea Fury (1958)
as Gorman
North to the Dales (1962)
as Narrator (voice)

Luther (1968)
as Martin Luther
Rupert of Hentzau (1957)
as Rupert of Hentzau
Holiday (1957)
as Narrator (voice)
Yorkshire Sands (1955)
as Narrator (voice)





