Robert Shaw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 9 August 1927 · Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- 28 August 1978
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
Acting 55
- 2026The Making of Pelham One Two Three
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story as Self
- 2021Godzilla Apex as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
- 2020Jaws Toy Movie as Quint (voice)
- 2011Discovering Hamlet as Claudius (archive footage)
- 2002Best Ever Bond as Red Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1979Avalanche Express as General Markenkov
- 1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978Force 10 from Navarone as Mallory
- 1977The Deep as Romer Treece
- 1977Black Sunday as Kabakov
- 1976Swashbuckler as Ned Lynch
- 1976Robin and Marian as Sheriff of Nottingham
- 1975Diamonds as Charles / Earl Hodgson
- 1975Jaws as Quint
- 1975End of the Game as Richard Gastmann
- 1974New England Our Way as Self
- 1974The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Blue
- 1974The Break as Giles
- 1973The Sting as Doyle Lonnegan
- 1973The Golden Voyage of Sinbad as The Oracle of all knowledge
- 1973The Hireling as Steven Ledbetter
- 1972A Reflection of Fear as Michael
- 1972Young Winston as Lord Randolph Churchill
- 1971A Town Called Bastard as The Priest
- 1970Figures in a Landscape as MacConnachie
- 1969The Royal Hunt of the Sun as Francisco Pizarro
- 1969Battle of Britain as Squadron Leader Skipper
- 1968The Birthday Party as Stanley Webber
- 1968Luther as Martin Luther
- 1967Custer of the West as General George Armstrong Custer
- 1966A Man for All Seasons as King Henry VIII
- 1965Battle of the Bulge as Col Hessler
- 1965The Incredible World of James Bond as Self (archive footage)
- 1964Carol for Another Christmas as Ghost of Christmas Future
- 1964The Luck of Ginger Coffey as Ginger Coffey
- 1964Hamlet at Elsinore as Claudius
- 1964The Caretaker as Aston
- 1963From Russia with Love as Donald 'Red' Grant
- 1963Tomorrow at Ten as Marlowe
- 1962The Valiant as Lieutenant Field
- 1962The Winter's Tale as Leontes
- 1962North to the Dales as Narrator (voice)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 3 episodes
- 1959Libel as First Photographer
- 1958Sea Fury as Gorman
- 1957Rupert of Hentzau as Rupert of Hentzau
- 1957Holiday as Narrator (voice)
- 1956A Hill in Korea as LCpl. Hodge
- 1956Doublecross as Ernest
- 1955The Dam Busters as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
- 1955Yorkshire Sands as Narrator (voice)
- 1954The Peak District as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 1951The Lavender Hill Mob as Chemist at Police Exhibition
Writing 4
- 1975The Man in the Glass Booth · theatre play
- 1970Figures in a Landscape · writer
- 1965Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious · novel
- 1960Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place · novel