Robert Shaw

Known for: Acting

Born: 1927-08-09 – 1978-08-28 (aged 51)

From: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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 (60)

MOVIE★ 7.5
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.2
Godzilla Apex
2021
as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
MOVIE★ 7.5
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Claudius (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Avalanche Express
1979
as General Markenkov
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Mallory
MOVIE★ 5.0
End of the Game
1978
as Richard Gastmann
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Deep
1977
as Romer Treece
MOVIE★ 6.7
Black Sunday
1977
as Kabakov
MOVIE★ 6.1
Swashbuckler
1976
as Ned Lynch
MOVIE★ 6.3
Robin and Marian
1976
as Sheriff of Nottingham
MOVIE★ 5.3
Diamonds
1975
as Charles / Earl Hodgson
MOVIE★ 7.7
Jaws
1975
as Quint
MOVIE
New England Our Way
1974
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Blue
MOVIE
The Break
1974
as Giles
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Sting
1973
as Doyle Lonnegan
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
as The Oracle of all knowledge
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Hireling
1973
as Steven Ledbetter
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Reflection of Fear
1972
as Michael
MOVIE★ 6.2
Young Winston
1972
as Lord Randolph Churchill
MOVIE★ 5.0
A Town Called Bastard
1971
as The Priest
MOVIE★ 6.0
Figures in a Landscape
1970
as MacConnachie
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
as Francisco Pizarro
MOVIE★ 6.9
Battle of Britain
1969
as Squadron Leader Skipper
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Birthday Party
1968
as Stanley Webber
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MOVIE
Luther
1968
as Martin Luther
MOVIE★ 6.0
Custer of the West
1967
as General George Armstrong Custer
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as King Henry VIII
MOVIE★ 6.9
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Col Hessler
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Ghost of Christmas Future
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
1964
as Ginger Coffey
MOVIE★ 7.8
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964
as Claudius
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Caretaker
1964
as Aston
MOVIE★ 7.1
From Russia with Love
1963
as Donald 'Red' Grant
TV★ 8.0
Festival
1963
as Simone
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
as Marlowe
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Valiant
1962
as Lieutenant Field
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Winter's Tale
1962
as Leontes
MOVIE
North to the Dales
1962
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.4
Danger Man
1960
as Tony Costello
MOVIE★ 6.8
Libel
1959
as First Photographer
TV★ 6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Peter von Breck
MOVIE★ 6.1
Sea Fury
1958
as Gorman
MOVIE
Rupert of Hentzau
1957
as Rupert of Hentzau
TV★ 7.0
White Hunter
1957
MOVIE★ 6.7
Holiday
1957
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.4
The Buccaneers
1956
as Capt. Dan Tempest
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Hill in Korea
1956
as LCpl. Hodge
MOVIE★ 7.7
Doublecross
1956
as Ernest
TV★ 8.0
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Dam Busters
1955
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
MOVIE
Yorkshire Sands
1955
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
The Peak District
1954
as Self – Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Chemist at Police Exhibition
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Herbert