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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Jaws

The Dick Cavett Show

Omnibus

Danger Man

Sunday Night Theatre

The Sting

From Russia with Love

All Movies (50)

• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025 · as Self
• Godzilla Apex2021 · as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
• Discovering Hamlet2011 · as Claudius (archive footage)
• Avalanche Express1979 · as General Markenkov
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• Force 10 from Navarone1978 · as Mallory
• End of the Game1978 · as Richard Gastmann
• The Deep1977 · as Romer Treece
• Black Sunday1977 · as Kabakov
• Swashbuckler1976 · as Ned Lynch
• Robin and Marian1976 · as Sheriff of Nottingham
• Diamonds1975 · as Charles / Earl Hodgson
• Jaws1975 · as Quint
• New England Our Way1974 · as Self
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three1974 · as Blue
• The Break1974 · as Giles
• The Sting1973 · as Doyle Lonnegan
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad1973 · as The Oracle of all knowledge
• The Hireling1973 · as Steven Ledbetter
• A Reflection of Fear1972 · as Michael
• Young Winston1972 · as Lord Randolph Churchill
• A Town Called Bastard1971 · as The Priest
• Figures in a Landscape1970 · as MacConnachie
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun1969 · as Francisco Pizarro
• Battle of Britain1969 · as Squadron Leader Skipper
• The Birthday Party1968 · as Stanley Webber
• Luther1968 · as Martin Luther
• Custer of the West1967 · as General George Armstrong Custer
• A Man for All Seasons1966 · as King Henry VIII
• Battle of the Bulge1965 · as Col Hessler
• The Incredible World of James Bond1965 · as Self (archive footage)
• Carol for Another Christmas1964 · as Ghost of Christmas Future
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey1964 · as Ginger Coffey
• Hamlet at Elsinore1964 · as Claudius
• The Caretaker1964 · as Aston
• From Russia with Love1963 · as Donald 'Red' Grant
• Tomorrow at Ten1963 · as Marlowe
• The Valiant1962 · as Lieutenant Field
• The Winter's Tale1962 · as Leontes
• North to the Dales1962 · as Narrator (voice)
• Libel1959 · as First Photographer
• Sea Fury1958 · as Gorman
• Rupert of Hentzau1957 · as Rupert of Hentzau
• Holiday1957 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Hill in Korea1956 · as LCpl. Hodge
• Doublecross1956 · as Ernest
• The Dam Busters1955 · as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
• Yorkshire Sands1955 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Peak District1954 · as Self – Narrator (voice)
• The Lavender Hill Mob1951 · as Chemist at Police Exhibition

All TV Shows (10)

• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• Festival1963 · as Simone
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Danger Man1960 · as Tony Costello
• The Adventures of William Tell1958 · as Peter von Breck
• White Hunter1957
• The Buccaneers1956 · as Capt. Dan Tempest
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel1955 · as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Herbert