Acting · Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK · Born August 9, 1927
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.
MovieJaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
MovieGodzilla Apex
2021
as "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
MovieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
as Claudius (archive footage)
MovieAvalanche Express
1979
as General Markenkov
MovieThe Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MovieForce 10 from Navarone
1978
as Mallory
MovieEnd of the Game
1978
as Richard Gastmann
MovieThe Deep
1977
as Romer Treece
MovieBlack Sunday
1977
as Kabakov
MovieSwashbuckler
1976
as Ned Lynch
MovieRobin and Marian
1976
as Sheriff of Nottingham
MovieDiamonds
1975
as Charles / Earl Hodgson
MovieJaws
1975
as Quint
MovieNew England Our Way
1974
as Self
MovieThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Blue
MovieThe Break
1974
as Giles
MovieThe Sting
1973
as Doyle Lonnegan
MovieThe Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
as The Oracle of all knowledge
MovieThe Hireling
1973
as Steven Ledbetter
MovieA Reflection of Fear
1972
as Michael
MovieYoung Winston
1972
as Lord Randolph Churchill
MovieA Town Called Bastard
1971
as The Priest
MovieFigures in a Landscape
1970
as MacConnachie
MovieThe Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
as Francisco Pizarro
MovieBattle of Britain
1969
as Squadron Leader Skipper
MovieThe Birthday Party
1968
as Stanley Webber
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieLuther
1968
as Martin Luther
MovieCuster of the West
1967
as General George Armstrong Custer
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
MovieA Man for All Seasons
1966
as King Henry VIII
MovieBattle of the Bulge
1965
as Col Hessler
MovieThe Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCarol for Another Christmas
1964
as Ghost of Christmas Future
MovieThe Luck of Ginger Coffey
1964
as Ginger Coffey
MovieHamlet at Elsinore
1964
as Claudius
MovieThe Caretaker
1964
as Aston
MovieFrom Russia with Love
1963
as Donald 'Red' Grant
Festival
1963
as Simone
MovieTomorrow at Ten
1963
as Marlowe
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieThe Valiant
1962
as Lieutenant Field
MovieThe Winter's Tale
1962
as Leontes
North to the Dales
1962
as Narrator (voice)
TVDanger Man
1960
as Tony Costello
MovieLibel
1959
as First Photographer
TVThe Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Peter von Breck
MovieSea Fury
1958
as Gorman
Rupert of Hentzau
1957
as Rupert of Hentzau
White Hunter
1957
Holiday
1957
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Buccaneers
1956
as Capt. Dan Tempest
MovieA Hill in Korea
1956
as LCpl. Hodge
Doublecross
1956
as Ernest
TVThe Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
MovieThe Dam Busters
1955
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Yorkshire Sands
1955
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Peak District
1954
as Self – Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Chemist at Police Exhibition
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Herbert
