Robert Shaw (actor)
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Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978) was an English stage and film actor and writer.
Robert Shaw was born in Westhoughton, Bolton in Lancashire, England, UK in 1927 to Thomas(a doctor) and Doreen Shaw. He had three sisters and one brother.At the age of seven,the family moved to Stromness,Orkney Islands,Scotland.At the age of 12,his father died(his death was apparently related to an alcohol problem),and the family moved to Cornwall,where he went to school in Truro.Robert Shaw's best-known film performances include the henchman Red Grant in the James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963); the relentless Colonel Hessler in Battle of the Bulge (1965); Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966); Lord Randolph Churchill, in Young Winston (1972); Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting (1973); and Quint in Jaws (1975).
Shaw was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role A Man for All Seasons.
Shaw performed on stage in England and on Broadway. He was also an accomplished writer as well as a respected actor, adapting his own novel The Man in the Glass Booth for the stage but asking for his credit to be removed from the filmed version.
- He was married three times,
- Jennifer Bourke (1952-1963); four daughters.
- Mary Ure (1963-1975); four children
- Virginia Jansen (1976-1978); one child.
Robert Shaw died from a heart attack in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland, aged 51. A Wetherspoons pub has been named after him in his home town. One of his sons, Ian Shaw, is also an actor.
Films
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (uncredited) .... Chemist at Police Exhibition.
- Operation Secret (1952) (uncredited) .... Jacques
- The Dam Busters (1954) .... Flight Sgt. J. Pulford
- A Hill in Korea (a.k.a. Hell in Korea) (1956) .... Lance Corporal. Hodge
- Double Cross (1956)
- Man from Tangier (a.k.a. Thunder Over Tangier) (1957) .... Johnny
- Sea Fury (1958) .... Gorman
- Libel (1959) .... Newspaper Photographer
- The Winter's Tale (TV movie) (1961) .... Leontes
- The Valiant (1962) .... Lieutenant Field
- The Caretaker (in USA) a.k.a. The Guest (1963) .... Aston
- From Russia with Love (1963) .... Donald 'Red' Grant
- The Cracksman (1963) .... Moke
- The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) .... Ginger Coffey
- Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie) (1964) .... Ghost of Christmas Future
- Tomorrow at Ten (1964) .... Marlowe
- Hamlet (1964) (TV movie) .... Claudius, King of Denmark
- Battle of the Bulge (1965) .... Col. Martin Hessler
- A Man for All Seasons (1966) .... King Henry VIII
- Custer of the West (1967) .... Gen. George Armstrong Custer
- The Birthday Party (1968) .... Stanley Webber
- Battle of Britain (1969) .... Squadron Leader Skipper
- The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) .... Francisco Pizarro
- Figures in a Landscape (1970) .... MacConnachie (also adapted for the screen)
- A Town Called Bastard (a.k.a. A Town Called Hell) (1971) .... The Priest
- Young Winston (1972) .... Lord Randolph Churchill
- A Reflection of Fear (a.k.a. Labyrinth) (1973) .... Michael
- The Hireling (1973) .... Steven Ledbetter
- The Sting (1973) .... Doyle Lonnegan
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) (uncredited) .... The Oracle of All Knowledge
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) .... Mr. Blue - Bernard Ryder
- Jaws (1975) .... Quint
- Der Richter und sein Henker (a.k.a. End of the Game, Murder on the Bridge, Deception, and Getting Away with Murder) (1975) .... Richard Gastmann
- Diamonds (a.k.a. Diamond Shaft) (1975) .... Charles/Earl Hodgson
- Robin and Marian (1976) .... Sheriff of Nottingham
- Swashbuckler (a.k.a. Scarlet Buccaneer) (1976) .... Ned Lynch
- Black Sunday (1977) .... Major David Kabokov
- The Deep (1977) .... Romer Treece
- Force 10 From Navarone (1978) .... Major Keith Mallory
- Avalanche Express (1979) .... General Marenkov
Broadway performances
- The Caretaker (1962)
- The Physicists(1964)
- The Man in the Glass Booth (1969)
- Gantry (1970)
- Old Times (1972)
- Dance of Death (1974)
Books
- The Hiding Place
- The Sun Doctor
- The Flag
- Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965) (screenplay)
- The Man in the Glass Booth (1969) ISBN 0140030115
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