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Denis Shaw
Dulwich, London, England, UK
Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains. Shaw was born in Dulwich on 7 February 192…
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Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains. Shaw was born in Dulwich on 7 February 1921. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was frequently cast as villains in films and television shows, most notably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story (1955), as well as a number of British horror films including Jack the Ripper (1959), The Mummy (1959) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961). He was cast in the leading role of The Great Van Robbery (1959) as the judo-throwing Interpol detective Caesar Smith. Shaw's television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes and Z-Cars. Shaw died from a heart attack in London on 28 February 1971, at the age of 50. A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London, he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouse's play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
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1970
Bright's Boffins
TV show
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1970
The Misfit
TV show Aircraft Passenger
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1969
The File of the Golden Goose
Movie Vance
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1969
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Movie Heavyset Workman
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1969
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
TV show Wu Tong
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1968
Tom Grattan's War
TV show Koestler
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1968
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Movie Nasty Workman
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1967
The Prisoner
TV show Shopkeeper
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1967
The Viking Queen
Movie Osiris
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1967
The Deadly Affair
Movie Wolfe - Publican
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1965
Londoners
TV show Louie
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1964
Sherlock Holmes
TV show
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Matvei
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1963
Espionage
TV show Frohlich
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1962
The Pirates of Blood River
Movie Silver (uncredited)
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1961
Stryker of the Yard
TV show
More credits
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1961
Nothing Barred
Movie Convict
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1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
Movie Gaoler
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1961
Carry On Regardless
Movie Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
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1961
The Hellfire Club
Movie Sir Richard Benlow
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1961
The Avengers
TV show Murray
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1961
Ticket to Paradise
Movie Giuseppe
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1960
The Night We Got the Bird
Movie Wolfie's Stooge
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1960
The Criminal
Movie Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
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1960
Beyond the Curtain
Movie Krumm
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1960
Trouble with Eve
Movie George Rigby
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1959
International Detective
TV show Horse Carlucci
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1959
The Mummy
Movie Mike
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1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Movie Tavern Customer
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1959
Jack the Ripper
Movie Simes
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1959
Innocent Meeting
Movie Uncle
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1959
The Great Van Robbery
Movie Caesar Smith
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1959
Naked Fury
Movie Captain Horst
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1958
Passport to Shame
Movie Mac
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1958
Links of Justice
Movie Heath
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1958
A Woman Possessed
Movie Bishop
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1958
Moment of Indiscretion
Movie Inspector Marsh
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1958
Soapbox Derby
Movie Lender
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1957
The Depraved
Movie Inspector O'Flynn
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1957
Seven Thunders
Movie Fat German Soldier
