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Sebastian Shaw
Holt, Norfolk, England, UK
Sebastian Lewis Shaw was an English actor, director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film an…
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Sebastian Lewis Shaw was an English actor, director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions. Shaw was born and brought up in Holt, Norfolk, and made his acting debut at age eight at a London theatre. He studied acting at Gresham's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Although he worked primarily on the London stage, he made his Broadway debut in 1929, when he played one of the two murderers in Rope's End. He appeared in his first film, Caste, in 1930 and quickly began to create a name for himself in films. He described himself as a "rotten actor" as a youth and said his success was primarily due to his good looks. He claimed to mature as a performer only after returning from service in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Shaw was particularly known for his performances in productions of Shakespeare plays which were considered daring and ahead of their time. In 1966, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he remained for a decade and delivered some of his most acclaimed performances. He also wrote several poems and a novel, The Christening, in 1975.
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2004
The Story of Star Wars
Movie Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)
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1992
Monkey Boy
Movie Dr. Liawski
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1991
Chimera
TV show Dr. Liawski
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1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Movie Grandpa
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1988
The Master Builder
Movie Knut Brovik
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1987
High Season
Movie Sharp
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1986
Casualty
TV show Charles Howlett
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1985
Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957
Movie Yeats (voice)
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1983
The Weather in the Streets
Movie Mr. Curtis
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1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV show Reverend Thomas
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1983
Return of the Jedi
Movie Anakin Skywalker
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1982
A Bit of Singing and Dancing
Movie Uncle Cecil
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1981
Timon of Athens
Movie Old Athenian
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1981
Fothergill
Movie Crusty Old Party
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1979
The Old Curiosity Shop
TV show Grandfather
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1978
Liza
Movie Carl Fiodorich
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1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV show Carl Fiodorich
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1977
A Choice of Evils
Movie Abbot General
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1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV show Mr. Justice Skelton
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1974
Playhouse
TV show Crusty Old Party
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1972
Dead of Night
TV show Powys Jubb
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1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Quince
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1968
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie King of France
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1966
Walk's End
Movie Major Gregory
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1966
It Happened Here
Movie Dr. Richard Fletcher
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1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show The Judge
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1965
Out of the Unknown
TV show Major Gregory
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1964
The Great War
TV show
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show
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1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV show Writer
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1953
Laxdale Hall
Movie Hugh Marvell, M.P.
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1949
Landfall
Movie Wing Commander Dickens
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1949
The Glass Mountain
Movie Bruce McLeod
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1945
Journey Together
Movie Squadron Leader Marshall
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1941
East of Piccadilly
Movie Tamsie Green
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1940
The Flying Squad
Movie Inspector Bradley
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1940
Bulldog Sees It Through
Movie
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1940
Three Silent Men
Movie Sir James Quentin
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1940
Now You're Talking
Movie Charles Hampton
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1939
The Spy in Black
Movie Ashington
