Robert Shaw

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Robert Shaw

Acting August 9, 1927

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Jaws

Jaws

7.7 1975 Movie
From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

7.1 1963 Movie
The Sting

The Sting

8.0 1973 Movie
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

7.5 1974 Movie
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

7.3 1966 Movie
Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

6.8 1969 Movie
Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

6.2 1978 Movie
Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

6.9 1965 Movie
The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

7.2 1951 Movie
The Deep

The Deep

6.1 1977 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Movie Self

  2. 2011
    Discovering Hamlet

    Movie Claudius (archive footage)

  3. 1979
    Avalanche Express

    Movie General Markenkov

  4. 1979
    The Horror Show

    Movie (archive footage)

  5. 1978
    Force 10 from Navarone

    Movie Mallory

  6. 1977
    The Deep

    Movie Romer Treece

  7. 1977
    Black Sunday

    Movie Kabakov

  8. 1976
    Swashbuckler

    Movie Ned Lynch

  9. 1976
    Robin and Marian

    Movie Sheriff of Nottingham

  10. 1975
    Diamonds

    Movie Charles / Earl Hodgson

  11. 1975
    Jaws

    Movie Quint

  12. 1975
    End of the Game

    Movie Richard Gastmann

  13. 1975
    The Man in the Glass Booth

    Movie Theatre Play

  14. 1974
    New England Our Way

    Movie Self

  15. 1974
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    Movie Blue

  16. 1974
    The Break

    Movie Giles

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  1. 1973
    The Sting

    Movie Doyle Lonnegan

  2. 1973
    The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

    Movie The Oracle of all knowledge

  3. 1973
    The Hireling

    Movie Steven Ledbetter

  4. 1972
    A Reflection of Fear

    Movie Michael

  5. 1972
    Young Winston

    Movie Lord Randolph Churchill

  6. 1971
    A Town Called Bastard

    Movie The Priest

  7. 1970
    Figures in a Landscape

    Movie MacConnachie

  8. 1969
    The Royal Hunt of the Sun

    Movie Francisco Pizarro

  9. 1969
    Battle of Britain

    Movie Squadron Leader Skipper

  10. 1968
    The Birthday Party

    Movie Stanley Webber

  11. 1968
    The Dick Cavett Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  12. 1968
    Luther

    Movie Martin Luther

  13. 1967
    Custer of the West

    Movie General George Armstrong Custer

  14. 1967
    Omnibus

    TV show Self

  15. 1966
    A Man for All Seasons

    Movie King Henry VIII

  16. 1965
    Battle of the Bulge

    Movie Col Hessler

  17. 1965
    The Incredible World of James Bond

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  18. 1965
    Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious

    Movie Novel

  19. 1964
    Carol for Another Christmas

    Movie Ghost of Christmas Future

  20. 1964
    The Luck of Ginger Coffey

    Movie Ginger Coffey

  21. 1964
    Hamlet at Elsinore

    Movie Claudius

  22. 1964
    The Caretaker

    Movie Aston

  23. 1963
    From Russia with Love

    Movie Donald 'Red' Grant

  24. 1963
    Festival

    TV show Simone