Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Known for

Acting

Born

August 9, 1927

Birthplace

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Died

August 28, 1978 (aged 51)

Biography

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.

Best known work

Jaws

Jaws

1975

From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

1963

The Sting

The Sting

1973

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

1966

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

1969

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

1978

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

1965

The Deep

The Deep

1977

Filmography

TBA
The Making of Pelham One Two Three
2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
1979
Avalanche Express
as General Markenkov
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
as Mallory
1977
The Deep
as Romer Treece
1977
Black Sunday
as Kabakov
1976
Swashbuckler
as Ned Lynch
1976
Robin and Marian
as Sheriff of Nottingham
1975
Diamonds
as Charles / Earl Hodgson
1975
Jaws
as Quint
1975
End of the Game
as Richard Gastmann
1975
The Man in the Glass Booth
Theatre Play
1974
New England Our Way
as Self
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Blue
1974
The Break
as Giles
1973
The Sting
as Doyle Lonnegan
1973
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
as The Oracle of all knowledge
1973
The Hireling
as Steven Ledbetter
1972
A Reflection of Fear
as Michael
1972
Young Winston
as Lord Randolph Churchill
1971
A Town Called Bastard
as The Priest
1970
Figures in a Landscape
as MacConnachie, Writer
1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Francisco Pizarro