Robert Shaw
Acting
Born 1927-08-09
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Popular credits
Jaws
Quint
From Russia with Love
Donald 'Red' Grant
The Sting
Doyle Lonnegan
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Blue
A Man for All Seasons
King Henry VIII
Battle of Britain
Squadron Leader Skipper
Force 10 from Navarone
Mallory
The Lavender Hill Mob
Chemist at Police Exhibition
Battle of the Bulge
Col Hessler
Robin and Marian
Sheriff of Nottingham
The Deep
Romer Treece
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
The Oracle of all knowledge
Black Sunday
Kabakov
The Dam Busters
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
Young Winston
Lord Randolph Churchill
Figures in a Landscape
MacConnachie
Avalanche Express
General Markenkov
Swashbuckler
Ned Lynch