Robert Shaw
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Jaws
1975
as Quint
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Mallory
The Sting
1973
as Doyle Lonnegan
From Russia with Love
1963
as Donald 'Red' Grant
Battle of Britain
1969
as Squadron Leader Skipper
The Deep
1977
as Romer Treece
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
as The Oracle of all knowledge
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Blue
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Col Hessler
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as King Henry VIII
Robin and Marian
1976
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Chemist at Police Exhibition
Swashbuckler
1976
as Ned Lynch
Black Sunday
1977
as Kabakov
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Ghost of Christmas Future
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Claudius (archive footage)
A Hill in Korea
1956
as LCpl. Hodge
Custer of the West
1967
as General George Armstrong Custer