Robert Shaw

Aug 09, 1927 - Aug 28, 1978 (51 years old) in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Robert Archibald Shaw 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

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Omnibus

Self

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The Adventures of William Tell

Peter von Breck

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Sunday Night Theatre

Herbert

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The Buccaneers

Capt. Dan Tempest

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Danger Man

Tony Costello

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Jaws

Quint

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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Lord Anthony Dewhurst

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White Hunter

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The Sting

Doyle Lonnegan

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From Russia with Love

Donald 'Red' Grant

Credits

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story 2025

Self

★ 7.7
Godzilla Apex 2021

"TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"

★ 9.1
Discovering Hamlet 2011

Claudius (archive footage)

★ 7
Best Ever Bond 2002

Red Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5
Avalanche Express 1979

General Markenkov

★ 4.8
The Horror Show 1979

(archive footage)

★ 3.8
Force 10 from Navarone 1978

Mallory

★ 6.2
End of the Game 1978

Richard Gastmann

★ 5
The Deep 1977

Romer Treece

★ 6
Black Sunday 1977

Kabakov

★ 6.7
Swashbuckler 1976

Ned Lynch

★ 6.2
Robin and Marian 1976

Sheriff of Nottingham

★ 6.3
Diamonds 1975

Charles / Earl Hodgson

★ 5.4
Jaws 1975

Quint

★ 7.7
New England Our Way 1974

Self

★ NR
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974

Blue

★ 7.5
The Break 1974

Giles

★ NR
The Sting 1973

Doyle Lonnegan

★ 8
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973

The Oracle of all knowledge

★ 6.7
The Hireling 1973

Steven Ledbetter

★ 5.7
A Reflection of Fear 1973

Michael

★ 6.3
Young Winston 1972

Lord Randolph Churchill

★ 6.2
A Town Called Hell 1971

The Priest

★ 5
Figures in a Landscape 1970

MacConnachie

★ 6
The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1969

Francisco Pizarro

★ 5.9
Battle of Britain 1969

Squadron Leader Skipper

★ 6.9
The Birthday Party 1968

Stanley Webber

★ 6.4
Luther 1968

Martin Luther

★ NR
Custer of the West 1967

George Armstrong Custer

★ 5.8
Omnibus 1967

Self

★ 7.2
A Man for All Seasons 1966

King Henry VIII

★ 7.3
Battle of the Bulge 1965

Col Hessler

★ 6.9
The Incredible World of James Bond 1965

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Carol for Another Christmas 1964

Ghost of Christmas Future

★ 5.6
The Luck of Ginger Coffey 1964

Ginger Coffey

★ 6
Hamlet at Elsinore 1964

Claudius

★ 7.8
The Caretaker 1964

Aston

★ 7.2
From Russia with Love 1963

Donald 'Red' Grant

★ 7.1
Festival 1963

Simone

★ 8
Tomorrow at Ten 1963

Marlowe

★ 6.1
The Valiant 1962

Lieutenant Field

★ 7.5
The Winter's Tale 1962

Leontes

★ 8
North to the Dales 1962

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Danger Man 1960

Tony Costello

★ 7.2
Libel 1959

First Photographer

★ 6.9
The Adventures of William Tell 1958

Peter von Breck

★ 6.3
Sea Fury 1958

Gorman

★ 6
Rupert of Hentzau 1957

Rupert of Hentzau

★ NR
White Hunter 1957

★ NR
Holiday 1957

Narrator (voice)

★ 6.7
The Buccaneers 1956

Capt. Dan Tempest

★ 5.5
A Hill in Korea 1956

LCpl. Hodge

★ 6.6
Doublecross 1956

Ernest

★ 7
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel 1955

Lord Anthony Dewhurst

★ 7.6
The Dam Busters 1955

Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.

★ 6.9
Yorkshire Sands 1955

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Peak District 1954

Self – Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Lavender Hill Mob 1951

Chemist at Police Exhibition

★ 7.2
Sunday Night Theatre 1950

Herbert

★ 3.5

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