Robert Shaw
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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.
Known for
Credits
Jaws (1975)
as Quint
The Sting (1973)
as Doyle Lonnegan
From Russia with Love (1963)
as Donald 'Red' Grant
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
as King Henry VIII
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Blue
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
as The Oracle of all knowledge
Battle of Britain (1969)
as Squadron Leader Skipper
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
as Col Hessler
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self
The Deep (1977)
as Romer Treece
Robin and Marian (1976)
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as Mallory
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
as Chemist at Police Exhibition
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
New England Our Way (1974)
as Self
Custer of the West (1967)
as General George Armstrong Custer
The Dam Busters (1955)
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
The Winter's Tale (1962)
as Leontes
Black Sunday (1977)
as Kabakov
Young Winston (1972)
as Lord Randolph Churchill
Swashbuckler (1976)
as Ned Lynch
Doublecross (1956)
as Ernest
A Hill in Korea (1956)
as LCpl. Hodge
The Break (1974)
as Giles
A Town Called Bastard (1971)
as The Priest
Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
as Claudius
Figures in a Landscape (1970)
as MacConnachie
End of the Game (1975)
as Richard Gastmann
Avalanche Express (1979)
as General Markenkov
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
as Francisco Pizarro
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Making of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Self
A Reflection of Fear (1972)
as Michael
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Claudius (archive footage)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
as Ghost of Christmas Future
Diamonds (1975)
as Charles / Earl Hodgson
Libel (1959)
as First Photographer
The Caretaker (1964)
as Aston
The Birthday Party (1968)
as Stanley Webber
The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
as Ginger Coffey
The Valiant (1962)
as Lieutenant Field
The Peak District (1954)
as Self – Narrator (voice)
The Hireling (1973)
as Steven Ledbetter
Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
as Marlowe
Sea Fury (1958)
as Gorman
Luther (1968)
as Martin Luther
North to the Dales (1962)
as Narrator (voice)
Rupert of Hentzau (1957)
as Rupert of Hentzau
Yorkshire Sands (1955)
as Narrator (voice)
Holiday (1957)
as Narrator (voice)