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Robert Shaw

Acting Born Aug 9, 1927 Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
Film

Jaws

as Quint
Film

The Stepford Wives

as Self - Guest
Film

The Sting

as Doyle Lonnegan
Film

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

as Blue

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • Jaws (1975) as Quint
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • Omnibus (1967) as Self
  • Danger Man (1960) as Tony Costello
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Herbert
  • The Buccaneers (1956) as Capt. Dan Tempest
  • From Russia with Love (1963) as Donald 'Red' Grant
  • The Sting (1973) as Doyle Lonnegan
  • Festival (1963) as Simone
  • The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
  • The Adventures of William Tell (1958) as Peter von Breck
  • Battle of Britain (1969) as Squadron Leader Skipper
  • The Deep (1977) as Romer Treece
  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) as Self
  • The Incredible World of James Bond (1965) as Self (archive footage)
  • Battle of the Bulge (1965) as Col Hessler
  • A Man for All Seasons (1966) as King Henry VIII
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) as Blue
  • Force 10 from Navarone (1978) as Mallory
  • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) as The Oracle of all knowledge
  • Robin and Marian (1976) as Sheriff of Nottingham
  • Young Winston (1972) as Lord Randolph Churchill
  • Swashbuckler (1976) as Ned Lynch