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Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978) was an English stage and film actor and writer.

Born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, Great Britain, Robert Shaw's best-known film performances include the henchman Red Grant in the James Bond film From Russia with Love
(1963); the relentless Colonel Hessler in Battle of the Bulge (1965); Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons
(1966); Lord Randolph Churchill, in Young Winston
(1972); Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting
(1973); and Quint in Jaws
(1975).

Shaw was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role A Man for All Seasons
.

Shaw performed on stage in England and on Broadway. He was also an accomplished writer as well as a respected actor, adapting his own novel The Man in the Glass Booth
for the stage but asking for his credit to be removed from the filmed version. He played "The Priest" in the acclaimed A Town Called Bastard (1971).

He was married three times,
* Jennifer Bourke (1952-1963); four daughters
* The actress Mary Ure
(1963-1975); four children
* Virginia Janssen (1976-1978); one child.

Robert Shaw died from a heart attack in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland, aged 51. A Wetherspoons pub has been named after him in his home town.

Films

The Lavender Hill Mob
(1951) (uncredited) .... Chemist at Police Exhibition.
Operation Secret (1952) (uncredited) .... Jacques
The Dam Busters
(1954) .... Flight Sgt. J. Pulford
A Hill in Korea
(a.k.a. Hell in Korea) (1956) .... LCpl. Hodge
Double Cross (1956)
Man from Tangier (a.k.a. Thunder Over Tangier) (1957) .... Johnny
Sea Fury (1958) .... Gorman
Libel (1959) .... Newspaper Photographer
The Winter's Tale (TV movie) (1961) .... Leontes
The Valiant
(1962) .... Lieutenant Field
The Caretaker (in USA) a.k.a. The Guest (1963) .... Aston
From Russia with Love
(1963) .... Donald 'Red' Grant
The Cracksman (1963) .... Moke
The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) .... Ginger Coffey
Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie) (1964) .... Ghost of Christmas Future
Tomorrow at Ten (1964) .... Marlowe
Hamlet (1964) (TV movie) .... Claudius, King of Denmark
Battle of the Bulge
(1965) .... Col. Martin Hessler
A Man for All Seasons
(1966) .... King Henry VIII
Custer of the West (1967) .... Gen. George Armstrong Custer
The Birthday Party (1968) .... Stanley Webber
Battle of Britain
(1969) .... Squadron Leader Skipper
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) .... Francisco Pizarro
Figures in a Landscape (1970) .... MacConnachie
A Town Called Bastard (a.k.a. A Town Called Hell) (1971) .... The Priest
Young Winston
(1972) .... Lord Randolph Churchill
A Reflection of Fear (a.k.a. Labyrinth) (1973) .... Michael
The Hireling (1973) .... Steven Ledbetter
The Sting
(1973) .... Doyle Lonnegan
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
(1974) (uncredited) .... The Oracle of All Knowledge
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
(1974) .... Mr. Blue - Bernard Ryder
Jaws
(1975) .... Quint
Der Richter und sein Henker (a.k.a. End of the Game, Murder on the Bridge, Deception, and Getting Away with Murder) (1975) .... Richard Gastmann
Diamonds (a.k.a. Diamond Shaft) (1975) .... Charles/Earl Hodgson
Robin and Marian
(1976) .... Sheriff of Nottingham
Swashbuckler (a.k.a. Scarlet Buccaneer) (1976) .... Ned Lynch
Black Sunday
(1977) .... Major David Kabokov
The Deep
(1977) .... Romer Treece
Force 10 From Navarone (1978) .... Major Keith Mallory
Avalanche Express (1979) .... General Marenkov

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