Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw was a British actor and playwright known for his commanding presence and distinctive voice. He gained fame for his roles in iconic films such as 'Jaws', 'The Sting', and 'From Russia with Love'. Shaw's career spanned several decades, earning him a reputation as... Read More
Known for
Jaws (1975)
When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to...
The Sting (1973)
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious...
From Russia with Love (1963)
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians...
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StoryThe authorized documentary celebrating the film that redefined Hollywood, 50 years after its premiere. Featuring rare archival footage and interviews... |
Self | |
| 2021 |
Godzilla ApexThe dramatic conclusion to the Kaiju Century War Saga. |
"TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE" | |
| 2020 |
Jaws Toy MovieWhen a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police... |
Quint (voice) | |
| 2011 |
Discovering HamletJourney into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought... |
Claudius (archive footage) | |
| 1979 |
Avalanche ExpressCIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west.... |
General Markenkov | |
| 1979 |
The Horror ShowA history of horror movies. |
(archive footage) | |
| 1978 |
Force 10 from NavaroneWorld War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in... |
Mallory | |
| 1978 |
End of the GameHans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous... |
Richard Gastmann | |
| 1977 |
The DeepA pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into... |
Romer Treece | |
| 1977 |
Black SundayAn Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a... |
Kabakov | |
| 1976 |
SwashbucklerA pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant. |
Ned Lynch | |
| 1976 |
Robin and MarianRobin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time. |
Sheriff of Nottingham | |
| 1975 |
DiamondsCharles Hodgson is a British aristocrat who decides to become a thief as a way of getting at his twin... |
Charles / Earl Hodgson | |
| 1975 |
JawsWhen the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of... |
Quint | |
| 1974 |
New England Our WayThe program is a fascinating look some at the key people involved with JAWS before it was released. It contains... |
Self | |
| 1974 |
The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeIn New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question... |
Blue | |
| 1974 |
The BreakTwo strangers break into a man's house and subject him to a series of terrifying - and humiliating - mind... |
Giles | |
| 1973 |
The StingA novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling... |
Doyle Lonnegan | |
| 1973 |
The Golden Voyage of SinbadSinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of... |
The Oracle of all knowledge | |
| 1973 |
The HirelingBased on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class... |
Steven Ledbetter | |
| 1972 |
A Reflection of FearA young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion... |
Michael | |
| 1972 |
Young WinstonThis historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his... |
Lord Randolph Churchill | |
| 1971 |
A Town Called BastardA group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a... |
The Priest | |
| 1970 |
Figures in a LandscapeTwo escaped convicts are on the run in an unnamed Latin American country. But everywhere they go, they are followed... |
MacConnachie | |
| 1969 |
The Royal Hunt of the SunThe Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard... |
Francisco Pizarro | |
| 1969 |
Battle of BritainIn 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the... |
Squadron Leader Skipper | |
| 1968 |
The Birthday PartyBased on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers.... |
Stanley Webber | |
| 1968 |
The Dick Cavett ShowThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks. |
Self - Guest | |
| 1968 |
LutherAn epic drama of the 16th Century Catholic monk Martin Luther who started the Reformation. |
Martin Luther | |
| 1967 |
Custer of the WestThe story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and... |
General George Armstrong Custer | |
| 1967 |
OmnibusOmnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the... |
Self | |
| 1966 |
A Man for All SeasonsA depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses... |
King Henry VIII | |
| 1965 |
Battle of the BulgeIn the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year.... |
Col Hessler | |
| 1965 |
The Incredible World of James BondThis promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965).... |
Self (archive footage) | |
| 1964 |
Carol for Another ChristmasWealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist Daniel Grudge, long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is... |
Ghost of Christmas Future | |
| 1964 |
The Luck of Ginger CoffeyAn out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow... |
Ginger Coffey | |
| 1964 |
Hamlet at ElsinoreThe ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king,... |
Claudius | |
| 1964 |
The CaretakerAston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor... |
Aston | |
| 1963 |
From Russia with LoveAgent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization... |
Donald 'Red' Grant | |
| 1963 |
FestivalAn anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels. |
Simone | |
| 1963 |
Tomorrow at TenA British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time... |
Marlowe | |
| 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from... |
Self | |
| 1962 |
The ValiantHaving placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World... |
Lieutenant Field | |
| 1962 |
The Winter's TaleAdaptation of the Shakespeare play. |
Leontes | |
| 1962 |
North to the DalesThe Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 1960 |
Danger ManDanger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968.... |
Tony Costello | |
| 1959 |
LibelA California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The... |
First Photographer | |
| 1958 |
The Adventures of William TellThe Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and... |
Peter von Breck | |
| 1958 |
Sea FuryThe captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl... |
Gorman | |
| 1957 |
Rupert of HentzauA sequel to "The Prisoner Of Zenda" in which the villainous Rupert returns to Ruritania intent on exposing the replacement... |
Rupert of Hentzau | |
| 1957 |
White HunterBritish expatriate John A. Hunter leads safari tours in Africa. |
Unknown character | |
| 1957 |
HolidayLively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment. |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 1956 |
The BuccaneersThe adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the... |
Capt. Dan Tempest | |
| 1956 |
A Hill in KoreaBased on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in... |
LCpl. Hodge | |
| 1956 |
DoublecrossA Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies. |
Ernest | |
| 1955 |
The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelThe second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his... |
Lord Anthony Dewhurst | |
| 1955 |
The Dam BustersThe story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex... |
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. | |
| 1955 |
Yorkshire SandsLight verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 1954 |
The Peak DistrictThe Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of... |
Self – Narrator (voice) | |
| 1951 |
The Lavender Hill MobA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and... |
Chemist at Police Exhibition | |
| 1950 |
Sunday Night TheatreSunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until... |
Herbert |
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Robert Shaw is best known for his roles in films like 'Jaws', 'The Sting', and 'From Russia with Love'. His portrayal of Quint in 'Jaws' is particularly iconic.
Robert Shaw did not win an Oscar, but he received critical acclaim and several nominations throughout his career, including BAFTA nominations.
Robert Shaw made his film debut in 'The Dam Busters' in 1955, which marked the beginning of his successful acting career.
Robert Shaw passed away on 24 August 1978 due to a heart attack, leaving behind a legacy in film and theater.
Robert Shaw had three children: Ian Shaw, Sarah Shaw, and Sophie Shaw, who have all kept a relatively low public profile.
Robert Shaw's estimated net worth at the time of his passing was around $500,000, reflecting his successful career in film and theater.
Yes, Robert Shaw was also a writer and published several novels and plays, showcasing his talent beyond acting.
Robert Shaw was known for his intense and powerful performances, often bringing a sense of realism and depth to his characters.