Robert Shaw

Actor

Born: August 9, 1927 (51 years old)

Died: August 28, 1978

Place of birth: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (40)

• Godzilla Apex (2021, ★ 9.2)
• A Man for All Seasons (1966, ★ 7.3)
• Jaws (1975, ★ 7.7)
• From Russia with Love (1963, ★ 7.1)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974, ★ 7.5)
• The Sting (1973, ★ 8)
• Robin and Marian (1976, ★ 6.3)
• Battle of Britain (1969, ★ 6.9)
• Battle of the Bulge (1965, ★ 6.9)
• Black Sunday (1977, ★ 6.7)
• The Caretaker (1964, ★ 7.2)
• The Deep (1977, ★ 6)
• Swashbuckler (1976, ★ 6.1)
• Young Winston (1972, ★ 6.2)
• Force 10 from Navarone (1978, ★ 6.2)
• The Birthday Party (1968, ★ 6.4)
• A Reflection of Fear (1972, ★ 6)
• Figures in a Landscape (1970, ★ 6)
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964, ★ 6)
• Sea Fury (1958, ★ 6)
• The Dam Busters (1955, ★ 6.9)
• A Hill in Korea (1956, ★ 6.5)
• Libel (1959, ★ 6.7)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, ★ 7.2)
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973, ★ 6.7)
• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025, ★ 7.4)
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955, ★ 7.6)
• Danger Man (1960, ★ 7.3)
• Omnibus (1967, ★ 7.2)
• The Man in the Glass Booth (1975, ★ 6.1)