Acting
Robert Shaw
Aug 9, 1927 (died Aug 28, 1978, aged 51) Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
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
7.7
Jaws
Quint
7.1
From Russia with Love
Donald 'Red' Grant
8.0
The Sting
Doyle Lonnegan
7.3
A Man for All Seasons
King Henry VIII
7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Blue
6.2
Force 10 from Navarone
Mallory
6.8
Battle of Britain
Squadron Leader Skipper
6.1
The Deep
Romer Treece
6.9
Battle of the Bulge
Col Hessler
6.3
Robin and Marian
Sheriff of Nottingham
6.7
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
The Oracle of all knowledge
7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
Chemist at Police Exhibition
6.9
The Dam Busters
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
7.3
Danger Man
Tony Costello
6.7
Black Sunday
Kabakov
Filmography
The Making of Pelham One Two Three
7.5
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Self
7.5
Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Claudius (archive footage)
4.8
Avalanche Express
1979 · General Markenkov
3.4
The Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
6.2
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Mallory
6.1
The Deep
1977 · Romer Treece
6.7
Black Sunday
1977 · Kabakov
6.3
Robin and Marian
1976 · Sheriff of Nottingham
6.2
Swashbuckler
1976 · Ned Lynch
7.7
Jaws
1975 · Quint
5.0
End of the Game
1975 · Richard Gastmann
5.3
Diamonds
1975 · Charles / Earl Hodgson
6.2
The Man in the Glass Booth
1975 · Theatre Play
7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974 · Blue
The Break
1974 · Giles
New England Our Way
1974 · Self
8.0
The Sting
1973 · Doyle Lonnegan
6.7
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973 · The Oracle of all knowledge
5.8
The Hireling
1973 · Steven Ledbetter
6.2
Young Winston
1972 · Lord Randolph Churchill
6.1
A Reflection of Fear
1972 · Michael
5.0
A Town Called Bastard
1971 · The Priest
6.0
Figures in a Landscape
1970 · MacConnachie
6.8
Battle of Britain
1969 · Squadron Leader Skipper
6.1
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969 · Francisco Pizarro
6.5
The Birthday Party
1968 · Stanley Webber
Luther
1968 · Martin Luther
7.2
Omnibus
1967 · Self
6.0
Custer of the West
1967 · General George Armstrong Custer