Robert Shaw

Actor

Born: August 9, 1927
Died: August 28, 1978 (age 51)
From: 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.

Filmography (50)

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
Self
Godzilla Apex (2021)
"TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
Claudius (archive footage)
Avalanche Express (1979)
General Markenkov
The Horror Show (1979)
(archive footage)
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Mallory
End of the Game (1978)
Richard Gastmann
The Deep (1977)
Romer Treece
Black Sunday (1977)
Kabakov
Swashbuckler (1976)
Ned Lynch
Robin and Marian (1976)
Sheriff of Nottingham
Diamonds (1975)
Charles / Earl Hodgson
Jaws (1975)
Quint
New England Our Way (1974)
Self
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Blue
The Break (1974)
Giles
The Sting (1973)
Doyle Lonnegan
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
The Oracle of all knowledge
The Hireling (1973)
Steven Ledbetter
A Reflection of Fear (1972)
Michael
Young Winston (1972)
Lord Randolph Churchill
A Town Called Bastard (1971)
The Priest
Figures in a Landscape (1970)
MacConnachie
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
Francisco Pizarro
Battle of Britain (1969)
Squadron Leader Skipper
The Birthday Party (1968)
Stanley Webber
Luther (1968)
Martin Luther
Custer of the West (1967)
General George Armstrong Custer
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
King Henry VIII
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Col Hessler