Robert Shaw

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BIRTHDAY

August 09, 1927

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

DIED

August 28, 1978

RECENT CREDITS

Force 10 From Navarone (FILM) Dec. 8, 1978

The Deep (FILM) Jun. 17, 1977

Black Sunday (FILM) Mar. 1, 1977

Swashbuckler (FILM) Jul. 1, 1976

Robin and Marian (FILM) Jan. 1, 1976

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BIOGRAPHY

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Rough-hewn British character actor who made his stage debut in 1949 with the RSC and Old Vic and began appearing in films in the mid-1950s, often in war-themed films. Originally typecast in tough, villainous roles such as James Bond's KGB nemesis in the thriller "From Russian With Love" (1963), Shaw proved his versatility with an exuberant, Oscar-nominated performance as Henry VIII in the fine Robert Bolt adaptation, "A Man For All Seasons" (1966). Shaw gained international renown in the 1970s for his curmudgeonly roles in blockbuster hits such as "The Sting" (1973) and as the wily skipper in "Jaws" (1975). An award-winning novelist and respected playwright he also adapted his novel about Adolph Eichman "The Man in the Glass Booth" for the stage and for a 1975 film. His second of three wives was actress Mary Ure.

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