Robert Shaw
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self | HIT | |
| 2021 | Godzilla Apex | "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE" | HIT | |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Claudius (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1979 | Avalanche Express | General Markenkov | FLOP | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Mallory | FLOP | |
| 1978 | End of the Game | Richard Gastmann | FLOP | |
| 1977 | The Deep | Romer Treece | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Kabakov | HIT | |
| 1976 | Swashbuckler | Ned Lynch | FLOP | |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Sheriff of Nottingham | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Diamonds | Charles / Earl Hodgson | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Jaws | Quint | HIT | |
| 1974 | New England Our Way | Self | FLOP | |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Blue | HIT | |
| 1974 | The Break | Giles | FLOP | |
| 1973 | The Sting | Doyle Lonnegan | HIT | |
| 1973 | The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | The Oracle of all knowledge | HIT | |
| 1973 | The Hireling | Steven Ledbetter | FLOP | |
| 1972 | A Reflection of Fear | Michael | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Lord Randolph Churchill | FLOP | |
| 1971 | A Town Called Bastard | The Priest | FLOP | |
| 1970 | Figures in a Landscape | MacConnachie | FLOP | |
| 1969 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Francisco Pizarro | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Squadron Leader Skipper | HIT | |
| 1968 | The Birthday Party | Stanley Webber | FLOP | |
| 1968 | Luther | Martin Luther | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Custer of the West | General George Armstrong Custer | FLOP | |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | King Henry VIII | HIT | |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Col Hessler | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Incredible World of James Bond | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas | Ghost of Christmas Future | FLOP | |
| 1964 | The Luck of Ginger Coffey | Ginger Coffey | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Claudius | HIT | |
| 1964 | The Caretaker | Aston | HIT | |
| 1963 | From Russia with Love | Donald 'Red' Grant | HIT | |
| 1963 | Tomorrow at Ten | Marlowe | FLOP | |
| 1962 | The Valiant | Lieutenant Field | HIT | |
| 1962 | The Winter's Tale | Leontes | HIT | |
| 1962 | North to the Dales | Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1959 | Libel | First Photographer | HIT | |
| 1958 | Sea Fury | Gorman | FLOP | |
| 1957 | Rupert of Hentzau | Rupert of Hentzau | FLOP | |
| 1957 | Holiday | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1956 | A Hill in Korea | LCpl. Hodge | HIT | |
| 1956 | Doublecross | Ernest | HIT | |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters | Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. | HIT | |
| 1955 | Yorkshire Sands | Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1954 | The Peak District | Self – Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Chemist at Police Exhibition | HIT |