Biography
Robert Archibald Shaw was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (1951–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles. In 1959, he starred in a West End production of The Long and the Short and the Tall.
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Awards & recognition
- Hawthornden Prize · 1962
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1967 · nominated
Filmography30 titles
The Sting
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jaws
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
A Man for All Seasons
Danger Man
The Lavender Hill Mob
From Russia with Love
Battle of Britain
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
Battle of the Bulge
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
The Dam Busters
The Dick Cavett Show
Libel
Black Sunday
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
The Buccaneers
Robin and Marian
Force 10 from Navarone
Young Winston
The Deep
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Figures in a Landscape
Custer of the West
Tomorrow at Ten
A Town Called Bastard