Robert Shaw

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film actor human novelist playwright stage actor television actor writer

Robert Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."

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instanceOf film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1978 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best British Actor (nomination)
basedOn The Man in the Glass Booth ⓘ
surface form: The Man in the Glass Booth (play)
birthName Robert Archibald Shaw ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-08-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1978-08-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ
employer Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Robert Shaw self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableWork A Man for All Seasons ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
From Russia, with Love ⓘ
surface form: From Russia with Love

Jaws ⓘ
The Deep ⓘ
The Hiding Place (novel) ⓘ
The Man in the Glass Booth ⓘ
The Sting ⓘ
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ⓘ
Young Winston ⓘ
numberOfChildren 10 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Westhoughton, Lancashire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland ⓘ
role Colonel Hessler in Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Donald Grant in From Russia with Love ⓘ
Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting ⓘ
Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons ⓘ
Mr. Blue in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ⓘ
Quint in Jaws ⓘ
Ritter in The Deep ⓘ
spouse Jennifer Bourke ⓘ
Mary Ure ⓘ
Virginia Jansen ⓘ

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Robert Shaw → name → Robert Shaw self-link ⓘ
Black Sunday → portrayedBy → Robert Shaw ⓘ
Quint → portrayedBy → Robert Shaw ⓘ
Jaws → starredActor → Robert Shaw ⓘ
Force 10 from Navarone → starring → Robert Shaw ⓘ