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Robert Shaw

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1927-08-09

Day of Death

1978-08-28

Place of Birth

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Robert Shaw

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.

Filmography (50)

⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025
⭐ 9.2 Role: "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"

Godzilla Apex

2021
⭐ 7.5 Role: Claudius (archive footage)

Discovering Hamlet

2011
⭐ 4.8 Role: General Markenkov

Avalanche Express

1979
⭐ 3.8 Role: (archive footage)

The Horror Show

1979
⭐ 6.2 Role: Mallory

Force 10 from Navarone

1978
⭐ 5.0 Role: Richard Gastmann

End of the Game

1978
⭐ 6.0 Role: Romer Treece

The Deep

1977
⭐ 6.7 Role: Kabakov

Black Sunday

1977
⭐ 6.1 Role: Ned Lynch

Swashbuckler

1976
⭐ 6.3 Role: Sheriff of Nottingham

Robin and Marian

1976
⭐ 5.6 Role: Charles / Earl Hodgson

Diamonds

1975
⭐ 7.7 Role: Quint

Jaws

1975
⭐ 0 Role: Self

New England Our Way

1974
⭐ 7.5 Role: Blue

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974