Robert Shaw

Also known as Robert Archibald Shaw

British actor and writer (1927–1978)

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Robert Archibald Shaw (1927–1978) was a British actor, writer, novelist, and playwright. Born in Westhoughton, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his professional career in 1947. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and received the Hawthornden Prize. Shaw was married to Mary Ure and died of a myocardial infarction in Tuar Mhic Éadaigh.

As an author, Shaw is associated with works including *A Man for All Seasons* and *Many Moods of Christmas*. Other listed titles include *An exposition of the Confession of faith of the Westminister assembly of divines* and *Sketch of the Ancient Cosmotheologies*. His literary output is recorded as comprising 58 works.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 58

Top works

A Man for All Seasons
Many Moods of Christmas
Many Moods of Christmas : Suite No. 4
An exposition of the Confession of faith of the Westminister assembly of divines
Sketch of the Ancient Cosmotheologies

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Film & TV

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Known for

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self2025
Godzilla Apex — "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"2021
Jaws Toy Movie — Quint (voice)2020
Discovering Hamlet — Claudius (archive footage)2011
Avalanche Express — General Markenkov1979
The Horror Show — (archive footage)1979
Force 10 from Navarone — Mallory1978
End of the Game — Richard Gastmann1978
The Deep — Romer Treece1977
Black Sunday — Kabakov1977

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Key facts

Born: Robert Archibald Shaw , ( 1927-08-09 ) 9 August 1927, Westhoughton , Lancashire, England
Died: 28 August 1978 (1978-08-28) (aged 51), Toormakeady , County Mayo, Ireland
Occupations: Actor novelist playwright screenwriter
Years active: 1947–1978
Spouses: Jennifer Bourke ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1963 ) Mary Ure ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1975 ) Virginia Jansen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
Children: 10, including Ian Shaw
Relatives: Tanya Landman (niece), Rob Kolar (grandson), Ferdia Shaw (grandson), Evzen Kolar (son-in-law)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Robert
Family name: Shaw
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Westhoughton
Place of death: Tuar Mhic Éadaigh
Spouse: Mary Ure
Occupation: film actor
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Hawthornden Prize
Image: Robert Shaw.jpg
Height: 180

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date of birth: 1927-08-09
date of death: 1978-08-28
cause of death: myocardial infarction
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
manner of death: natural causes
Commons category: Robert Shaw
birth name: Robert Archibald Shaw
start of work period: 1947-00-00
name in native language: Robert Shaw
end of work period: 1978-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) 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.

Shaw was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man for All Seasons (1966). His other film roles included the mobster Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting (1973) and the shark hunter Quint in Jaws (1975). He also played roles in From Russia with Love (1963), Battle of Britain (1969), Young Winston (1972), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Robin and Marian (1976), and Black Sunday and The Deep, both of which were released in 1977.

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