Robert Shaw (actor) - Wikipedia Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August 1927 at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire, [1] the son of Thomas Archibald Shaw and Doreen Nora, née Avery His father, a doctor and former Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant, was of Scottish descent; his mother, a former nurse, was born at Piggs Peak, Swaziland [2] [3] He had three sisters named Elisabeth, Joanna, and Wendy, and one brother
Robert Shaw - IMDb Robert Shaw Actor: Jaws Robert Archibald Shaw was born on August 9, 1927, in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, the eldest son of Doreen Nora (Avery), a nurse, and Thomas Archibald Shaw, a doctor His paternal grandfather was Scottish, from Argyll Shaw's mother, who was born in Piggs Peak, Swaziland, met his father while she was a nurse at a hospital in Truro, Cornwall
Robert Shaw (actor) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, playwright and screenwriter Shaw is remembered for his roles in From Russia with Love (1963), A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Sting (1973), the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Black Sunday (1977), The Deep (1977) and Jaws (1975), where he played the shark hunter Quint
Robert Shaw | Biography, Movies, Facts | Britannica Robert Shaw (born August 9, 1927, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England—died August 28, 1978, Tourmakeady, Ireland) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright who first garnered attention for his performances in Shakespearean plays before launching a successful film career Shaw began his career with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, where he performed in Macbeth
Robert Shaw: An Actors Life Robert Shaw unforgettably commanded attention as the weathered seaman Captain Quint in the blockbuster sensation, Jaws But what came before and after that landmark film is as dramatic as the hunt for the great white shark itself Capturing the many facets of the vibrant, generous, and sometimes polarizing man is his nephew, Christopher, who
Robert Shaw from Jaws — inside His Life and Sudden Death . . . - AmoMama Robert Shaw’s career spanned almost three decades, but it came to an end in 1978, three years after his most memorable role as Quint, the grizzled shark hunter in “Jaws ” While his acting career began in theatre, Shaw made the transition to film in 1951 He landed a small role in “The Lavender Hill Mob,” but it soon led to a myriad of
Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 — August 27, 1978), British Actor . . . Robert Shaw was a British actor, author, and playwright First successful on the stage in Shakespearean adaptations, he then became a star of the big screen primarily due to the roles of malefactors and serious military-like characters From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons, Young Winston, The Sting, and Jaws are among the major pictures he starred in