Denis Shaw
- Schauspiel
- 7. April 1921 · Dulwich, London, England, UK
- 28. Februar 1971
Biografie
Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains. Shaw was born in Dulwich on 7 February 1921. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was frequently cast as villains in films and television shows, most notably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story (1955), as well as a number of British horror films including Jack the Ripper (1959), The Mummy (1959) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961). He was cast in the leading role of The Great Van Robbery (1959) as the judo-throwing Interpol detective Caesar Smith. Shaw's television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes and Z-Cars. Shaw died from a heart attack in London on 28 February 1971, at the age of 50. A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London, he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouse's play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
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Filmografie
- Bright's Boffins
- The Misfit · Aircraft Passenger
- Die Spur führt nach Soho · Vance
- The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket · Heavyset Workman
- Der Spürsinn des Mr. Reeder · Wu Tong
- Tom Grattan's War · Koestler
- The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids · Nasty Workman
- Nummer 6 · Shopkeeper
- Königin der Wikinger · Osiris
- Anruf für einen Toten · Wolfe - Publican
- Londoners · Louie
- Sherlock Holmes
- Theatre 625 · Matvei
- Espionage · Frohlich
- Die Piraten am Todesfluss · Silver (uncredited)
- Stryker of the Yard
- Nothing Barred · Convict
- Der Fluch von Siniestro · Gaoler
- Ist ja irre - Nicht so toll, Süßer · Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
- Der Höllenfeuerclub · Sir Richard Benlow
- Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone · Murray
- Ticket to Paradise · Giuseppe
- The Night We Got the Bird · Wolfie's Stooge
- Die Spur führt ins Nichts · Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
- Beyond the Curtain · Krumm
- Trouble with Eve · George Rigby
- International Detective · Horse Carlucci, Victor Prado
- Die Rache der Pharaonen · Mike
- Den Tod überlistet · Tavern Customer
- Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder · Simes
- Innocent Meeting · Uncle
- Der Dicke Von Scotland Yard · Caesar Smith
- Naked Fury · Captain Horst
- Passport to Shame · Mac
- Links of Justice · Heath
- A Woman Possessed · Bishop
- Moment of Indiscretion · Inspector Marsh
- Soapbox Derby · Lender
- The Depraved · Inspector O'Flynn
- Seven Thunders · Fat German Soldier
- Die Frau meiner Sehnsucht · Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
- The Weapon · Groggins
- Armchair Theatre · Ziggy
- Port Afrique · Grila
- Who Done It? · Professor Stumpf
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel · Biggs
- Die Abenteuer des Robin Hood · Butcher (as Dennis Shaw)
- Der Gefangene · Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- Im Schatten der Zitadelle · Priem
- Verbotene Fracht · Ship's Cook
- House of Blackmail · Bassett
- The Long Memory · Shaw (uncredited)
- Girdle of Gold · Choirmaster