Denis Shaw
- Interpretación
- 7 de abril de 1921 · Dulwich, London, England, UK
- 28 de febrero de 1971
Biografía
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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Filmografía
- Bright's Boffins
- The Misfit · Aircraft Passenger
- La huella conduce a Londres · Vance
- The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket · Heavyset Workman
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder · Wu Tong
- Tom Grattan's War · Koestler
- The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids · Nasty Workman
- El prisionero · Shopkeeper
- La Reina Vikinga · Osiris
- Llamada para un muerto · Wolfe - Publican
- Londoners · Louie
- Sherlock Holmes
- Theatre 625 · Matvei
- Espionage · Frohlich
- The Pirates of Blood River · Silver (uncredited)
- Stryker of the Yard
- Nothing Barred · Convict
- La maldición del hombre lobo · Gaoler
- Carry On Regardless · Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
- Los Caballeros del Infierno · Sir Richard Benlow
- Los vengadores · Murray
- Ticket to Paradise · Giuseppe
- The Night We Got the Bird · Wolfie's Stooge
- El criminal · Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
- Alemania zona este · Krumm
- Trouble with Eve · George Rigby
- International Detective · Horse Carlucci, Victor Prado
- La momia · Mike
- El hombre que podía engañar a la muerte · Tavern Customer
- El destripador de Londres · Simes
- Innocent Meeting · Uncle
- The Great Van Robbery · 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
- Siete truenos · Fat German Soldier
- Soñar no cuesta nada · Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
- The Weapon · Groggins
- Armchair Theatre · Ziggy
- Puerto África · Grila
- Who Done It? · Professor Stumpf
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel · Biggs
- The Adventures of Robin Hood · Butcher (as Dennis Shaw)
- El prisionero · Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- La fuga de Colditz · Priem
- Forbidden Cargo · Ship's Cook
- House of Blackmail · Bassett
- The Long Memory · Shaw (uncredited)
- Girdle of Gold · Choirmaster