Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws.
Born	August 9, 1927(1927-08-09) Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Died	August 28, 1978 (aged 51) Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland
Spouse(s)	Virginia Jansen (m. 1976 - Aug. 28 1978) (his death)(2) Sons (1)Adopted and (1) born in 1977 Mary Ure (m. 1963 - Apr. 3 1975) (her death) 4 children Jennifer Bourke (m. 1952 div. 196?) 4 daughters

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Life

Robert Shaw was born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, in 1927, to Thomas (a doctor) and Doreen Shaw. He had three sisters and one brother. At the age of seven, the family moved to Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. When Robert was 12, his father committed suicide by swallowing a lethal dose of opium. He apparently had been struggling with alcohol for a number of years. The family then moved to Cornwall, where he went to school in Truro. Shaw was a teacher in Saltburn, Yorkshire for a brief period, then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. , Westhoughton is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stromness is the second-largest town in the Orkney Islands and is located on the southwestern edge of the mainland of Orkney. ... Location Geography Area Ranked 16th  - Total 990 km²  - % Water  ? Admin HQ Kirkwall ISO 3166-2 GB-ORK ONS code 00RA Demographics Population Ranked 32nd  - Total (2005) 19,590  - Density 20 / km² Scottish Gaelic  - Total () {{{Scottish council Gaelic Speakers}}} Politics Orkney Islands Council http://www. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Acting career

Shaw's best-known film performances include a turn as the dangerous enemy secret agent Red Grant in the James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963); the relentless panzer officer Colonel Hessler in Battle of the Bulge (1965); a young Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966); Lord Randolph Churchill, in Young Winston (1972); the ruthless mobster Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting (1973); the tightly wound, but coolly efficient heist mastermind/former mercenary soldier Bernard Ryder aka "Mr. Blue" in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), and the bombastic, shark-obsessed fisherman Quint in Jaws (1975). Red Grant is a fictional character in the James Bond novel and film From Russia with Love. ... “007” redirects here. ... For the video game, see From Russia with Love (video game). ... Battle of the Bulge is a war film released in 1965. ... “Henry VIII” redirects here. ... A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolts play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. ... Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. ... Young Winston is a 1972 film based on the early years of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. ... This article is about the 1973 film involving con artists. ... The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (also known as The Taking of Pelham 123) is a thriller movie released in 1974. ... Robert Shaw as Captain Quint Quint is a fictional character appearing in the 1974 novel Jaws by Peter Benchley, and in the 1975 film Jaws, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. ... It has been suggested that Orca (Jaws boat) be merged into this article or section. ...

Shaw was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Man for All Seasons. The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolts play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. ...

He performed on stage as well, both in England and on Broadway. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...

Writing career

In addition to his acting career, Shaw was also an accomplished writer of novels, plays and screenplays. His first novel, The Hiding Place, published in 1960, met with positive reviews. His next, The Sun Doctor, published the following year, was awarded the Hawthornden Prize in 1962. The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book by Corrie Ten Boom recounting her experiences before and during her imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. ... The Sun Doctor was the second novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. ... The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award. ...

Shaw then embarked on a trilogy of novels – The Flag (1965), The Man in the Glass Booth (1967) and A Card from Morocco (1969); it was his adaptation for the stage of The Man in the Glass Booth which gained for Shaw's writing the most attention. The book and play present a complex and morally ambiguous tale of a man who, at various times in the story, is either a Jewish businessman pretending to be a Nazi war criminal, or a Nazi war criminal pretending to be a Jewish businessman. The play was quite controversial when performed in the US and the UK, some critics praising Shaw's sly, deft, and complex examination of the moral issues of nationality and identity, others sharply criticizing Shaw's treatment of such a sensitive subject. The Man in the Glass Booth was further developed for the screen, but Shaw disapproved of the resulting film and had his name removed from the credits. The Flag is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. ... DVD cover for the film The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 film adaptation of the novel and stage play by Robert Shaw (uncredited) about a Jewish man who is accused of being a Nazi war criminal. ... A Card from Morocco is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. ... DVD cover for the film The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 film adaptation of the novel and stage play by Robert Shaw (uncredited) about a Jewish man who is accused of being a Nazi war criminal. ... DVD cover for the film The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 film adaptation of the novel and stage play by Robert Shaw (uncredited) about a Jewish man who is accused of being a Nazi war criminal. ...

Shaw also adapted The Hiding Place into a screenplay for the film Situation Hopeless ... but not Serious starring Alec Guinness. His play Cato Street, about the 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy, was produced for the first time in 1971 in London. The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book by Corrie Ten Boom recounting her experiences before and during her imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. ... Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor who became one of the most versatile and best-loved performers of his generation. ... Cato Street is a play by the British actor and writer Robert Shaw. ... The Cato Street Conspiracy was an attempt to murder all the British cabinet ministers in 1820. ...

Marriage and Children

Shaw was married three times and had nine children--

• Jennifer Bourke (1952-1963) -- four daughters;
• Mary Ure (1963-1975) -- four children;
• Virginia Jansen (1976-1978) -- two children.

One of his sons, Ian Shaw, is also an actor. Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mary Ure (February 18, 1933 - April 3, 1975) was a British actress. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Ian Shaw (born 18 December 1969) in London, is a British actor. ...

Death

On August 27, 1978 Shaw died suddenly of a heart attack in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland at the age of 51, during the production of his final film Avalanche Express. A Wetherspoon's Pub has been named after him in his home town. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ... Avalanche Express was a film adaptation of a novel by Colin Forbes,released in 1979. ...

Films

• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (uncredited) .... Chemist at Police Exhibition.
• Operation Secret (1952) (uncredited) .... Jacques
• The Dam Busters (1954) .... Flight Sgt. J. Pulford
• A Hill in Korea (a.k.a. Hell in Korea) (1956) .... Lance Corporal. Hodge
• Double Cross (1956)
• Man from Tangier (a.k.a. Thunder Over Tangier) (1957) .... Johnny
• The Buccaneers (1957) .... Captain Dan Tempest
• Sea Fury (1958) .... Gorman
• Libel (1959) .... Newspaper Photographer
• The Winter's Tale (TV movie) (1961) .... Leontes
• The Valiant (1962) .... Lieutenant Field
• The Caretaker (in USA) a.k.a. The Guest (1963) .... Aston
• From Russia with Love (1963) .... Donald 'Red' Grant
• The Cracksman (1963) .... Moke
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) .... Ginger Coffey
• Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie) (1964) .... Ghost of Christmas Future
• Tomorrow at Ten (1964) .... Marlowe
• Hamlet (1964) (TV movie) .... Claudius, King of Denmark
• Battle of the Bulge (1965) .... Col. Martin Hessler
• A Man for All Seasons (1966) .... King Henry VIII
• Custer of the West (1967) .... Gen. George Armstrong Custer
• The Birthday Party (1968) .... Stanley Webber
• Battle of Britain (1969) .... Squadron Leader Skipper
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) .... Francisco Pizarro
• Figures in a Landscape (1970) .... MacConnachie (also adapted for the screen)
• A Town Called Bastard (a.k.a. A Town Called Hell) (1971) .... The Priest
• Young Winston (1972) .... Lord Randolph Churchill
• A Reflection of Fear (a.k.a. Labyrinth) (1973) .... Michael
• The Hireling (1973) .... Steven Ledbetter
• The Sting (1973) .... Doyle Lonnegan
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) (uncredited) .... The Oracle of All Knowledge
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) .... Mr. Blue - Bernard Ryder
• Jaws (1975) .... Quint
• Der Richter und sein Henker (a.k.a. End of the Game, Murder on the Bridge, Deception, and Getting Away with Murder) (1975) .... Richard Gastmann
• Diamonds (a.k.a. Diamond Shaft) (1975) .... Charles/Earl Hodgson
• Robin and Marian (1976) .... Sheriff of Nottingham
• Swashbuckler (a.k.a. Scarlet Buccaneer) (1976) .... Ned Lynch
• Black Sunday (1977) .... Major David Kabokov
• The Deep (1977) .... Romer Treece
• Force 10 from Navarone (1978) .... Major Keith Mallory
• Avalanche Express (1979) .... General Marenkov

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Broadway performances

• The Caretaker (1962)
• The Physicists (1964)
• The Man in the Glass Booth (1969)
• Gantry (1970)
• Old Times (1972)
• Dance of Death (1974)

The Caretaker is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, first published in 1959. ... Die Physiker (The Physicists) is a satiric drama often recognized to be the most impressive, yet easily to understand work by Dürrenmatt. ... DVD cover for the film The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 film adaptation of the novel and stage play by Robert Shaw (uncredited) about a Jewish man who is accused of being a Nazi war criminal. ... Gantry is a musical with a book by Peter Bellwood, lyrics by Fred Tobias, and music by Stanley Lebowsky. ... One of Harold Pinters most popular plays, Old Times was first presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on June 1, 1971. ... From The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein La Danse Macabre, also called Dance of death, La Danza Macabra, or Totentanz, is a late-medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter ones station in life, the dance of death united all. ...

Books, plays and screenplays

• The Hiding Place (1960) (book)
• The Sun Doctor (1961) (book)
• The Flag (1965) (book)
• Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965) (screenplay adaptation of The Hiding Place)
• The Man in the Glass Booth (1967) (book)
• The Man in the Glass Booth (1968) (play adaptation)
• A Card from Morocco (1969) (book)
• Cato Street (1971) (play)

The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book by Corrie Ten Boom recounting her experiences before and during her imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. ... The Sun Doctor was the second novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. ... The Flag is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. ... The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book by Corrie Ten Boom recounting her experiences before and during her imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. ... DVD cover for the film The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 film adaptation of the novel and stage play by Robert Shaw (uncredited) about a Jewish man who is accused of being a Nazi war criminal. ... DVD cover for the film The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 film adaptation of the novel and stage play by Robert Shaw (uncredited) about a Jewish man who is accused of being a Nazi war criminal. ... A Card from Morocco is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. ... Cato Street is a play by the British actor and writer Robert Shaw. ...

External links

• Robert Shaw at the Internet Movie Database
• Overview of Robert Shaw
• More Photos
• Ian Shaw