Actor

Robert Shaw

1951–present1927–1978DramaThrillerAdventureAction

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also wrote 4 screenplays ↗

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Known For

50 acting credits

as Quint

Jaws

as Quint

1975

Jaws

as Doyle Lonnegan

The Sting

as Doyle Lonnegan

1973

The Sting

Filmography

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About

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.

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

1970Figures in a Landscape 1975The Man in the Glass Booth 1965Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious 1960Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

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