Denis Shaw
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1921-04-07
- Fallecimiento:
- 1971-02-28
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Dulwich, London, England, UK
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
La huella conduce a Londres
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Tom Grattan's War
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
El prisionero
La Reina Vikinga
Llamada para un muerto
Londoners
Sherlock Holmes
Theatre 625
Espionage
The Pirates of Blood River
Stryker of the Yard
Nothing Barred
La maldición del hombre lobo
Carry On Regardless
Los Caballeros del Infierno
Los vengadores
Ticket to Paradise
The Night We Got the Bird
El criminal
Alemania zona este
Trouble with Eve
International Detective
La momia
El hombre que podía engañar a la muerte
El destripador de Londres
Innocent Meeting
The Great Van Robbery
Naked Fury
Passport to Shame
Links of Justice
A Woman Possessed
Moment of Indiscretion
Soapbox Derby
The Depraved
Siete truenos
Soñar no cuesta nada
The Weapon
Armchair Theatre
Puerto África
Who Done It?
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The Adventures of Robin Hood
El prisionero
La fuga de Colditz
Forbidden Cargo
House of Blackmail
The Long Memory
Girdle of Gold