Denis Shaw
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1921-04-07
- Décès:
- 1971-02-28
- Lieu de naissance:
- Dulwich, London, England, UK
Biographie
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
Bright's Boffins
The Misfit
Le Gang de l'oiseau d'or
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
Le Prisonnier
La Reine des Vikings
M15 demande protection
Londoners
Sherlock Holmes
Theatre 625
Espionage
L'Attaque de San Cristobal
Stryker of the Yard
Nothing Barred
La nuit du loup-garou
Carry On Regardless
Les Chevaliers du Démon
Chapeau melon et Bottes de cuir
Ticket to Paradise
The Night We Got the Bird
Les Criminels
Beyond the Curtain
Trouble with Eve
International Detective
La Malédiction des pharaons
L'Homme qui trompait la mort
Jack l'éventreur
Innocent Meeting
The Great Van Robbery
Naked Fury
Passeport pour la honte
Links of Justice
A Woman Possessed
Moment of Indiscretion
Soapbox Derby
The Depraved
Seven Thunders
Let's Be Happy
The Weapon
Armchair Theatre
Port Afrique
Un détective très privé
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Les Aventures de Robin Des Bois
L'Emprisonné
Les Indomptables de Colditz
Forbidden Cargo
House of Blackmail
The Long Memory
Girdle of Gold