Denis Shaw
Acting
Born 1921-04-07
Died 1971-02-28
Dulwich, London, England, UK
53 credits
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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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Filmography
The Avengers
Theatre 625
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Prisoner
Espionage
International Detective
Bright's Boffins
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Londoners
Stryker of the Yard
The Misfit
The Mummy
The Pirates of Blood River
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
The Deadly Affair
The Curse of the Werewolf
Innocent Meeting
Let's Be Happy
Armchair Theatre
The Criminal
Naked Fury
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Colditz Story
Carry On Regardless
The Viking Queen
Jack the Ripper
Port Afrique
Soapbox Derby
The Weapon
The File of the Golden Goose
Tom Grattan's War
House of Blackmail
Who Done It?
Passport to Shame
A Woman Possessed
The Prisoner
The Hellfire Club
Seven Thunders
Nothing Barred
The Long Memory
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Forbidden Cargo
The Night We Got the Bird
The Depraved
Moment of Indiscretion
Girdle of Gold
Beyond the Curtain
The Great Van Robbery
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Trouble with Eve
Ticket to Paradise
Links of Justice
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