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Robert Archibald Shaw (1927–1978) was a British actor, writer, novelist, and playwright. Born in Westhoughton, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his professional career in 1947. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and received the Hawthornden Prize. Shaw was married to Mary Ure and died of a myocardial infarction in Tuar Mhic Éadaigh.
As an author, Shaw is associated with works including *A Man for All Seasons* and *Many Moods of Christmas*. Other listed titles include *An exposition of the Confession of faith of the Westminister assembly of divines* and *Sketch of the Ancient Cosmotheologies*. His literary output is recorded as comprising 58 works.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 58
Top works
- A Man for All Seasons
- Many Moods of Christmas
- Many Moods of Christmas : Suite No. 4
- An exposition of the Confession of faith of the Westminister assembly of divines
- Sketch of the Ancient Cosmotheologies
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known for
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self2025
- Godzilla Apex — "TAKE CLEAR OF THE LINE"2021
- Jaws Toy Movie — Quint (voice)2020
- Discovering Hamlet — Claudius (archive footage)2011
- Avalanche Express — General Markenkov1979
- The Horror Show — (archive footage)1979
- Force 10 from Navarone — Mallory1978
- End of the Game — Richard Gastmann1978
- The Deep — Romer Treece1977
- Black Sunday — Kabakov1977
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-05-23
- Active to
- 2004-12-30
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21,869
- Total plays
- 131,045
Tags
At least two artists share this name: 1) American choral and orchestral conductor, 1916-1999. Robert Shaw (April 30, 1916 – January 25, 1999) was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Shaw received 14 Grammy awards, four ASCAP awards for service to contemporary music, the first Guggenheim Fellowship ever awarded to a conductor, the Alice M. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,788x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,560x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,839x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,802x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,510x
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Archibald Shaw , ( 1927-08-09 ) 9 August 1927, Westhoughton , Lancashire, England
- Died
- 28 August 1978 (1978-08-28) (aged 51), Toormakeady , County Mayo, Ireland
- Occupations
- Actor novelist playwright screenwriter
- Years active
- 1947–1978
- Spouses
- Jennifer Bourke ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1963 ) Mary Ure ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1975 ) Virginia Jansen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
- Children
- 10, including Ian Shaw
- Relatives
- Tanya Landman (niece), Rob Kolar (grandson), Ferdia Shaw (grandson), Evzen Kolar (son-in-law)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (1951–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles. In 1959, he starred in a West End production of The Long and the Short and the Tall.
Shaw was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man for All Seasons (1966). His other film roles included the mobster Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting (1973) and the shark hunter Quint in Jaws (1975). He also played roles in From Russia with Love (1963), Battle of Britain (1969), Young Winston (1972), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Robin and Marian (1976), and Black Sunday and The Deep, both of which were released in 1977.
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