Denis Shaw
Born: 1921-04-07 in Dulwich, London, England, UK
Died: 1971-02-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1970
- Bright's Boffins
- The Misfit as Aircraft Passenger
1969
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder as Wu Tong
- The File of the Golden Goose as Vance
- The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket as Heavyset Workman
1968
- Tom Grattan's War as Koestler
- The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids as Nasty Workman
1967
- The Prisoner as Shopkeeper
- The Deadly Affair as Wolfe - Publican
- The Viking Queen as Osiris
1965
- Londoners as Louie
1964
- Theatre 625 as Matvei
- Sherlock Holmes
1963
- Espionage as Frohlich
1962
- The Pirates of Blood River as Silver (uncredited)
1961
- The Avengers as Murray
- Stryker of the Yard
- The Curse of the Werewolf as Gaoler
- Carry On Regardless as Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
- The Hellfire Club as Sir Richard Benlow
- Nothing Barred as Convict
- Ticket to Paradise as Giuseppe
1960
- The Criminal as Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
- The Night We Got the Bird as Wolfie's Stooge
- Trouble with Eve as George Rigby
- Beyond the Curtain as Krumm
1959
- International Detective as Horse Carlucci
- Naked Fury as Captain Horst
- The Man Who Could Cheat Death as Tavern Customer
- The Mummy as Mike
- Innocent Meeting as Uncle
- Jack the Ripper as Simes
- The Great Van Robbery as Caesar Smith
1958
- Soapbox Derby as Lender
- A Woman Possessed as Bishop
- Passport to Shame as Mac
- Moment of Indiscretion as Inspector Marsh
- Links of Justice as Heath
1957
- Seven Thunders as Fat German Soldier
- Let's Be Happy as Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
- The Depraved as Inspector O'Flynn
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Ziggy
- The Weapon as Groggins
- Port Afrique as Grila
- Who Done It? as Professor Stumpf
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Butcher (as Dennis Shaw)
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Biggs
- The Colditz Story as Priem
- The Prisoner as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1954
- Forbidden Cargo as Ship's Cook
1953
- The Long Memory as Shaw (uncredited)
- House of Blackmail as Bassett
1952
- Girdle of Gold as Choirmaster