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
- The Misfit as Aircraft Passenger
- Bright's Boffins
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
- 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)
- Beyond the Curtain as Krumm
- Trouble with Eve as George Rigby
- The Night We Got the Bird as Wolfie's Stooge
1959
- International Detective as Horse Carlucci
- The Mummy as Mike
- The Man Who Could Cheat Death as Tavern Customer
- Jack the Ripper as Simes
- Naked Fury as Captain Horst
- The Great Van Robbery as Caesar Smith
- Innocent Meeting as Uncle
1958
- Passport to Shame as Mac
- A Woman Possessed as Bishop
- Soapbox Derby as Lender
- Links of Justice as Heath
- Moment of Indiscretion as Inspector Marsh
1957
- Let's Be Happy as Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
- Seven Thunders as Fat German Soldier
- The Depraved as Inspector O'Flynn
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Ziggy
- Port Afrique as Grila
- Who Done It? as Professor Stumpf
- The Weapon as Groggins
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Butcher
- 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