Denis Shaw
Born April 07, 1921 (Age: 105)
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Dulwich, London, England, UK
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.
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 File of the Golden Goose
1969
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as Vance
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Age: 48
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969
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as Heavyset Workman
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Age: 48
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
1968
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as Nasty Workman
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Age: 46
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
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as Silver (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Nothing Barred
1961
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as Convict
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Age: 40
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
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as Gaoler
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Age: 40
Carry On Regardless
1961
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as Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Ticket to Paradise
1961
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as Giuseppe
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Age: 39
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
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as Wolfie's Stooge
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Age: 39
The Criminal
1960
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as Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Beyond the Curtain
1960
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as Krumm
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Age: 38
The Mummy
1959
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as Mike
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Age: 38
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
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as Tavern Customer
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Age: 38
Jack the Ripper
1959
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as Simes
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Age: 38
Innocent Meeting
1959
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as Uncle
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Age: 37
The Great Van Robbery
1959
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as Caesar Smith
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Age: 37
Naked Fury
1959
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as Captain Horst
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Age: 37
Passport to Shame
1958
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as Mac
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Age: 37
No Image
Links of Justice
1958
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as Prosecuting Counsel
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Age: 37
A Woman Possessed
1958
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as Bishop
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Age: 37
Soapbox Derby
1958
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as Lender
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Age: 36
The Weapon
1956
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as Groggins
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Age: 35
Port Afrique
1956
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as Grila
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Age: 35
Who Done It?
1956
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as Professor Stumpf
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Age: 34
The Prisoner
1955
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as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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Age: 34
The Colditz Story
1955
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as Priem
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Age: 33
Forbidden Cargo
1954
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as Ship's Cook
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Age: 33
House of Blackmail
1953
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as Bassett
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Age: 32
The Long Memory
1953
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as Shaw (uncredited)
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Age: 31