Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Denis Shaw
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 34Series: 9
TMDB ID: 101943
IMDb ID: nm0789687
Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1921
Died: February 28, 1971
Age: 49
Place of birth: Dulwich, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 1970
Years active: 19
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q5257511
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Denis Shaw.
5.4
The File of the Golden Goose
as Vance
1969 Movie
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
as Heavyset Workman
1969 Movie
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
as Nasty Workman
1968 Movie
4.6
The Viking Queen
as Osiris
1967 Movie
6.2
The Deadly Affair
as Wolfe - Publican
1967 Movie
6.1
The Pirates of Blood River
as Silver (uncredited)
1962 Movie
6.5
Nothing Barred
as Convict
1961 Movie
6.5
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Gaoler
1961 Movie
6.2
Carry On Regardless
as Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
1961 Movie
5.2
Ticket to Paradise
as Giuseppe
1961 Movie
4.5
The Night We Got the Bird
as Wolfie's Stooge
1960 Movie
6.3
The Criminal
as Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
1960 Movie
6.0
Beyond the Curtain
as Krumm
1960 Movie
6.7
The Mummy
as Mike
1959 Movie
5.7
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
as Tavern Customer
1959 Movie
6.0
Jack the Ripper
as Simes
1959 Movie
5.5
Innocent Meeting
as Uncle
1959 Movie
4.0
The Great Van Robbery
as Caesar Smith
1959 Movie
6.3
Naked Fury
as Captain Horst
1959 Movie
5.9
Passport to Shame
as Mac
1958 Movie
5.5
A Woman Possessed
as Bishop
1958 Movie
5.2
Soapbox Derby
as Lender
1958 Movie
4.2
The Depraved
as Inspector O'Flynn
1957 Movie
5.2
Seven Thunders
as Fat German Soldier
1957 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Denis Shaw.
The Misfit
as Aircraft Passenger • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.0
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
as Wu Tong • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.7
The Prisoner
as Shopkeeper • 2 eps
1967 Series
Londoners
as Louie • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.6
Sherlock Holmes
1 eps
1964 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Matvei • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Murray • 1 eps
1961 Series
7.6
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Biggs • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Butcher • 1 eps
1955 Series