Denis Shaw

Acting 1921-04-07 Dulwich, London, England, UK

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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1970 Aircraft Passenger
1969 Vance
1969 Wu Tong
1967 Wolfe - Publican
1967 Osiris
1967 Shopkeeper
1965 Louie
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1964 Matvei
1962 Silver (uncredited)
1961 Giuseppe
1961 Convict
1961 Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
1961 Gaoler
1961 Murray
1960 Krumm
1960 Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
1960 Wolfie's Stooge
1959 Tavern Customer
1959 Caesar Smith
1959 Uncle
1959 Captain Horst
1959 Simes
1959 Mike
1959 Horse Carlucci
1959 Victor Prado
1958 Lender
1958 Bishop
1958 Mac
1958 Prosecuting Counsel
1957 Inspector O'Flynn
1957 Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
1957 Fat German Soldier
1956 Groggins
1956 Professor Stumpf
1956 Grila
1955 Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1955 Priem
1954 Ship's Cook
1953 Bassett
1953 Shaw (uncredited)
1952 Choirmaster