Robert Shaw - An Acting Force to be Reckoned With.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 13 Feb 2019 | updated - 10 months ago | PublicOne of the finest actors to emerge from the late 1950s, Robert Shaw breathed new life into the profession with his driven personality, hard-edged charisma and also versatility. The actor had no interest in being a conventional leading man. He wished to combine stardom with acting ability. In addition, he became a respected novelist and playwright. His calibre of actor is sorely missed in this day and age.
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1. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 659,921 | Gross: $260.00M
Shares the acting honours with Schneider and Dreyfuss.
2. The Guest (1963)
105 min | Drama
While renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter
Votes: 987
A largely successful film adaptation. The three actors are idealy cast.
3. The Birthday Party (1968)
G | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 1,164
Intensity personified, with typical Harold Pinter touches.
4. From Russia with Love (1963)
PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Daniela Bianchi
Votes: 145,428 | Gross: $24.80M
Red Grant is the antihesis of the more cartoony Bond villains from later on - Robert Shaw is pure evil and as cold as ice.
5. Swashbuckler (1976)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 1,884
An old favourite. Most of the cast being American, apart from the leading man.
6. Custer of the West (1967)
G | 143 min | Biography, Drama, History
George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 1,622
7. The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Leonard Whiting
Votes: 800
8. Figures in a Landscape (1970)
R | 110 min | Action, Thriller
Two escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell, Andy Bradford, Pamela Brown
Votes: 1,699
An allegorical kind of movie. Very watchable and the two leads are effective throughout.
9. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
100 min | Drama
An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Tom Harvey
Votes: 314
10. Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
80 min | Thriller
It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: John Gregson, Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Helen Cherry
Votes: 458
A suspenseful thriller, sustained by an excellent cast.
11. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews
Votes: 17,814 | Gross: $11.12M
Shaw steals the film.
12. The Sting (1973)
PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning
Votes: 280,038 | Gross: $159.60M
Overblown film.
13. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 35,859 | Gross: $2.49M
Gripping and exciting.
14. Robin and Marian (1976)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris
Votes: 13,983 | Gross: $8.72M
A slightly lethargic production but the acting is what matters.
15. End of the Game (1975)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Crime
When a Swiss cop is murdered, a veteran homicide inspector and a rookie are assigned to solve the case but they are obstructed by interfering Swiss politicians.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt, Robert Shaw
Votes: 1,087
Almost impossible to find the full version.
16. The Deep (1977)
PG | 123 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Dick Anthony Williams, Robert Shaw
Votes: 13,764 | Gross: $6.84M
17. Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
PG | 118 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Franco Nero
Votes: 19,765
18. Avalanche Express (1979)
PG | 88 min | Action, Thriller
Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
Directors: Mark Robson, Monte Hellman | Stars: Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell
Votes: 1,716
19. Diamonds (1975)
PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama
Richard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Robert Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey, Shelley Winters
Votes: 357
20. A Reflection of Fear (1972)
PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.
Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke
Votes: 1,027
21. The Hireling (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A young British woman suffering from depression over the loss of her husband develops an unusual relationship with her chauffeur.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer
Votes: 865
22. Young Winston (1972)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, War
Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Peter Cellier, Ronald Hines
Votes: 2,982 | Gross: $4.69M
23. Battle of Britain (1969)
G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 24,529 | Gross: $4.36M
Shaw has one of the more worthwhile roles, amongst a whole cast of cameos.
24. A Town Called Hell (1971)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Western
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
Directors: Robert Parrish, Irving Lerner | Stars: Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Fernando Rey
Votes: 842
25. Black Sunday (1977)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
When a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 9,085 | Gross: $15.77M
26. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
G | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern
Votes: 37,174 | Gross: $28.35M
27. Sea Fury (1958)
84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Off the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking freighter carrying explosives must be salvaged and towed to port.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Victor McLaglen, Luciana Paluzzi, Grégoire Aslan
Votes: 235
28. Hell in Korea (1956)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, History, War
During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Ronald Lewis, George Baker, Harry Andrews
Votes: 619
29. The Dam Busters (1955)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, History, War
Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney
Votes: 11,375
30. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass
Votes: 15,571
31. The Valiant (1962)
80 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, two Italian frogmen, who placed magnetic mines under a British warship, are captured and interrogated by British intelligence about their mission.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: John Mills, Ettore Manni, Roberto Risso, Robert Shaw
Votes: 109
32. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
G | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sinbad and the vizier of Marabia, followed by evil magician Koura, seek the three golden tablets that can gain them access to the ancient temple of the Oracle of All Knowledge.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer
Votes: 10,564 | Gross: $3.03M
33. Libel (1959)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery
A shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie, Robert Morley
Votes: 1,599
34. Doublecross (1956)
71 min | Drama, Thriller
A Cornish poacher clashes with dangerous international spies.
Director: Anthony Squire | Stars: Donald Houston, Fay Compton, Anton Diffring, Allan Cuthbertson
Votes: 91
35. The Father (1962 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Parents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.
Stars: Robert Shaw, Daphne Slater, Denis Quilley, Wynne Clark
36. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Michael Caine
Votes: 245
37. Luther (1968 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
An epic drama of the 16th Century Catholic monk Martin Luther who started the Reformation.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Robert Shaw, Robert Morley, Max Adrian, Ronald Fraser
Votes: 15
38. Carol for Another Christmas (1964 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama, Fantasy
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Percy Rodrigues, Sterling Hayden, Ben Gazzara, Barbara Ann Teer
Votes: 1,455
39. Danger Man (1960–1961)
TV-PG | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton, Michael Ripper
Votes: 1,386
40. The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
30 min | Drama
Four men: a British politician, an American journalist in Paris, a lawyer in the U.S., and a Roman hotelier, band together to fight injustice wherever they find it.
Stars: Richard Conte, Jack Hawkins, Dan Dailey, Arthur Gomez
Votes: 158
41. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.
Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield
Votes: 189
42. Rupert of Hentzau (1957 TV Movie)
90 min | Adventure, Drama
A sequel to "The Prisoner Of Zenda" in which the villainous Rupert returns to Ruritania intent on exposing the replacement of the king by a double.
Director: Hal Burton | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sarah Lawson, John Westbrook, Stanley Van Beers
43. The Winter's Tale (1962 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama
King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Robert Shaw, Rosalie Crutchley, Patrick Macnee, Brenda Bruce
Votes: 11
44. White Hunter (1957–1959)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Harry Baird, Hugh Moxey, Tim Turner
Votes: 21
45. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 69
46. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
47. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 66
48. Temple Houston (1963–1964)
60 min | Western
The adventures of frontier lawyer Temple Houston, son of the legendary Sam Houston.
Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Jack Elam, Frank Ferguson, Chubby Johnson
Votes: 81
49. Festival (I) (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
An hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the BBC from 1963-64, with a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett. Stars ... See full summary »
Stars: David Garfield, Cyril Cusack, John Wood, John Welsh
Votes: 20
50. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
51. The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1976)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: John Karlen, Michael Parks, Susan Strasberg, Robert Symonds
Votes: 134
52. Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth (1948 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, Family
Film ''Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth'' based on the novel by William Shakespeare
Director: Michael Barry | Stars: Robert Atkins, Patricia Neal, John Harris, Eric Lander
Votes: 8
53. Dial 999 (1958–1959)
30 min | Crime
Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Richard Bebb, Hugh Moxey
Votes: 109
54. A Time to Live (1954– )
15 min | Drama
Julie Byron is an up-and-coming writer who reports on various scandals around town. However, one hits close to home when her boyfriend, Chick Buchanan, is framed for the murder of Lenore Eustice.
Stars: Viola Berwick, Len Wayland, Barbara Foley, Pat Sully
Votes: 9
55. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
56. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955– )
30 min | Adventure, Family
Sir Percy Blakeney, Baronet, is a notorious fop and hedonistic member of the Prince Regent's court, but he is secretly "the Scarlet Pimpernel", a mysterious figure who rescues innocents ... See full summary »
Stars: Marius Goring, Stanley Van Beers, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands
Votes: 81
57. Hindle Wakes (1957 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: David Bird, Edward Chapman, Margaret Dale, Bee Duffell
58. Success (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Robert Shaw, Lana Morris, Edward Brooks
59. William Tell (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, Family, History
Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers
Votes: 212
60. The Train Set (1961 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Robert Shaw, Roy Holder, Mary Chester, Nan Marriott-Watson
61. The Dark Man (1960 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Robert Shaw, Earl Cameron, Barbara Clegg, Nan Braunton
62. The Cherry Orchard (1947 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Madame Ranevsky is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, ... See full summary »
Stars: Marian Spencer, Irmgard Spoliansky, Patricia Hilliard, Richard Hurndall
63. Jaws: The Inside Story (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
A fascinating program that goes behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg's landmark 1975 film JAWS.
Director: Rob Goldberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg, David Fear, Sid Sheinberg
Votes: 336
64. Robert Shaw: Jaws, Deoch & Deora (2015)
50 min | Documentary
Robert Shaw was an Oscar-nominated actor, celebrated author, father of 10 children, and husband to three wives. He battled James Bond in 'From Russia With Love' and a great white shark in '... See full summary »
Director: Brian Reddin | Stars: Ken Annakin, Susan Backlinie, Michael Feeney Callan, Joan Clancy
Votes: 10
Long overdue but worth the wait.
65. The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1988)
TV-G | 90 min | Music, Talk-Show
This particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night December 1969 - January 1975 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night September - December 1986
Stars: Dick Cavett, Bobby Rosengarden, Fred Foy, Mort Sahl
Votes: 944
66. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 579
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