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Sebastian Shaw (I) (1905–1994)

Actor | Writer

Though primarily a stage actor, Sebastian Shaw appeared in some forty film and television productions from 1930 to 1991. Born on May 29, 1905 in Holt, Norfolk, England, he first appeared on stage as a child in 1913, graduating to lead roles by the late 1920s. It was in 1930 that he made his first film appearance in Caste... See full bio »

Born:

Sebastian Lewis Shaw
in Holt, Norfolk, England, UK

Died:

(age 89) in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

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1992 Growing Rich (TV series)
Mr. Sallace
– Episode #1.2 (1992) … Mr. Sallace
 
1991 Chimera (TV mini-series)
Dr. Liawski
 
1991 Chernobyl: The Final Warning (TV movie)
Grandpa
 
1989 Chelworth (TV mini-series)
Lord Toller
– You Can't Beat Mozart (1989) … Lord Toller
– Shopping Around (1989) … Lord Toller
– A Wonderfully Wrong Thing (1989) … Lord Toller
– Coming Home (1989) … Lord Toller
 
1988 Casualty (TV series)
Charles Howlett
– Drake's Drum (1988) … Charles Howlett
 
1988 Theatre Night (TV series)
Knut Brovik
– The Master Builder (1988) … Knut Brovik
 
1988 Scene (TV series)
Harry
– QPR Askey Is Dead (1988) … Harry
 
1987 High Season
Sharp
 
1987 Drummonds (TV series)
Matthew Drummond
– Men of Principle (1987) … Matthew Drummond
 
1987 Portraits (short)
 
1976-1984 Crown Court (TV series)
Justice Bewes
– There Was an Old Woman: Part 1 (1984) … Justice Bewes
– Drunk, Who Cares: Part 1 (1976) … Justice Bewes
 
1983 The Weather in the Streets (TV movie)
Mr. Curtis
 
1983 The Nation's Health (TV series)
Doctor Thurson
– Collapse (1983) … Doctor Thurson
– Decline (1983) … Doctor Thurson
 
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV mini-series)
Reverend Thomas
– An Affair with a Married Woman (1983) … Reverend Thomas
 
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Anakin Skywalker
 
1982 All for Love (TV series)
Uncle Cecil
– A Bit of Singing and Dancing (1982) … Uncle Cecil
 
1981 Timon of Athens (TV movie)
Old Athenian
 
1981 Nanny (TV series)
Mr. Starkie
– Goats and Tigers (1981) … Mr. Starkie
 
1981 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
Sir Flakey White
– Alice Through the... (1981) … Sir Flakey White
 
1979-1980 The Old Curiosity Shop (TV mini-series)
Grandfather
– Episode #1.9 (1980) … Grandfather
– Episode #1.8 (1980) … Grandfather
– Episode #1.7 (1980) … Grandfather
– Episode #1.6 (1980) … Grandfather
– Episode #1.5 (1980) … Grandfather
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1979 Rumpole of the Bailey (TV series)
Mr. Justice Skelton
– Rumpole and the Show Folk (1979) … Mr. Justice Skelton
 
1978 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Liza (1978)
 
1977 Kilvert's Diary (TV series)
The Solitary
– The Solitary (1977) … The Solitary
 
1977 Play for Today (TV series)
Abbot General
– A Choice of Evils (1977) … Abbot General
 
1976 Murder (TV series)
Robert
– Hello Lola (1976) … Robert
 
1975 Greenhill Pals (TV movie)
Rydale
 
1975 Second City Firsts (TV series)
– How It Is (1975)
 
1975 Village Hall (TV series)
Ralph
– Lot 23 (1975) … Ralph
 
1972 Dead of Night (TV series)
Powys Jubb
– Death Cancels All Debts (1972) … Powys Jubb
 
1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
The Judge
– The Judge's Wife (1972) … The Judge
 
1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
 
1968 All's Well That Ends Well (TV movie)
King of France
 
1966 Out of the Unknown (TV series)
Major Gregory
– Walk's End (1966) … Major Gregory
 
1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
James Morpeth MD
– The Edwardians #3: Olive Latimer's Husband (1965) … James Morpeth MD
 
1965 It Happened Here
Doctor Richard Fletcher
 
1960 Here Lies Miss Sabry (TV series)
James 'Cracker' Talbot
– Discretion Imperative (1960) … James 'Cracker' Talbot
 
1960 Saturday Playhouse (TV series)
Donald Campbell-Shaw
– On the Edge (1960) … Donald Campbell-Shaw
 
1960 Knight Errant Limited (TV series)
– The Silent Heart (1960)
 
1959 Probation Officer (TV series)
– Episode #1.12 (1959)
 
1958 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Terrorist (1958)
 
1953 Scotch on the Rocks
Hugh Marvell, M.P.
 
1952 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Archdeacon Adam Brandon
– The Cathedral (1952) … Archdeacon Adam Brandon
 
1949 Landfall
Wing Cmdr. Dickens
 
1949 The Glass Mountain
Bruce McLeod
 
1949 Feature Story
 
1948 Virtuoso (TV movie)
Alan Wainwright
 
1947 Hamlet (TV movie)
Claudius
 
1945 Journey Together
Squadron Leader Marshall
 
1941 The Strangler
Tamsie Green
 
1940 The Flying Squad
Inspector Bradley
 
1940 Bulldog Sees It Through
Derek Sinclair
 
1940 Three Silent Men
Sir James Quentin
 
1940 Now You're Talking (short)
Charles Hampton
 
1939 Table d'Hote (TV movie)
Adam ("Doubting Hall" section)
 
1939 Prison Without Bars (TV movie)
Doctor
 
1939 Too Dangerous to Live
Jacques Leclerc
 
1939 The Spy in Black
Ashington
 
1938 Julius Caesar (TV movie)
Marcus Brutus
 
1937 Murder on Diamond Row
Frank Sutton
 
1937 Troopship
Capt. Gilbert Reed
 
1936 Men Are Not Gods
Edmund Davey
 
1936 Jury's Evidence
Philip
 
1936 Tomorrow We Live
Eric Morton
 
1936 Birds of a Feather
Jack Wortle
 
1935 Department Store
John Goodman Johnson
 
1935 Jubilee Window
Peter Ward
 
1935 Three Witnesses
Roger Truscott
 
1935 The Ace of Spades
Trent
 
1935 The Lad
Jimmy
 
1935 Brewster's Millions
Frank
 
1934 Adventurers Ltd.
Bruce Blandford
 
1934 Get Your Man
Robert Halbean
 
1934 The Way of Youth
Alan Marmon
 
1934 The Four Masked Men
Arthur Phillips
 
1933 Taxi to Paradise (short)
Tom Fanshawe
 
1933 House of Dreams
 
1933 Little Miss Nobody
Pat Carey
 
1930 Caste
Hon. George d'Alroy
 
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1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre (TV series)
– Cul de sac (1960) (writer)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1964 The Great War (TV series documentary)
Various
– And We Were Young (1964) … Various (voice)
– The Iron Thrones Are Falling (1964) … Various (voice)
– Allah Made Mesopotamia... and Added Flies (1964) … Various (voice)
– When Must the End Be? (1964) … Various (voice)
– Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In? (1964) … Various (voice)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(June 1978) He acted in Brian Clark's play, "Whose Life is It Anyway?" at the Savoy Theatre in London, England with Tom Conti, Jane Asher, Phoebe Nicholls, and Richard Leech in the cast. Michael Lindsay-Hogg was director. See more »

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Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Trivia:

Was the author of the 1969 play "The Cliff Walk" and the 1975 novel "The Christening". See more »

Star Sign:

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