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"I can see it now, that twinkle in his eye...I still miss him."


MACBETH (RSC) (1949) - ANGUS (STRATFORD, DIR: ANTHONY QUAYLE)
CYMBELINE (RSC) (1949) - JUPITER (STRATFORD, DIR: ANTHONY QUAYLE)
MEASURE FOR MEASURE (RSC) (1950) - GENTLEMAN (STRATFORD, DIR: PETER BROOK)
KING HENRY VIII (RSC) (1950) - DUKE OF SUFFOLK (STRATFORD, DIR: TYRONE GUTHRIE)
JULIUS CAESAR (RSC) (1950) - MESSENGER (STRATFORD, DIR: ANTHONY QUAYLE)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (RSC) (1950) - CONRADE (STRATFORD, DIR: JOHN GIELGUD)
KING LEAR (RSC) (1950) - DUKE OF BURGUNDY (STRATFORD, DIR: ANTHONY QUAYLE)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (RSC) (1951) (OLD VIC, DIR: TYRONE GUTHRIE)
OTHELLO (RSC) (1951) - IAGO (STRATFORD, DIR: GODFREY TEARLE)
CARO WILLIAM (1952) - GEORGE LAMB (EMBASSY THEATRE, DIR: JOHN FERNALD)
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (RSC) (1953) - GRATIANO (STRATFORD, DIR: DENIS CAREY)
KING LEAR (RSC) (1953) - EDMUND (STRATFORD, DIR: GEORGE DEVINE)
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (RSC) (1953) - TRANIO (STRATFORD, DIR: GEORGE DEVINE)
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA (RSC) (1953) - DOLABELLA (PRINCES THEATRE, DIR: GLYN BYAM SHAW)
OFF THE MAINLAND (1956) (WRITER) - LASZLO RIMINI
LIVE LIKE PIGS (1958) - BLACKMOUTH (ROYAL COURT THEATRE, DIR: ANTHONY PAGE)
A LODGING FOR A BRIDE (1959) - CLIFF BABCOCK (BRISTOL HIPPODROME, DIR: JOHN FERNALD)
THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL (1959) - SGT. MITCHEM (ROYAL COURT, DIR: LINDSAY ANDERSON)
ONE MORE RIVER (1959) - SEWELL (DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE, DIR: GUY HAMILTON)
THE CHANGELING (1961) - DeFLORES (ROYAL COURT, DIR: TONY RICHARDSON)
THE CARETAKER (1961) - ASTON (LYCEUM THEATRE, BROADWAY, DIR: DONALD McWHINNIE)
THE PHYSICISTS (1964) - MOBIUS (MARTIN BECK THEATRE, BROADWAY, DIR: PETER BROOK)
THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (1968) (WRITER ONLY)
GANTRY (1970) - ELMER GANTRY (GEORGE ABBOTT THEATRE, BROADWAY, DIR: ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN)
OLD TIMES (1971-72) - DEELEY (BILLY ROSE THEATRE, BROADWAY, DIR: PETER HALL)
THE DANCE OF DEATH (1974) - EDGAR (VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATRE, BROADWAY, DIR: A.J. ANTOON)
Film and Television
THE CHERRY ORCHARD (1947, TV) - YASHA
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951) – CHEMIST (UNCREDITED)
A TIME TO BE BORN (1952, TV) - MELCHIOR
MURDER OVER DRAUGHTS (1954, TV) - BRADLEY
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1955, TV) - HERBERT
THE DAM BUSTERS (1955) – FLIGHT SGT. JOHN PULFORD
THE ADVENTURES OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1956, TV) – LORD ANTHONY DEWHURST
DOUBLECROSS (1956) - PC ERNEST FROST
A HILL IN KOREA (1956) – LANCE CORPORAL BILLY HODGE
HINDLE WAKES (1957, TV) - ALAN JEFFCOTE
THE BUCCANEERS (1956–1957, TV) – CAPTAIN DAN TEMPEST
SUCCESS (1957, TV) - LEN FOX
THE RESPECTABLE PROSTITUTE (1957, TV) - FRED
ONE OF US (1957, TV) - REG MATHERS
RUPERT OF HENTZAU (1957, TV) – RUPERT
SEA FURY (1958) – FIRST OFFICER WILL GORMAN
DIAL 999: EXTRADITION (1958, TV) - WILLY
THE ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM TELL (1959, TV) - PETER VON BRECHT
LIBEL (1959) – PHOTOGRAPHER
MISFIRE (1960, TV) - MARK RENFREW
THE BOOK MAN (1960, TV) - HIMSELF
THE FOUR JUST MEN (1960, TV) – SGT. MARTY STUART
THE DARK MAN (1960, TV) – ALAN REGAN
NIGHT RUN TO THE WEST (1960, TV) - CHARLIE WILLIAMS
WHITE HUNTER: VOODOO WEDDING (1960, TV) - BOB GORDON
THE PETS (1960, TV) - WILSON
A PLACE OF MY OWN (1960, TV) - KEN RUDGE
DANGER MAN (1961, TV) – TONY COSTELLO
THE TRAIN SET (1961, TV) - HENRY
THE WINTER'S TALE (1961, TV) – KING LEONTES
THE VALIANT (1962) – LIEUTENANT JOHN FIELD
INTERVIEW FOR WIVES (1962, TV) - JACKSON
THE FATHER (1962, TV) – THE CAPTAIN (ALSO ADAPTED SCRIPT)
TOMORROW AT TEN (1962) – GEORGE MARLOWE
THE CARETAKER (1963) – ASTON
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963) – DONALD GRANT
A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY (1964, TV) - SIMONE (ALSO ADAPTED SCRIPT)
HAMLET AT ELSINORE (1964, TV) – KING CLAUDIUS OF DENMARK
THE LUCK OF GINGER COFFEY (1964) – GINGER COFFEY
CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964, TV) – THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BATTLE OF THE BULGE (1965) – COL. MARTIN HESSLER
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) – KING HENRY VIII
KEE AND LEVIN (1966, TV) - HIMSELF
CUSTER OF THE WEST (1967) – GEN. GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER
LUTHER (1968, TV) – MARTIN LUTHER
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (1968) – STANLEY WEBBER
BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969) – SQUADRON LEADER SKIPPER
THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN (1969) – FRANCISCO PIZARRO
FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE (1970) – MacCONNACHIE
ROBERT SHAW: ACTOR AS NOVELIST (1970, TV) - HIMSELF
A TOWN CALLED BASTARD (a.k.a. A Town Called Hell) (1971) – AGUILA
YOUNG WINSTON (1972) – LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
A REFLECTION OF FEAR (1972) – MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
THE DICK CAVETT SHOW (1971/72, TV) - HIMSELF
FILM NIGHT (1972, TV) - HIMSELF
THE HIRELING (1973) – STEVEN LEDBETTER
THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973) – THE ORACLE OF ALL KNOWLEDGE (VOICE ONLY)
THE STING (1973) – DOYLE LONNEGAN
THE BREAK (1974, TV) - GILES
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (1974) – MR. BLUE/BERNARD RYDER
JAWS (1975) – SAM QUINT
THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (1975) – UNCREDITED WRITER
DINAH! (1975, TV) - HIMSELF
END OF THE GAME (1975) – RICHARD GASTMANN
DIAMONDS (1975) – CHARLES/EARL HODGSON
ROBIN AND MARIAN (1976) – THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM
SWASHBUCKLER (1976) – CAPTAIN NED LYNCH
BLACK SUNDAY (1977) – MAJOR DAVID KABAKOV
THE DEEP (1977) – ROMER TREECE
FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978) – MAJOR KEITH MALLORY
AVALANCHE EXPRESS (1979) – GEN. VLADIMIR MARENKOV
DISCOVERING: ROBERT SHAW (2015, TV) - ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
ROBERT SHAW: JAWS, DEOCH & DEORA (2015, TV) - ARCHIVE FOOTAGE

Robert as Blackmouth in "Live Like Pigs" 1958.

Robert as Gratiano in "The Merchant of Venice" 1953.

Robert's half page in Spotlight, the casting directors bible.

Robert rehearsing Gantry on Broadway
in 1970.


Robert's half page in Spotlight, the casting directors bible.

