Denis Shaw
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1921-04-07
Place of birth:Dulwich, London, England, UK
Gender:Male
Popularity:0
Date of death1971-02-28
49Biography
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.
Filmography
Rating by year
- The MisfitAircraft Passenger1970-03-039.01
- The File of the Golden GooseVance1969-10-135.718
- The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not CricketHeavyset Workman1969-09-010.00
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. ReederWu Tong1969-04-235.01
- The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki KidsNasty Workman1968-02-010.00
- The PrisonerShopkeeper1967-09-297.7212
- The Viking QueenOsiris1967-03-254.721
- The Deadly AffairWolfe - Publican1967-01-266.394
- LondonersLouie1965-05-130.00
- Sherlock Holmes1964-05-176.719
- Theatre 625Matvei1964-05-037.25
- EspionageFrohlich1963-10-0210.01
- The Pirates of Blood RiverSilver (uncredited)1962-05-096.233
- Stryker of the Yard1961-11-020.00
- Nothing BarredConvict1961-10-107.03
- The Curse of the WerewolfGaoler1961-05-016.5178
- Carry On RegardlessSinister Passenger (uncredited)1961-04-046.356
- The Hellfire ClubSir Richard Benlow1961-02-035.47
- The AvengersMurray1961-01-077.8150
- Ticket to ParadiseGiuseppe1961-01-015.83
- The Night We Got the BirdWolfie's Stooge1960-11-036.33
- The CriminalTaxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)1960-09-136.441
- Beyond the CurtainKrumm1960-04-016.84
- Trouble with EveGeorge Rigby1960-03-016.03
- International DetectiveHorse Carlucci1959-12-267.52
- International DetectiveVictor Prado1959-12-267.52
- The MummyMike1959-08-016.7266
- The Man Who Could Cheat DeathTavern Customer1959-06-155.879
- Jack the RipperSimes1959-05-286.226
- Innocent MeetingUncle1959-04-016.73
- The Great Van RobberyCaesar Smith1959-01-165.34
- Naked FuryCaptain Horst1959-01-017.04
- Passport to ShameMac1958-12-026.115
- Links of JusticeHeath1958-10-278.52
- A Woman PossessedBishop1958-09-147.03
- Moment of IndiscretionInspector Marsh1958-09-057.02
- Soapbox DerbyLender1958-01-015.65
- The DepravedInspector O'Flynn1957-11-014.510
- Seven ThundersFat German Soldier1957-09-045.513
- Let's Be HappyFat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)1957-05-075.44
- The WeaponGroggins1956-09-016.019
- Armchair TheatreZiggy1956-07-086.06
- Port AfriqueGrila1956-06-185.97
- Who Done It?Professor Stumpf1956-03-205.514
- The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelBiggs1955-09-288.06
- The Adventures of Robin HoodButcher1955-09-266.419
- The PrisonerPlainclothesman (uncredited)1955-04-197.223
- The Colditz StoryPriem1955-01-256.859
- Forbidden CargoShip's Cook1954-05-046.98
- House of BlackmailBassett1953-07-136.410
- The Long MemoryShaw (uncredited)1953-01-236.720
- Girdle of GoldChoirmaster1952-01-018.34