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.
Filmography
Bright's Boffins
1970 · Series
The Misfit
1970 · Series
The File of the Golden Goose
1969 · Movie
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969 · Movie
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
1969 · Series
Tom Grattan's War
1968 · Series
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
1968 · Movie
The Prisoner
1967 · Series
The Viking Queen
1967 · Movie
The Deadly Affair
1967 · Movie
Londoners
1965 · Series
Sherlock Holmes
1964 · Series
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
Espionage
1963 · Series
The Pirates of Blood River
1962 · Movie
Stryker of the Yard
1961 · Series
Nothing Barred
1961 · Movie
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · Movie
Carry On Regardless
1961 · Movie
The Hellfire Club
1961 · Movie
The Avengers
1961 · Series
Ticket to Paradise
1961 · Movie
The Night We Got the Bird
1960 · Movie
The Criminal
1960 · Movie
Beyond the Curtain
1960 · Movie
Trouble with Eve
1960 · Movie
International Detective
1959 · Series
The Mummy
1959 · Movie
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · Movie
Jack the Ripper
1959 · Movie
Innocent Meeting
1959 · Movie
The Great Van Robbery
1959 · Movie
Naked Fury
1959 · Movie
Passport to Shame
1958 · Movie
Links of Justice
1958 · Movie
A Woman Possessed
1958 · Movie
Moment of Indiscretion
1958 · Movie
Soapbox Derby
1958 · Movie
The Depraved
1957 · Movie
Seven Thunders
1957 · Movie
Let's Be Happy
1957 · Movie
The Weapon
1956 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
Port Afrique
1956 · Movie
Who Done It?
1956 · Movie
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955 · Series
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Series
The Prisoner
1955 · Movie
The Colditz Story
1955 · Movie
Forbidden Cargo
1954 · Movie
House of Blackmail
1953 · Movie
The Long Memory
1953 · Movie
Girdle of Gold
1952 · Movie