Robert Shaw (actor)
Robert Shaw was an actor, scenario writer and British writer , born the August 9th 1927 with Westhougton, Lancashire and died in old 51 years in 1978 in Ireland.
If its role of Quint (the hunter of sharks) in the teeth of the sea of Steven Spielberg is its more famous: it incarnated also an unforgettable gallery of " méchant" American cinema. The fair killer and freezing in Good Kisses of Russia , the cynical gangster of Swindles It and (can be its most complex and astonishing role with the cinema) disturbing it Mr Bleu , taker of refined hostage and scholar, in remarkable the Série B: Pirates of the subway .
Biography
Robert Shaw was only twelve years old when his/her father, a Médecin which had sunk in the alcohol, committed suicide. The Robert young person took refuge then in the writing and the comedy, and was discovered a certain talent in these two activities, saying to find a truth family when it is on scene. He entered universities later, such as the Royal Academy off Dramatic Art , then in 1949 with the Royal Shakespeare Company , where he points out himself. He will play later in Film S, but it is the Théâtre which returned it celebrates, grace in particular to certain parts diffused with the Télévision. In the beginning of the Years 1960, it publishes its novel The hiding place (the Hiding-place) which is worth to him in 1962 the Hawthenden price of Littérature.Its career of Actor, it, will reach top between the medium of the Années 1960 and 1970. It is nominated with the Oscar for its role in a man for eternity , and interprets many first or supporting roles in prestigious films ( the Rose and the arrow , Swindles It , the battle of the Ardennes , Two Men in Escape or Bons Kisses of Russia) .
Its love life was charged, it Maria three times before dying of an heart attack, the August 27th 1978.
Catalog of films
- 1951 : Of gold out of bars , Charles Crichton
- 1954: Breakers of stoppings , Michael Anderson (the sergeant J. Pulford)
- 1956: Commando in Korea , of Julian Amyes (the soldier of first Hodge class)
- 1963: Good kisses of Russia , Terence Young (Donald “Red” Grant)
- 1963: The Caretaker , of Cleaves To give (Aston)
- 1965: the Battle of the Ardennes , Ken Year (Colonel Martin Hessler)
- 1966: a Man for eternity , of Fred Zinnemann (the king Henry VIII)
- 1967: Custer, the man of the west , Robert Siodmak (general George Armstrong Custer)
- 1968: the Birthday , of William Friedkin (Stanley Webber)
- 1969: the Battle of England , Guy Hamilton (Major)
- 1970: Two men in escape , of Joseph Losey (MacConnachie)
- 1972: Claws of the lion , Richard Attenborough (Lord Randolph Churchill)
- 1973: the Mistake , of Alan Bridges (Steven Ledbetter)
- 1973: Swindles It , of George Roy Hill (Doyle Lonnegan)
- 1974: Pirates of the subway , Joseph Sargent (Mr Bleu)
- 1975: Teeth of the sea (1975), of Steven Spielberg (Quint)
- 1976: DER Richter und center Henker , of Maximilian Schell (Richard Gastmann)
- 1976: Swashbuckler , of James Goldstone (Ned Lynch)
- 1976: the Rose and the arrow , of Richard To ballast (the sheriff of Nottingham)
- 1977: Deep seas , of Peter Yates (Romer Treece)
- 1977: Black sunday , of John Frankenheimer (David Kabakov)
- 1978: the Hurricane comes from Navarone , of Guy Hamilton (Major Keith Mallory)
- 1979: Avalanche Express train , of Mark Robson (the Marenkov general)
See too
External bonds
- Robert Shaw on IMDB
- Robert Shaw on Allociné
- the actor on broad Screen
An excellent Internet site with its honor: robertshaw-forallseasons.com
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