Robert shaw biography

Robert Archibald Shaw (9th August – 28th August ) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man for All Seasons (). He played the conned mobster Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting () and the shark hunter Quint in Jaws ().

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Shaw's other notable film roles include From Russia with Love (), Battle of Britain (), Young Winston (), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (), Robin and Marian () and Black Sunday ().

Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Royal Shakespeare Company after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles. In he starred in a West End production of The Long and the Short and the Tall.

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Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire, the son of former nurse Doreen Nora (née Avery), who was born in Piggs Peak, Swaziland, and Thomas Archibald Shaw, a doctor of Scottish descent. 

He had three sisters named Elisabeth, Joanna, and Wendy, and one brother named Alexander. When he was seven years old, the family moved to Scotland, settling in Stromness, Orkney.

When Shaw was 12, his father killed himself. The family then moved to Cornwall, where Shaw attended the independent Truro School.

For a brief period, he was a teacher at Glenhow Preparatory School in Saltburn-by-the-Sea in the North Riding of Yorkshire, before attending the&nb

Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August &#; 28 August ) was an English actor, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Shaw is remembered for his roles in From Russia with Love (), A Man for All Seasons (), The Sting (), the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (), Black Sunday (), The Deep () and Jaws (), where he played the shark hunter Quint. Robert Shaw was born in Westhoughton, near Bolton, Lancashire.

Life

Shaw was married three times and had ten children, one of whom was adopted. His first wife was Jennifer Bourke () with he had four daughters. His second wife was the actress Mary Ure () with he had two sons and two daughters; this marriage ended with her death from an overdose. His third and last wife was Virginia Jansen () with he had one son and adopted Jansen's son from a previous relationship. One of Shaw's sons by Mary Ure is the actor Ian Shaw.

Shaw had 10 children all together.

Shaw died from a heart attack on August 28, while on the set of Avalanche Express in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

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For the American actor, see Robert Gottschall.

Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August – 28 August ) was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles. In he starred in a West End production of The Long and the Short and the Tall.

Shaw was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man for All Seasons (). His other film roles included the mobster Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting () and the shark hunter Quint in Jaws (). He also played roles in From Russia with Love (), Battle of Britain (), Young Winston (), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (), Robin and Marian (), and Black Sunday and The Deep, both of which were released in

Early life

Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Archibald Shaw and Doreen Nora, née Avery. His father, a doctor and former Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant, was of Scottish descent; his mother, a former nurse, was born at Piggs Peak, Swaziland.^[3]