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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1921-04-07
- event Death Date 1971-02-28
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Dulwich, London, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Denis Shaw
5.7
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959-06-15
5.9
The Weapon
1956-09-01
4.2
The Depraved
1957-11-01
6.3
The Deadly Affair
1967-01-26
6.2
The Pirates of Blood River
1962-05-09
5.2
Who Done It?
1956-03-20
4
The Great Van Robbery
1959-01-16
5.5
Innocent Meeting
1959-04-01
6
House of Blackmail
1953-07-13
5.2
Ticket to Paradise
1961-01-01
5.2
Soapbox Derby
1958-01-01
5.5
The File of the Golden Goose
1969-10-13
4.8
Let's Be Happy
1957-05-07
6.6
The Long Memory
1953-01-23
5.6
Seven Thunders
1957-09-04
6.4
Naked Fury
1959-01-01
6.5
Nothing Barred
1961-10-10
5
A Woman Possessed
1958-09-14
6.1
Jack the Ripper
1959-05-28
6.5
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961-05-01
6
Beyond the Curtain
1960-04-01
7.2
The Prisoner
1955-04-19
6.6
The Colditz Story
1955-01-25
6.4
The Criminal
1960-09-13
6.4
Forbidden Cargo
1954-05-04
4.8
The Viking Queen
1967-03-25
7.7
Girdle of Gold
1952-01-01
6.2
Passport to Shame
1958-12-02
6.7
The Mummy
1959-08-01
4.5
The Night We Got the Bird
1960-11-03
0
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
1968-02-01
0
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969-09-01
7.8
The Prisoner
1967-09-29
7.7
The Avengers
1961-01-07
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955-09-26
6.4
Sherlock Holmes
1964-05-17
7.6
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955-09-28
0
Bright's Boffins
1970-08-04
7
International Detective
1959-12-26
0
Stryker of the Yard
1961-11-02
7
International Detective
1959-12-26