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Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains.
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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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 7, 1921
Died
February 28, 1971
Birthplace
Dulwich, London, England, UK
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
The Depraved
1957
Passport to Shame
1958
The Mummy
1959
The Deadly Affair
1967
Naked Fury
1959
The Prisoner
1955
The Weapon
1956
Jack the Ripper
1959
Carry On Regardless
1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
Beyond the Curtain
1960
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
The Colditz Story
1955
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Who Done It?
1956
Girdle of Gold
1952
Ticket to Paradise
1961
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969
The Criminal
1960
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