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Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains.
1955
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 File of the Golden Goose
1969
The Viking Queen
1967
The Deadly Affair
1967
Port Afrique
1956
Seven Thunders
1957
Soapbox Derby
1958
Innocent Meeting
1959
Forbidden Cargo
1954
Who Done It?
1956
Let's Be Happy
1957
Nothing Barred
1961
The Mummy
1959
A Woman Possessed
1958
Jack the Ripper
1959
House of Blackmail
1953
Naked Fury
1959
The Prisoner
1955
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
The Colditz Story
1955
The Criminal
1960
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