| # | Quote |
|---|
| 1 | [on working underground in the subway tunnels for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)] I found myself in Dante's Inferno. It was the middle of winter and the freezing weather and dirty conditions took its toll on my mental and physical state. |
| 2 | I'm the happiest I've been in a long time. I have my new marriage. I have my new baby, my tenth child. I don't have to work in third-rate movies anymore, and I'm in great physical shape. (1977) |
| 3 | I still don't think of myself as a star. Success lasts only three seconds. After that you're the same as you were before you had it. I'm not a true artist anyway because I refuse to shrug off my family. To support them I must work in commercial films. My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, it's only one-third of what I earn. With the kids in school and my other responsibilities, I get no change back from the first million dollars. The money flows out like water. |
| 4 | Acting is instant enjoyment and childlike. As an actor, Lord God, I can take an audience in a theatre and throw them in any direction. I can't do that as a writer. Writing is painful, it's lonely and you suffer and there's no immediate feedback. |
| 5 | Being 50 years old and having 10 children... the youngest is thirteen months (as of March 1978)... creates the economic necessity that forces me into all those big budget movies in which I often don't have a single realistic line. |
| 6 | Writing is where the real center of my integrity lies. I never write for money. I only act for money, but not invariably of course. I would never write certain sentences that I say in films, or even that I write in films, because I often fix up my lines. |
| 7 | What I try to achieve in acting - flamboyance - would be self-indulgence if I tried it as a writer. |
| 8 | To Nick Nolte, when the two were discussing how badly their film, The Deep (1977) was going: "It's a treasure picture Nick, it's a treasure picture." |
| 9 | I drink too much. Will you tell me one great actor who doesn't drink? |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Is one of 13 actors who have received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a real-life king. The others in chronological order are Charles Laughton for The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933), Robert Morley for Marie Antoinette (1938), Basil Rathbone for If I Were King (1938), Laurence Olivier for Henry V (1944) and Richard III (1955), José Ferrer for Joan of Arc (1948), Yul Brynner for The King and I (1956), John Gielgud for Becket (1964), Peter O'Toole for Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Richard Burton for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Kenneth Branagh for Henry V (1989), Nigel Hawthorne for The Madness of King George (1994), and Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010). |
| 2 | He was made to wear lifts when filming 'From Russia with Love (1963) to appear physical threatening to Sean Connery. Connery was about 4 inches taller than Shaw. He also dyed his hair blonde. |
| 3 | In the novel The Taking of Pelham 123, one of the characters liked to walk off nervous energy, and Shaw played the villain in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); Shaw tried to walk off chest pains and wound up dying of a heart attack. |
| 4 | Father of film editor, Penelope Shaw. |
| 5 | He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: A Man for All Seasons (1966) and The Sting (1973). |
| 6 | He played Sean Connery's adversary in both From Russia with Love (1963) and Robin and Marian (1976). |
| 7 | He's also a writer having written the play, Off the Mainland, which had a West End run and Retreat. |
| 8 | After his TV role in The Buccaneers (1956), he changed track and joined the London Old Vic Company playing in many Shakespearean dramas which then took him to the Shakespeare Memorial theatre at Stratford. |
| 9 | A keen sportsman, he played rugby for London Wasps. In 1957, his school quarter mile record still stood. He was an expert swordsman and a squash enthusiast. |
| 10 | He is one of three actors to have been Oscar-nominated for playing King Henry VIII of England. The other two are Charles Laughton and Richard Burton, but Laughton is the only one of the three to have won (in 1933). |
| 11 | His performance as Captain Quint in Jaws (1975) is ranked #28 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. |
| 12 | Was nominated for Broadway's 1969 Tony Award as author of best play nominee The Man in the Glass Booth. |
| 13 | Allegedly didn't get along with Richard Dreyfuss while filming Jaws (1975). |
| 14 | Is the uncle of author, actor, and filmmaker Scott Shaw. |
| 15 | In the town of Westhoughton in England, there is a pub called The Robert Shaw. |
| 16 | Many of Captain Quint's ramblings in Jaws (1975) were actually Shaw's improvisations, and he is considered one of many authors of the famous USS Indianapolis scene. |
| 17 | Shaw twice played a villain opposite a hero played by Sean Connery. The first was that of SPECTRE killer Donald Grant in From Russia with Love (1963) opposite Connery as secret agent James Bond 007. The second was the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin and Marian (1976) opposite Connery as aging forest archer Robin Hood. |
| 18 | Parents were Thomas and Doreen Shaw. He had three sisters and one brother. |
| 19 | Father of Ian Shaw and Colin Shaw. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Avalanche Express | 1979 | | Gen. Marenkov |
| Force 10 from Navarone | 1978 | | Mallory |
| The Deep | 1977 | | Romer Treece |
| Black Sunday | 1977 | | Kabakov |
| Swashbuckler | 1976 | | Ned Lynch |
| Robin and Marian | 1976 | | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| Diamonds | 1975 | | Charles / Earl Hodgson |
| End of the Game | 1975 | | Richard Gastmann |
| Jaws | 1975 | | Quint |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | 1974 | | Bernard Ryder aka Blue |
| The Wide World of Mystery | 1974 | TV Series | Giles |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1960-1974 | TV Series | Giles / Wilson |
| The Sting | 1973 | | Doyle Lonnegan |
| The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | 1973 | | The Oracle of all knowledge (uncredited) |
| The Hireling | 1973 | | Steven Ledbetter |
| A Reflection of Fear | 1972 | | Michael |
| Young Winston | 1972 | | Lord Randolph Churchill |
| A Town Called Hell | 1971 | | The Priest |
| Figures in a Landscape | 1970 | | MacConnachie |
| The Royal Hunt of the Sun | 1969 | | Francisco Pizarro |
| Battle of Britain | 1969 | | Squadron Leader Skipper |
| The Birthday Party | 1968 | | Stanley Webber |
| Luther | 1968 | TV Movie | Martin Luther |
| Custer of the West | 1967 | | Gen. George Armstrong Custer |
| A Man for All Seasons | 1966 | | Henry VIII |
| Battle of the Bulge | 1965 | | Col. Hessler |
| A Carol for Another Christmas | 1964 | TV Movie | Ghost of Christmas Future |
| The Luck of Ginger Coffey | 1964 | | Ginger Coffey |
| Hamlet at Elsinore | 1964 | TV Movie | Claudius, King of Denmark |
| Festival | 1964 | TV Series | Simone |
| From Russia with Love | 1963 | | Grant |
| Temple Houston | 1963 | TV Series | |
| The Cracksman | 1963 | | Moke |
| Tomorrow at Ten | 1963 | | George Marlow |
| The Guest | 1963 | | Aston |
| The Father | 1962 | TV Movie | The Captain |
| Thirty Minute Theatre | 1962 | TV Series | |
| The Winter's Tale | 1962 | TV Movie | Leontes |
| The Valiant | 1962 | | Lieutenant Field |
| Danger Man | 1961 | TV Series | Tony Costello |
| The Train Set | 1961 | TV Movie | Henry |
| The Dark Man | 1960 | TV Movie | Alan Regan |
| ITV Television Playhouse | 1957-1960 | TV Series | Charlie Williams / Ken Rudge / Reg Mathers |
| The Four Just Men | 1960 | TV Series | Stuart |
| Armchair Theatre | 1960 | TV Series | Marl Renfrew |
| Libel | 1959 | | First Photographer |
| Theatre Night | 1959 | TV Series | 465 Sergeant Mitchem, R. |
| William Tell | 1959 | TV Series | Peter von Breck |
| Dial 999 | 1959 | TV Series | Willy |
| Sea Fury | 1958 | | Gorman |
| White Hunter | 1958 | TV Series | Bob Gordon |
| Rupert of Hentzau | 1957 | TV Movie | Rupert of Hentzau |
| Success | 1957 | TV Movie | Len Fox |
| The Buccaneers | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Capt. Dan Tempest |
| Hindle Wakes | 1957 | TV Movie | Alan Jeffcote |
| Hell in Korea | 1956 | | LCpl. Hodge |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1956 | TV Series | Lord Anthony Dewhurst |
| Doublecross | 1956 | | Ernest |
| BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Herbert |
| The Dam Busters | 1955 | | Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. |
| A Time to Be Born | 1952 | TV Movie | Melchior |
| The Lavender Hill Mob | 1951 | | Chemist at Police Exhibition (uncredited) |
| Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth | 1948 | TV Movie | Curio |
| Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II | 1948 | TV Movie | Curio |
| The Cherry Orchard | 1947 | TV Movie 20th March 1947 version | |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' | 1995 | Video documentary | Himself / Red Grant |
| The Making of 'The Deep' | 1977 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The 48th Annual Academy Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
| A New Look at the Legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian | 1976 | Documentary short | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| A Pirate Ship Sails Again! The Making of Swashbuckler | 1976 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972-1975 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1967-1973 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Film Night | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Parkinson | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Omnibus | 1970 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 23rd Annual Tony Awards | 1969 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Battle for The Battle of Britain | 1969 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 32th Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 1967 | TV Special | Himself - Accepting Award for Best Screenplay |
| Kee and Levin | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| North to the Dales | 1962 | Documentary short | Himself - Narrator |
| Holiday | 1957 | Documentary short | Himself - Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
| Yorkshire Sands | 1955 | Documentary short | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
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