Denis Shaw
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.
Filmography (52 titles)
Bright's Boffins
1970
9.0ShowThe Misfit
Aircraft Passenger · 1970
5.7MovieThe File of the Golden Goose
Vance · 1969
MovieThe Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Heavyset Workman · 1969
5.0ShowThe Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Wu Tong · 1969
MovieThe Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Nasty Workman · 1968
7.7ShowThe Prisoner
Shopkeeper · 1967
4.7MovieThe Viking Queen
Osiris · 1967
6.3MovieThe Deadly Affair
Wolfe - Publican · 1967
ShowLondoners
Louie · 1965
6.7ShowSherlock Holmes
1964
7.2ShowTheatre 625
Matvei · 1964
10.0ShowEspionage
Frohlich · 1963
6.2MovieThe Pirates of Blood River
Silver (uncredited) · 1962
Stryker of the Yard
1961
7.0MovieNothing Barred
Convict · 1961
6.5MovieThe Curse of the Werewolf
Gaoler · 1961
6.3MovieCarry On Regardless
Sinister Passenger (uncredited) · 1961
5.4MovieThe Hellfire Club
Sir Richard Benlow · 1961
7.8ShowThe Avengers
Murray · 1961
5.8MovieTicket to Paradise
Giuseppe · 1961
6.3MovieThe Night We Got the Bird
Wolfie's Stooge · 1960
6.4MovieThe Criminal
Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited) · 1960
6.8MovieBeyond the Curtain
Krumm · 1960
Trouble with Eve
George Rigby · 1960
International Detective
Horse Carlucci · 1959
6.7MovieThe Mummy
Mike · 1959
5.8MovieThe Man Who Could Cheat Death
Tavern Customer · 1959
6.2MovieJack the Ripper
Simes · 1959
6.7MovieInnocent Meeting
Uncle · 1959