Robert Shaw - An Acting Force to be Reckoned With.
One of the finest actors to emerge from the late 1950s, Robert Shaw breathed new life into the profession with his driven personality, hard-edged charisma and also versatility. The actor had no interest in being a conventional leading man. He wished to combine stardom with acting ability. In addition, he became a respected novelist and playwright. His calibre of actor is sorely missed in this day and age.
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Shares the acting honours with Schneider and Dreyfuss.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsAlan BatesDonald PleasenceRobert ShawWhile renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.A largely successful film adaptation. The three actors are idealy cast.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsRobert ShawPatrick MageeSydney TaflerThe down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.Intensity personified, with typical Harold Pinter touches.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsSean ConneryRobert ShawLotte LenyaJames Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by the organization Spectre.Red Grant is the antihesis of the more cartoony Bond villains from later on - Robert Shaw is pure evil and as cold as ice.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsRobert ShawJames Earl JonesPeter BoyleA pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.An old favourite. Most of the cast being American, apart from the leading man.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsRobert ShawMary UreTy HardinGeorge Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.
- DirectorIrving LernerStarsRobert ShawChristopher PlummerNigel DavenportIn 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsRobert ShawMalcolm McDowellAndy BradfordTwo escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.An allegorical kind of movie. Very watchable and the two leads are effective throughout.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsRobert ShawMary UreLiam RedmondAn out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsJohn GregsonAlec ClunesRobert ShawIt's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.A suspenseful thriller, sustained by an excellent cast.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsHenry FondaRobert ShawRobert RyanA dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.Shaw steals the film.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert ShawTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Overblown film.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsWalter MatthauRobert ShawMartin BalsamFour armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?Gripping and exciting.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsSean ConneryAudrey HepburnRobert ShawRobin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.A slightly lethargic production but the acting is what matters.
- DirectorMaximilian SchellStarsJon VoightJacqueline BissetMartin RittWhen a Swiss cop is murdered, a veteran homicide inspector and a rookie are assigned to solve the case but they are obstructed by interfering Swiss politicians.Almost impossible to find the full version.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsJacqueline BissetNick NolteDick Anthony WilliamsIn Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsHarrison FordRobert ShawEdward FoxDuring World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
- DirectorMark RobsonMonte HellmanStarsLee MarvinRobert ShawLinda EvansSoviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsRobert ShawRichard RoundtreeBarbara HersheyRichard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!
- DirectorWilliam A. FrakerStarsRobert ShawSally KellermanMary UreA disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.
- DirectorAlan BridgesStarsRobert ShawSarah MilesPeter EganA young British woman suffering from depression over the loss of her husband develops an unusual relationship with her chauffeur.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSimon WardRobert ShawPeter CellierComplex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardHarry AndrewsIn 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.Shaw has one of the more worthwhile roles, amongst a whole cast of cameos.
- DirectorRobert ParrishIrving LernerStarsTelly SavalasRobert ShawStella StevensA group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRobert ShawBruce DernMarthe KellerWhen a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsPaul ScofieldWendy HillerRobert ShawThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerVictor McLaglenLuciana PaluzziOff the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking freighter carrying explosives must be salvaged and towed to port.
- DirectorJulian AmyesStarsStephen BoydRonald LewisGeorge BakerDuring the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddMichael RedgraveUrsula JeansDrama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlec GuinnessStanley HollowaySidney JamesA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsJohn MillsEttore ManniRoberto RissoDuring World War II, two Italian frogmen, who placed magnetic mines under a British warship, are captured and interrogated by British intelligence about their mission.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsJohn Phillip LawCaroline MunroTom BakerSinbad and the vizier of Marabia, followed by evil magician Koura, seek the three golden tablets that can gain them access to the ancient temple of the Oracle of All Knowledge.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsDirk BogardeOlivia de HavillandPaul MassieA shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade.
- DirectorAnthony SquireStarsDonald HoustonFay ComptonAnton DiffringA Cornish poacher clashes with dangerous international spies.
- StarsRobert ShawDaphne SlaterDenis QuilleyParents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsChristopher PlummerRobert ShawAlec ClunesHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorStuart BurgeStarsRobert ShawRobert MorleyMax AdrianAn epic drama of the 16th Century Catholic monk Martin Luther who started the Reformation.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsPercy RodriguesSterling HaydenBen GazzaraDaniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
- StarsPatrick McGoohanRichard WattisLionel MurtonJohn Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
- StarsRichard ConteJack HawkinsDan DaileyFour men: a British politician, an American journalist in Paris, a lawyer in the U.S., and a Roman hotelier, band together to fight injustice wherever they find it.
- StarsRobert ShawPaul HansardBrian RawlinsonThe Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.
- DirectorHal BurtonStarsRobert ShawSarah LawsonJohn WestbrookA sequel to "The Prisoner Of Zenda" in which the villainous Rupert returns to Ruritania intent on exposing the replacement of the king by a double.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsRobert ShawRosalie CrutchleyPatrick MacneeKing Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.
- StarsCicely CourtneidgeEvelyn LayeDora BryanA BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
- StarsHarry H. CorbettPaul Whitsun-JonesBillie WhitelawThis show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
- StarsCampbell SingerThomas HeathcoteRichard CaldicotRichard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
- StarsJeffrey HunterJack ElamFrank FergusonThe adventures of frontier lawyer Temple Houston, son of the legendary Sam Houston.
- StarsDavid GarfieldCyril CusackJohn WoodAn hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the BBC from 1963-64, with a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett. Stars included Judi Dench, Cyril Cusack, Diane Cilento, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson, Lee Grant, Milo O'Shea and Margaret Whiting, among others.
- StarsDerek FrancisAlfred BurkeArthur HewlettAn anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsJohn KarlenMichael ParksSusan StrasbergA 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
- DirectorMichael BarryStarsRobert AtkinsPatricia NealJohn HarrisFilm ''Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth'' based on the novel by William Shakespeare.
- StarsRobert BeattyJohn HowlettRichard BebbRobert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
- CreatorAdrian SamishStarsViola BerwickLen WaylandBarbara FoleyJulie Byron is an up-and-coming writer who reports on various scandals around town. However, one hits close to home when her boyfriend, Chick Buchanan, is framed for the murder of Lenore Eustice.
- StarsRichard CaldicotGeorge WoodbridgeRobert BrownSeries of television plays performed live.
- StarsMarius GoringStanley Van BeersPatrick TroughtonSir Percy Blakeney, Baronet, is a notorious fop and hedonistic member of the Prince Regent's court, but he is secretly "the Scarlet Pimpernel", a mysterious figure who rescues innocents from the Reign of Terror taking place in France and transports them to safety in England.
- CreatorFriedrich SchillerStarsConrad PhillipsWilloughby GoddardJennifer JayneDepicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsRobert ShawRoy HolderMary Chester
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsRobert ShawEarl CameronBarbara Clegg
- StarsMarian SpencerIrmgard SpolianskyPatricia HilliardMadame Ranevsky is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.
- DirectorRob GoldbergStarsRichard DreyfussSteven SpielbergDavid FearA fascinating program that goes behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg's landmark 1975 film JAWS.
- DirectorBrian ReddinStarsKen AnnakinSusan BacklinieMichael Feeney CallanRobert Shaw was an Oscar-nominated actor, celebrated author, father of 10 children, and husband to three wives. He battled James Bond in 'From Russia With Love' and a great white shark in 'Jaws.' He won rave reviews for his performance as Henry VIII in 'A Man for All Seasons' and was the memorable foil for Redford and Newman in 'The Sting.' He wrote novels, plays, and screenplays, appeared in 56 movies, and died on an Irish roadside in a Gaeltacht community he had come to call home. This documentary tells the extraordinary story of legendary actor Robert Shaw and his adopted home of Tuar Mhic Éadaigh.Long overdue but worth the wait.
- StarsDick CavettBobby RosengardenFred FoyThis particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night December 1969 - January 1975 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night September - December 1986
- StarsMike DouglasEllie FrankelEllie Frankel SextetMike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.