Denis Shaw
Biography
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.
Acting (34 movies)

The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959

The Weapon
1956

The Depraved
1957

The Deadly Affair
1967

The Pirates of Blood River
1962

Who Done It?
1956

The Great Van Robbery
1959

Innocent Meeting
1959

House of Blackmail
1953

Ticket to Paradise
1961

Soapbox Derby
1958

The File of the Golden Goose
1969

Let's Be Happy
1957

The Long Memory
1953

Seven Thunders
1957

Naked Fury
1959

Nothing Barred
1961

A Woman Possessed
1958

Jack the Ripper
1959

The Curse of the Werewolf
1961

Beyond the Curtain
1960

The Prisoner
1955

The Colditz Story
1955

The Criminal
1960

Forbidden Cargo
1954

The Viking Queen
1967

Girdle of Gold
1952

Passport to Shame
1958

The Mummy
1959

The Night We Got the Bird
1960

The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
1968

The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969

Carry On Regardless
1961

Port Afrique
1956
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