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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...
Known for
The AvengersSeries • 1961
Theatre 625Series • 1964
The Adventures of Robin HoodSeries • 1955
The PrisonerSeries • 1967
The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelSeries • 1955
EspionageSeries • 1963
Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1964
The Curse of the WerewolfMovie • 1961
The Colditz StoryMovie • 1955
The Man Who Could Cheat DeathMovie • 1959
The MummyMovie • 1959
The Deadly AffairMovie • 1967
The Viking QueenMovie • 1967
The Pirates of Blood RiverMovie • 1962
The WeaponMovie • 1956
The CriminalMovie • 1960
Jack the RipperMovie • 1959
The Long MemoryMovie • 1953
Carry On RegardlessMovie • 1961
The PrisonerMovie • 1955