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.
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
(Tavern Customer)
The Weapon
(Groggins)
The Depraved
(Inspector O'Flynn)
The Deadly Affair
(Wolfe - Publican)
The Pirates of Blood River
(Silver (uncredited))
Who Done It?
(Professor Stumpf)
The Great Van Robbery
(Caesar Smith)
Innocent Meeting
(Uncle)
House of Blackmail
(Bassett)
Ticket to Paradise
(Giuseppe)
Soapbox Derby
(Lender)
The File of the Golden Goose
(Vance)
Let's Be Happy
(Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited))
The Long Memory
(Shaw (uncredited))
Seven Thunders
(Fat German Soldier)
Naked Fury
(Captain Horst)
Nothing Barred
(Convict)
A Woman Possessed
(Bishop)
Jack the Ripper
(Simes)
The Curse of the Werewolf
(Gaoler)
Beyond the Curtain
(Krumm)
The Prisoner
(Plainclothesman (uncredited))
The Colditz Story
(Priem)
The Criminal
(Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited))
Forbidden Cargo
(Ship's Cook)
The Viking Queen
(Osiris)
Girdle of Gold
(Choirmaster)
Passport to Shame
(Mac)
The Mummy
(Mike)
The Night We Got the Bird
(Manny's Stooge)
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
(Nasty Workman)
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
(Heavyset Workman)
The Prisoner
(Shopkeeper)
The Avengers
(Murray)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Butcher)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
(Biggs (as Dennis Shaw))
Bright's Boffins
International Detective
(Horse Carlucci)
Stryker of the Yard
International Detective
(Victor Prado)