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20 de jun. de 1975 · Jaws: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary. When 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.
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Robert Shaw. Actor: Jaws. Robert Archibald Shaw was born on August 9, 1927, in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, the eldest son of Doreen Nora (Avery), a nurse, and Thomas Archibald Shaw, a doctor. His paternal grandfather was Scottish, from Argyll. Shaw's mother, who was born in Piggs Peak, Swaziland, met his father while she was a nurse at a ...
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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a ...
Tiburón (título original: Jaws nota 1 ) es una película estadounidense de terror, suspense y aventuras de 1975, dirigida por Steven Spielberg y basada en la novela homónima de Peter Benchley.
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Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August 1927 at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Archibald Shaw and Doreen Nora, née Avery. His father, a doctor and former Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant, was of Scottish descent; his mother, a former nurse, was born at Piggs Peak, Swaziland. He had three sisters named Elisabeth, Jo...
Early career
Shaw began his acting career in theatre, appearing in regional theatre throughout England. He played Angus in a production of Macbeth at Stratford in 1946.He played at Stratford for two seasons. In 1947, he appeared in The Cherry Orchard on British TV; also for that medium, he performed scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth. He had a small part in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), playing a police laboratory technician towards the end of the film; the following year he made his London debut, in t...
The Buccaneers
Shaw became a TV star in the UK when he starred as Captain Dan Tempest in The Buccaneers(1956–57) which ran for 39 episodes. He was by this time a TV leading man, having lead roles in TV films such as Success (1957) and a TV version of Rupert of Hentzau (1957). He had a big stage success with The Long and the Short and the Tall on the West End in 1959, directed by Lindsay Anderson, a performance that was filmed for television (though Shaw did not appear in the feature film version). Shaw had...
Writing
Shaw's first novel, The Hiding Place, published in 1960, received positive reviews. His second novel The Sun Doctor (1961), was awarded the Hawthornden Prizein 1962.
Shaw was married three times and had 10 children, two of whom were adopted. His first wife was Jennifer Bourke from 1952 to 1963, with whom he had four daughters. His second wife was actress Mary Ure from 1963 to 1975, with whom he had four children, including daughters Elizabeth (born 1963) and Hannah (born 1965). He adopted son Colin (born 1961) ...
Shaw died in Ireland at the age of 51 from a heart attack on 28 August 1978, while driving from Castlebar, County Mayo, to his home in Tourmakeady.He was accompanied by his wife Virginia and his son Thomas. He suddenly became ill, stopped the car, stepped out, then collapsed and lost consciousness on the roadside. He was taken to Castlebar General ...
Shaw has a Wetherspoons pubnamed after him in his birthplace of Westhoughton. Villain Sebastian Shaw from the X-Mencomics is named and modelled after Shaw. Film director Ridley Scott, in the DVD commentary for Gladiator (2000) when discussing the casting of Próximo and Marcus Aurelius, said "We have very few Robert Shaws now", implying he had wante...
Stage
1. The Caretaker(1962) 2. The Physicists(1964) 3. The Man in the Glass Booth(1968) 4. Gantry(1970) 5. Old Times(1971) 6. The Dance of Death(1974)
Writing
1. The Hiding Place(1960) 2. The Sun Doctor(1961) Awarded the Hawthornden Prize in 1962 3. The Flag(1965) 4. Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (screenplay adaptation of The Hiding Place, 1965) 5. The Man in the Glass Booth(1967) 6. The Man in the Glass Booth(play adaptation, 1968) 7. A Card from Morocco(1969) 8. Figures in a Landscape (1970) (screenplay adaptation of novel) 9. Cato Street(play, 1971) 10. Jaws (1975) (uncredited rewrite of Indianapolis monologue)
At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, Shaw became the second actor – after Charles Laughton – to receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Henry VIII of England, in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966). He was also nominated to the 24th Golden Globe Awardsfor the same role.
Robert Shaw at the Internet Broadway DatabaseRobert Shaw at the British Film InstituteRobert Shaw at IMDb9 de abr. de 2024 · He gained international acclaim for his portrayal of Quint in "Jaws," solidifying his status as a Hollywood icon. However, behind the scenes, Shaw grappled with personal demons, including depression and the tragic loss of his first wife.
26 de ene. de 2022 · One of the most famous scenes is Quint (Robert Shaw) recounting his experience in the aftermath of the USS Indianapolis' sinking, with his harrowing story of men — who are already going through a horrifying experience — meeting a new unforeseen enemy in scores of sharks.
