Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains.
Biography 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.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1952 Girdle of Gold Choirmaster 1953 The Long Memory Shaw Uncredited1953 House of Blackmail Bassett 1953 Scotland Yard (film series) ('The Candlestick Murder') Joe Hawkins Name on screen, but not next to rôle: October release1954 Forbidden Cargo Ship's Cook Uncredited1955 The Colditz Story Priem 1955 The Prisoner Plainclothesman Uncredited1956 Who Done It? Professor Otto Stumpf 1956 Keep It Clean Slogger O'Reilly 1956 Port Afrique Grila 1956 The Weapon Groggins 1957 Stars in Your Eyes Heckler Uncredited1957 The Flesh Is Weak Saradine 1957 Seven Thunders Umschlag Uncredited1957 The Depraved Inspector Flynn 1958 Soapbox Derby Mr. Lender 1958 Blood of the Vampire Blacksmith 1958 Woman Possessed Bishop 1958 Moment of Indiscretion Inspector Marsh 1958 Links of Justice Heth 1958 Passport to Shame Mac 1958 The Great Van Robbery Caesar Smith 1959 Innocent Meeting Uncle 1959 The Bandit of Zhobe Hussu 1959 Jack the Ripper Simes 1959 No Safety Ahead Inspector 1959 The Man Who Could Cheat Death Tavern Customer Uncredited1959 The Mummy Mike 1959 The Night We Dropped a Clanger Hammerstein 1960 Naked Fury Captain Horst 1960 Trouble with Eve George Rigby 1960 Beyond the Curtain Krumm 1960 Make Mine Mink Shanghai Harry Proprietor Uncredited1960 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Tavern Customer Uncredited1960 The Criminal Taxi Customer at Racetrack Uncredited1961 Ticket to Paradise Giuseppe 1961 The Night We Got the Bird Stooge to Manny 1961 The Hellfire Club Sir Richard Benlow 1961 Carry On Regardless Second Sinister Passenger Uncredited1961 A Weekend with Lulu Bar Patron 1961 The Curse of the Werewolf Gaoler 1961 Nothing Barred Convict #4 1962 The Pirates of Blood River Silver Uncredited1963 The Runaway Agent 1967 The Deadly Affair Wolfe Uncredited1967 The Viking Queen Osiris 1967 The Prisoner Shopkeeper 1968 The Magnificent Six and 1/2 Heavyset Workman 1969 The File of the Golden Goose Vance
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