Denis Shaw

Not to be confused with Dennis Shaw.

Denis Shaw
Born	Denis Findlay Shaw 7 April 1921 Dulwich, England
Died	28 February 1971 London, England

Denis Shaw (7 April 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor specialising in slimy villains. Born in Dulwich, he was a rotund man, with dark, wavy hair, and slanty eyes. This appearance meant he would often be found troubling countless heroes of the 1950s and 1960s on film and television, most memorably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story (1955).

Alternatively, he could also be found propping up the tavern bar in a number of British horror films. These include Blood of the Vampire (1958), Jack the Ripper (1959), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Mummy (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and The Day of the Triffids (1962).

1959 saw a change of pace when he took the leading role of judo-throwing Interpol detective Caesar Smith in Great Van Robbery. In the film he travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris, tracking the robbers of a Royal Mint van.

His many television credits include, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes and Z-Cars.

He died in London of a heart attack at the age of forty-nine.

A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London, he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouse's play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell.

Selected filmography

• The Long Memory (1952)
• Who Done It? (1956)
• Innocent Meeting (1958)
• Passport to Shame (1958)

External links

• Denis Shaw at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Shaw, Denis
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Date of birth	7 April 1921
Place of birth	Dulwich, England
Date of death	28 February 1971
Place of death	London, England