Robert Shaw

Highest Rated: 100% The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Lowest Rated: 14% Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)

Birthday: Aug 9, 1927

Birthplace: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England

Raised in Scotland and then Cornwall, Robert Shaw was drawn to acting and writing from his youth. Shaw trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1949 he debuted onstage at the Shakespeare Memorial Theater at Stratford-on-Avon. From 1951 he appeared in British and (later) American films as a character actor, frequently playing heavies. He became better known internationally after appearing in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963), and he received a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons. (1966). In the mid '70s he suddenly became a highly paid star after his appearances in several blockbuster movies, including The Sting (1973), Jaws (1975), and The Deep (1977). He wrote a play and several novels, including The Man in the Glass Booth (1967), which he adapted into a play; it was successful in both London and New York, and in 1975 was made into a film. His novel The Hiding Place (1959) was the source material for the screen comedy Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965). He died of a heart attack at age 51. His second wife (of three) was actress Mary Ure.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Winter's Tale	Actor	—	2012
14%	Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th	Executive Producer	—	2000
No Score Yet	Avalanche Express	Marenkov	—	1979
58%	Force 10 From Navarone	Mallory	—	1978
33%	The Deep	Romer Treece	—	1977
71%	Black Sunday	Maj. David Kabakov	—	1977
No Score Yet	Swashbuckler	Ned Lynch	—	1976
76%	Robin and Marian	Sheriff of Nottingham	—	1976
No Score Yet	Diamonds	Charles / Earl Hodgson	—	1975
97%	Jaws	Quint	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Man in the Glass Booth	Screenwriter	—	1975
60%	End of the Game (Der Richter und sein Henker) (The Judge and His Hangman)	Richard Gastmann	—	1975
100%	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Blue	—	1974
93%	The Sting	Doyle Lonnegan	—	1973
No Score Yet	The Hireling	Ledbetter	—	1973
No Score Yet	A Reflection of Fear	Michael	—	1973
44%	Young Winston	Lord Randolph Churchill	—	1972
No Score Yet	Figures in a Landscape	MacConnachie	—	1971
No Score Yet	A Town Called Hell	The Priest	—	1971
63%	Battle of Britain	Squadron Leader Skipper	—	1969
No Score Yet	Royal Hunt of the Sun	Francisco Pizarro	—	1969
No Score Yet	The Birthday Party	Stanley Weber	—	1968
25%	Custer of the West	Gen. George Armstrong Custer	—	1967
80%	A Man for All Seasons	Henry VIII	—	1966
67%	Battle of the Bulge	Col. Hessler	—	1965
No Score Yet	Tomorrow At Ten	Marlow	—	1964
No Score Yet	Carol for Another Christmas	Ghost of Christmas Future	—	1964
No Score Yet	The Luck of Ginger Coffey	Ginger Coffey	—	1964
96%	From Russia With Love	Donald Grant	—	1964
No Score Yet	The Caretaker (The Guest)	Aston	—	1963
No Score Yet	The Valiant	Actor	—	1962
No Score Yet	Sea Fury	Gorman	—	1958
No Score Yet	A Hill in Korea (Hell in Korea)	Lance-Cpl. Hodge	—	1956
100%	The Dam Busters	Flight Sgt. Pulford	—	1954
No Score Yet	Operation Secret	Jacques	—	1952
100%	The Lavender Hill Mob	Chemist at Police Exhibition	—	1951

Quotes from Robert Shaw's Characters

Quint:

It proves that you wealthy college boys don't have the education enough to admit you're wrong.

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Back home we get a taxidermy man, he's gonna have a heart attack when he sees what I brung him!

Quint:	Hooper drives the boat Chief
Quint:	Hooper drives the boat Chief.

Quint:	[singing] Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so never more shall we see you again.
Quint:	Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so never more shall we see you again.

Quint:	Well it proves one thing, Mr. Hooper. It proves that you wealthy college boys don't have the education enough to admit when you're wrong. [Quint enters the cabin as Hooper makes faces at him]
Quint:	Well it proves one thing, Mr. Hooper. It proves that you wealthy college boys don't have the education enough to admit when you're wrong.

Quint:	[On radio] Your husband's all right, Mrs. Brody. He's fishing. He's just caught a couple of stripers. We'll bring 'em in for dinner. We won't be long, we haven't seen anything yet. Over and out.
Quint:	Your husband's all right, Mrs. Brody. He's fishing. He's just caught a couple of stripers. We'll bring 'em in for dinner. We won't be long, we haven't seen anything yet. Over and out.

Quint:

This shark, swallow you whole.

Quint:	arewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
Quint:	Are well and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.

Quint:

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston, and so nevermore shall we see you again.

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Here lies the body of Mary Lee. Died at the of age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept her virginity; not a bad record for this vicinity.

James Bond:	Red wine with fish. Well that should have told me something.
Red Grant:	You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

Quint:	Here's to swimmin' with bow legged women
Quint:	Here's to swimming with bow-legged women.

Quint:

Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down the pond chasin' bluegills and tommycods. This shark, swallow you whole. Little shakin', little tenderizin', an' down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's just too many captains on this island. $10,000 for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.

Quint:

This shark, swallow you whole.

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Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'.

Quint:	(singing) Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
Quint:	[singing] Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.

Quint:	Shit
Quint:	Shit.

Quint:	This is the story of Mary McGee, lived to the age of 103. For 50 years she kept her virginity, not a bad record for this vicinity.
Quint:	Here lies the body of Mary Lee. Died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept here virginity. Not a bad record for this vicinity.

Matt Hooper:	You were on the Indianapolis?
Chief Martin Brody:	What happened?
Quint:	Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail fin. What we didn't know, was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin', so we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know, it was kinda like old squares in the battle like you see in the calendar named "The Battle of Waterloo" and the idea was: shark comes to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark will go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday morning, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water just like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon, the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us. He swung in low and he saw us... he was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper. Anyway, he saw us and he come in low and three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and starts to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

Quint:

Stop playin' with yourself Hooper.

Quint:

Doyle Lonnegan:	Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly; how does he do it?
Johnny Hooker/Kelly:	He cheats.

Matt Hooper:	[In shock to the shark's abilities] Ever had one do this before?
Matt Hooper:	[in shock to the shark's abilities] Ever had one do this before?
Quint:	[Also in shock] No...

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This shark swallow you whole!

Quint:	You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
Quint:	You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

Quint:

Doyle Lonnegan:	"You Follow?"
Doyle Lonnegan:	You Follow?
Doyle Lonnegan:	You follow?

Quint:	Here's to swimmin' with bow legged women.
Quint:	Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.

Chief Martin Brody:	I think we need a bigger boat!
Quint:	We need a bigger boat!

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