Acting
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 Avengers
1961 · TV
Theatre 625
1964 · TV
The Prisoner
1967 · TV
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · TV
Espionage
1963 · TV
Sherlock Holmes
1964 · TV
Londoners
1965 · TV
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955 · TV
The Misfit
1970 · TV
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
1969 · TV
The Mummy
1959 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV
The Deadly Affair
1967 · Movie
Let's Be Happy
1957 · Movie
The Colditz Story
1955 · Movie
Innocent Meeting
1959 · Movie
Naked Fury
1959 · Movie
The Criminal
1960 · Movie
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · Movie
Jack the Ripper
1959 · Movie
The Hellfire Club
1961 · Movie
The Viking Queen
1967 · Movie
Passport to Shame
1958 · Movie
A Woman Possessed
1958 · Movie
Carry On Regardless
1961 · Movie
House of Blackmail
1953 · Movie
The File of the Golden Goose
1969 · Movie
Seven Thunders
1957 · Movie
Soapbox Derby
1958 · Movie
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · Movie
The Pirates of Blood River
1962 · Movie
Forbidden Cargo
1954 · Movie
Port Afrique
1956 · Movie
The Long Memory
1953 · Movie
The Prisoner
1955 · Movie
The Weapon
1956 · Movie
Who Done It?
1956 · Movie
Nothing Barred
1961 · Movie
Beyond the Curtain
1960 · Movie
The Night We Got the Bird
1960 · Movie
The Depraved
1957 · Movie
Ticket to Paradise
1961 · Movie
Moment of Indiscretion
1958 · Movie
Girdle of Gold
1952 · Movie
The Great Van Robbery
1959 · Movie
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969 · Movie
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
1968 · Movie
