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.
Murray
Butcher
Shopkeeper
Nasty Workman
Wolfe - Publican
Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
Krumm
Biggs
Caesar Smith
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Horse Carlucci
Victor Prado
Gaoler
Grila
Mac
Professor Stumpf
Shaw (uncredited)
Priem
Captain Horst
Fat German Soldier
Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
Mike
Simes
Vance
Inspector O'Flynn
Silver (uncredited)
Louie
Osiris
Aircraft Passenger
Convict
Tavern Customer
Ship's Cook
Bassett
Choirmaster
Bishop
Uncle
Lender
Groggins
Giuseppe
Heavyset Workman
Wolfie's Stooge
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