Denis Shaw
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.
Known for
The Avengers
Murray
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Biggs (as Dennis Shaw)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Butcher
The Prisoner
Shopkeeper
International Detective
Horse Carlucci
International Detective
Victor Prado
Sherlock Holmes
Stryker of the Yard
Bright's Boffins
The Deadly Affair
Wolfe - Publican
The Colditz Story
Priem
The Curse of the Werewolf
Gaoler
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Tavern Customer
Jack the Ripper
Simes
The Mummy
Mike
The Criminal
Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
The Viking Queen
Osiris
The Pirates of Blood River
Silver (uncredited)
The File of the Golden Goose
Vance
Who Done It?
Professor Stumpf
The Prisoner
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Long Memory
Shaw (uncredited)
Let's Be Happy
Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
The Weapon
Groggins
Passport to Shame
Mac
The Great Van Robbery
Caesar Smith
Nothing Barred
Convict
Naked Fury
Captain Horst
The Depraved
Inspector O'Flynn
A Woman Possessed
Bishop
Seven Thunders
Fat German Soldier
Forbidden Cargo
Ship's Cook
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Heavyset Workman
Beyond the Curtain
Krumm
House of Blackmail
Bassett
Ticket to Paradise
Giuseppe
Soapbox Derby
Lender
The Night We Got the Bird
Manny's Stooge
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Nasty Workman
Londoners
Louie
Girdle of Gold
Choirmaster
Innocent Meeting
Uncle