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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.
As actor
The File of the Golden Goose
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
The Deadly Affair
The Viking Queen
The Pirates of Blood River
Ticket to Paradise
Nothing Barred
Carry On Regardless
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Hellfire Club
Beyond the Curtain
The Criminal
The Night We Got the Bird
Trouble with Eve
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Great Van Robbery
Innocent Meeting
Naked Fury
Jack the Ripper
The Mummy
Soapbox Derby
A Woman Possessed
Passport to Shame
Links of Justice
Moment of Indiscretion
The Depraved
Let's Be Happy
Seven Thunders
The Weapon