Denis Shaw
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 File of the Golden Goose
Vance
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Heavyset Workman
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Nasty Workman
The Viking Queen
Osiris
The Deadly Affair
Wolfe - Publican
The Pirates of Blood River
Silver (uncredited)
Nothing Barred
Convict
The Curse of the Werewolf
Gaoler
Carry On Regardless
Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
Ticket to Paradise
Giuseppe
The Night We Got the Bird
Wolfie's Stooge
The Criminal
Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
Beyond the Curtain
Krumm
The Mummy
Mike
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Tavern Customer
Jack the Ripper
Simes
Innocent Meeting
Uncle
The Great Van Robbery
Caesar Smith
Naked Fury
Captain Horst
Passport to Shame
Mac
Links of Justice
Prosecuting Counsel
A Woman Possessed
Bishop
Soapbox Derby
Lender
The Depraved
Inspector O'Flynn
Seven Thunders
Fat German Soldier
Let's Be Happy
Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
The Weapon
Groggins
Port Afrique
Grila
Who Done It?
Professor Stumpf
The Prisoner
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Colditz Story
Priem
Forbidden Cargo
Ship's Cook
House of Blackmail
Bassett
The Long Memory
Shaw (uncredited)
Girdle of Gold
Choirmaster