Sebastian Shaw
Acting
Sebastian Lewis Shaw was an English actor, director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions. Shaw was born and brought up in Holt, Norfolk, and made his acting debut at age eight at a London theatre. He studied acting at Gresham's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Although he worked primarily on the London stage, he made his Broadway debut in 1929, when he played one of the two murderers in Rope's End. He appeared in his first film, Caste, in 1930 and quickly began to create a name for himself in films. He described himself as a "rotten actor" as a youth and said his success was primarily due to his good looks. He claimed to mature as a performer only after returning from service in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Shaw was particularly known for his performances in productions of Shakespeare plays which were considered daring and ahead of their time. In 1966, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he remained for a decade and delivered some of his most acclaimed performances. He also wrote several poems and a novel, The Christening, in 1975.
The Story of Star Wars
Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)
Monkey Boy
Dr. Liawski
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Grandpa
The Master Builder
Knut Brovik
High Season
Sharp
Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957
Yeats (voice)
The Weather in the Streets
Mr. Curtis
Return of the Jedi
Anakin Skywalker
A Bit of Singing and Dancing
Uncle Cecil
Timon of Athens
Old Athenian
Fothergill
Crusty Old Party
Liza
Carl Fiodorich
A Choice of Evils
Abbot General
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
Walk's End
Major Gregory
It Happened Here
Dr. Richard Fletcher
Laxdale Hall
Hugh Marvell, M.P.
Landfall
Wing Commander Dickens
The Glass Mountain
Bruce McLeod
Journey Together
Squadron Leader Marshall
East of Piccadilly
Tamsie Green
The Flying Squad
Inspector Bradley
Three Silent Men
Sir James Quentin
Now You're Talking
Charles Hampton
The Spy in Black
Ashington
Prison Without Bars
Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
The Squeaker
Frank Sutton
Farewell Again
Capt. Gilbert Reed
Men Are Not Gods
Edmund Davey
Tomorrow We Live
Eric Morton
Birds of a Feather
Jack Wortle
Jury's Evidence
Philip
Department Store
John Goodman Johnson
The Way of Youth
Lieut. Alan Marmon
Adventure Ltd.
Bruce Blandford
Three Witnesses
Roger Truscott
The Lad
Jimmy
The Ace of Spades
Trent
Brewster's Millions
Frank
Little Miss Nobody
Pat Carey
Caste
Hon. George d'Alroy