Denis Shaw
Actor
Born April 7, 1921 in Dulwich, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Misfit
Aircraft Passenger
The File of the Golden Goose
Vance
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Heavyset Workman
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Wu Tong
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Nasty Workman
The Prisoner
Shopkeeper
The Viking Queen
Osiris
The Deadly Affair
Wolfe - Publican
Londoners
Louie
Sherlock Holmes
Theatre 625
Matvei
Espionage
Frohlich
The Pirates of Blood River
Silver (uncredited)
Nothing Barred
Convict
The Curse of the Werewolf
Gaoler
Carry On Regardless
Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
The Hellfire Club
Sir Richard Benlow
The Avengers
Murray
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
A Woman Possessed
Bishop
Moment of Indiscretion
Inspector Marsh
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
Armchair Theatre
Ziggy
Port Afrique
Grila
Who Done It?
Professor Stumpf
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Biggs
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Butcher
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