|
Welcome:
AKA:
Robert Archibald Shaw
Birthplace:
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Brangelina Conquers Cannes
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the big stars of Cannes this week. Jolie, pregnant with twins, was radiant in a parrot green gown and ready to premiere Kung Fu Panda.
Glamor Girls
We offer you these ladies as proof that old Hollywood style glamor lives on.
Rough-hewn British character actor who made his stage debut in 1949 with the RSC and Old Vic and began appearing in films in the mid-1950s, often in war-themed films. Originally typecast in tough, villainous roles such as James Bond's KGB nemesis in the thriller "From Russian With Love" (1963), Shaw proved his versatility with an exuberant, Oscar-nominated performance as Henry VIII in the fine Robert Bolt adaptation, "A Man For All Seasons" (1966). Shaw gained international renown in the 1970s for his curmudgeonly roles in blockbuster hits such as "The Sting" (1973) and as the wily skipper in
Sheriff of Nottingham
1976
Squadron Leader Skipper
1968
1949
Stage debut with Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon
1949
Toured Australia with the Old Vic
1951
London stage acting debut, "Caro William"
1955
Film acting debut, "The Dambusters"
1956
Appeared in own play, "Off the Mainland," at Arts Theatre, London; his first play produced
1965
Scripted first screenplay, "Situation Hopeless, But Not Serious"
|
|