Martin Shaw

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Martin Shaw (born January 21, 1945 in Birmingham, England) is an English actor. <p>Following education at Great Barr School (where musician Steve Winwood was a classmate), Shaw graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He served his apprenticeship in repertory at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch and the Bristol Old Vic, and began television work in 1967, after which he took key roles in the first revival of Look Back in Anger (Royal Court/Criterion, 1968) and in A Streetcar Named Desire (Piccadilly Theatre, 1974). <p>Despite an extensive body of theatre and television work, he is best known for his role as Ray Doyle in the British television series The Professionals alongside Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson. Despite the fame it brought him, Shaw claimed a dislike for the violent police series and his role in it. <p>He appeared with Lewis Collins in an episode of The New Avengers before they were cast in The Professionals. They played a pair of terrorists. <p>Shaw made his 1967...