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Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978) was an English stage and film actor and writer.
<p>Robert Shaw was born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, in 1927, to Thomas (a doctor) and Doreen Shaw. He had three sisters and one brother. At the age of seven, the family moved to Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. When Robert was 12, his father died (apparently due to alcoholism), and the family moved to Cornwall, where he went to school in Truro. Shaw was a teacher in Saltburn, Yorkshire for a brief period, then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
<p>Shaw was married three times and had nine children--
<p>One of his sons, Ian Shaw, is also an actor.
<p>On August 28, 1978 Shaw died suddenly of a heart attack in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland at the age of 51, during the production of his final film Avalanche Express. A Wetherspoon's Pub has been named after him in his home town.
<p>Shaw's best-known film performances include a turn as the dangerous enemy secret agent Red...
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