Denis Shaw
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Biography: 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. Shaw's television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes and Z-Cars. Shaw died from a heart attack in London on 28 February 1971, at the age of 50. A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London, he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouse's play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dulwich, London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: April 07, 1921
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 28, 1971
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Overview: Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-15
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The Weapon
Overview: A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-01
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The Depraved
Overview: Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise. But a nosy copper (Denis Shaw) suspects foul play, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme deteriorates into fear, distrust and betrayal. Paul Dickson directs this vintage noir thriller.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-01
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The Deadly Affair
Overview: Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-26
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The Pirates of Blood River
Overview: A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-09
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Who Done It?
Overview: This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-20
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The Great Van Robbery
Overview: Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a London coffee importer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-16
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Innocent Meeting
Overview: The daughter of a textile company owner falls in love with a young illustrator with a secret criminal past.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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House of Blackmail
Overview: A blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-13
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Ticket to Paradise
Overview: Travel agent Emrys Jones and tourist Patricia Dainton fall in love in sunny Italy. Jones has led Dainton to believe that he's fabulously wealthy, and she has likewise deceived him. When the truth inevitably outs, it hardly matters, since hero and heroine now love each other for themselves rather than their bank accounts.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Soapbox Derby
Overview: The Battersea Bats are a gang of four kids who have their den in an abandoned building near the Thames, and they have a plan of action in mind because in about a week there is a soapbox derby being held, a contest they mean to win.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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The File of the Golden Goose
Overview: U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Golden Goose. Although Peter is unsure about John's loyalties, the two infiltrate the gang and win the trust of thug Nick "The Owl" Harrison before enduring a series of double-crosses.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-13
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Let's Be Happy
Overview: On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with Jeannie to woo voluptuous redhead Helene, and Jeannie is flattered by the attentions of the impoverished Lord McNairn; he's heard about her good fortune, and gallantly offers to show her the city.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-07
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The Long Memory
Overview: An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-23
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Seven Thunders
Overview: Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-04
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Naked Fury
Overview: A gang of thieves led by American Eddy (Reed de Rouen) kill a security guard during a botched safe robbery and flee with his daughter (Leigh Madison) as a hostage. They hide out in a dangerously unstable old warehouse for a couple of days awaiting their getaway ship to sail, but Johnny (Kenneth Cope) falls for the girl - provoking a serious falling-out and a violent conclusion to the disastrous heist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Nothing Barred
Overview: Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-10
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A Woman Possessed
Overview: English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard), from his wealthy and entirely too overbearing mother, Katherine (Margaretta Scott), who has some strong opinions about her son's new union. But things go too far when John accuses Katherine of trying to kill Ann with medication. Could she do such a thing -- and will these three ever have a good relationship?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-14
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Jack the Ripper
Overview: A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.
Genres: Mystery Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-28
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The Curse of the Werewolf
Overview: A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-01
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Beyond the Curtain
Overview: A British flight officer plans to rescue an airline stewardess who is trapped in East Germany.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-01
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The Prisoner
Overview: A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when his country again fell to a totalitarian conqueror. In prison, his interrogator is determined to extract a confession of guilt, and thus destroy his power over his people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-19
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The Colditz Story
Overview: Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-25
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The Criminal
Overview: When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-13
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Forbidden Cargo
Overview: Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-04
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The Viking Queen
Overview: Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the invaders and discard their yoke of bondage. The Roman commander, Justinian, is sent to quell the uprising, punishing the dissenters with brute force but when he becomes emotionally attached to Selina, he is torn between his duty to Rome and his love for the Viking Queen.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-25
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Girdle of Gold
Overview: The adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her drunken, money-loving husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Passport to Shame
Overview: British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-02
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The Mummy
Overview: One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-01
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The Night We Got the Bird
Overview: Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-03
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The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Overview: The gang build a raft to ferry them across a canal, with just one problem; getting the raft to the canal.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-01
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The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Overview: An errant cricket ball causes mayhem as the gang try to recover it.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-01
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