Sebastian Shaw
Born in Holt, Norfolk, England, UK — May 29 1905• Died Dec 23 1994
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Sebastian Lewis Shaw was an English actor, director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions. Shaw was born and brought up in Holt, Norfolk, and made his acting debut at age eight at a London theatre. He studied acting at Gresham's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Although he worked primarily on the London stage, he made his Broadway debut in 1929, when he played one of the two murderers in Rope's End. He appeared in his first film,…
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Casualty
Charles Howlett
Playhouse
Crusty Old Party
Theatre 625
Rumpole of the Bailey
Mr. Justice Skelton
BBC2 Play of the Week
Carl Fiodorich
Out of the Unknown
Major Gregory
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reverend Thomas
Return of the Jedi
Anakin Skywalker
The Great War
Dead of Night
Powys Jubb
Chimera
Dr. Liawski
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Writing
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather
The Story of Star Wars
Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)
The Squeaker
Frank Sutton
The Spy in Black
Ashington
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Grandpa
Timon of Athens
Old Athenian
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
Caste
Hon. George d'Alroy
High Season
Sharp
Department Store
John Goodman Johnson
The Lad
Jimmy
Landfall
Wing Commander Dickens
The Ace of Spades
Trent
Farewell Again
Capt. Gilbert Reed
The Master Builder
Knut Brovik
Fothergill
Crusty Old Party
Monkey Boy
Dr. Liawski
Journey Together
Squadron Leader Marshall
Liza
Carl Fiodorich
East of Piccadilly
Tamsie Green
It Happened Here
Dr. Richard Fletcher
A Bit of Singing and Dancing
Uncle Cecil
All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
The Flying Squad
Inspector Bradley
Prison Without Bars
Brewster's Millions
Frank
A Choice of Evils
Abbot General
Now You're Talking
Charles Hampton
Three Silent Men
Sir James Quentin
Laxdale Hall
Hugh Marvell, M.P.
Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
The Weather in the Streets
Mr. Curtis
Adventure Ltd.
Bruce Blandford
Walk's End
Major Gregory
Men Are Not Gods
Edmund Davey
The Glass Mountain
Bruce McLeod
Three Witnesses
Roger Truscott
Tomorrow We Live
Eric Morton
Jury's Evidence
Philip
Birds of a Feather
Jack Wortle
The Way of Youth
Lieut. Alan Marmon
Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957
Yeats (voice)
Little Miss Nobody
Pat Carey