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Denis Shaw was a British character actor specialising in slimy villains. Born in Dulwich, he was a rotund man, with dark, wavy hair and slanty eyes. This appearance meant he would often be found troubling countless heroes of the 1950s and 1960s on film and television, most memorably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story (1955).
Born
Thursday, 07 April 1921
Died
Sunday, 28 February 1971
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Here Come the Double Deckers! | 1st Soldier | 1970 |
| The File of the Golden Goose | Vance | 1969 |
| The Ugliest Girl in Town | Charlie | 1968 |
| Tom Grattan's War | Koestler | 1968 |
| Virgin of the Secret Service | Wazir | 1968 |
| The Prisoner | Shopkeeper | 1967 |
| The Viking Queen | Osiris | 1967 |
| The Deadly Affair | Wolfe - Publican | 1966 |
| Softly Softly | Eddie | 1966 |
| The Runaway | Agent | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Here Come the Double Deckers! | 1st Soldier | 1970 |
| The File of the Golden Goose | Vance | 1969 |
| The Ugliest Girl in Town | Charlie | 1968 |
| Tom Grattan's War | Koestler | 1968 |
| Virgin of the Secret Service | Wazir | 1968 |
| The Prisoner | Shopkeeper | 1967 |
| The Viking Queen | Osiris | 1967 |
| The Deadly Affair | Wolfe - Publican | 1966 |
| Softly Softly | Eddie | 1966 |
| The Runaway | Agent | 1965 |
| Londoners | Louie | 1965 |
| Public Eye | Claverton | 1965 |
| Secret Agent | Estate Agent | 1964 |
| Sherlock Holmes | Gregory | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Matvei | 1964 |
| Espionage | Frohlich | 1963 |
| The Pirates of Blood River | Silver | 1962 |
| The Curse of the Werewolf | Gaoler | 1961 |
| A Weekend with Lulu | Bar Patron | 1961 |
| Carry on Regardless | Second Sinister Passenger | 1961 |
| Drama 61-67 | Prosecuting counsel | 1961 |
| The Hellfire Club | Sir Richard Benlow | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Murray | 1961 |
| Ticket to Paradise | Giuseppe | 1961 |
| The Night We Got the Bird | Stooge to Manny / Manny's Stooge | 1960 |
| The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Tavern Customer | 1960 |
| The Concrete Jungle | Taxi Customer at Racetrack | 1960 |
| Make Mine Mink | Shanghai Harry Proprietor | 1960 |
| Beyond the Curtain | Krumm | 1960 |
| Trouble with Eve | George Rigby | 1960 |
| Man from Interpol | Roger Mills | 1960 |
| Make Mine a Double | Hammerstein | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | 'Dodger' Sneddon | 1959 |
| The Mummy | Mike | 1959 |
| The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Tavern Customer | 1959 |
| Jack the Ripper | Simes | 1959 |
| No Safety Ahead | Inspector | 1959 |
| Innocent Meeting | Uncle | 1959 |
| The Bandit of Zhobe | Hussu | 1959 |
| The Great Van Robbery | Caesar Smith | 1959 |
| The Pleasure Lovers | Captain Horst | 1959 |
| Room 43 | Mac | 1958 |
| A Woman Possessed | Bishop | 1958 |
| The Invisible Man | Club Manager | 1958 |
| Moment of Indiscretion | Inspector Marsh | 1958 |
| Blood of the Vampire | Blacksmith | 1958 |
| Links of Justice | Heth | 1958 |
| Soapbox Derby | Mr. Lender / Lender | 1958 |
| Rendezvous | Clift | 1958 |
| O.S.S. | Karger | 1957 |
| The Beasts of Marseilles | Fat German Soldier / Umschlag | 1957 |
| The Flesh Is Weak | Saradine | 1957 |
| The Weapon | Groggins | 1957 |
| Stars in Your Eyes | Heckler | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Ziggy / Karim | 1956 |
| Port Afrique | Grila | 1956 |
| Who Done It? | Stumpf | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Butcher | 1955 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Wheeler | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Cook | 1955 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Biggs | 1955 |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Club Doorman | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Cafe Proprietor | 1955 |
| The Prisoner | Plainclothesman | 1955 |
| The Colditz Story | Priem | 1955 |
| Beau Brummell | Man with Dancing Dogs | 1954 |
| The Vise | Tracey, the Scotland Yard Weapons Expert / Topwell / Tom / Tom Gantry / Shavitz / Merton / Mancini / Laurel / Kasley / Gortz / Chalky / Captain / C.I.D. Officer / Bud / Billy / Ben Greer / Alan | 1954 |
| Forbidden Cargo | Ship's Cook | 1954 |
| House of Blackmail | Bassett | 1953 |
| The Long Memory | Shaw | 1953 |
| The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men | Merrie Man | 1952 |
| Girdle of Gold | Choirmaster | 1952 |
| No Way Back | Croucher's Second | 1949 |
