Cast & creator
Sebastian Shaw
Best known for Casualty, Playhouse, Theatre 625
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, Caste, in 1930 and quickly began to create a name for himself in films. He described himself as a "rotten actor" as a youth and said his success was primarily due to his good looks. He claimed to mature as a performer only after returning from service in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Shaw was particularly known for his performances in productions of Shakespeare plays which were considered daring and ahead of their time. In 1966, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he remained for a decade and delivered some of his most acclaimed performances. He also wrote several poems and a novel, The Christening, in 1975.
Also known as: Sebastian Lewis Shaw
44
film credits
14
television credits
57
1930–2004 · acting roles
7.2
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
Casualty
Charles Howlett
1986
Playhouse
Crusty Old Party
1974
Theatre 625
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Judge
1965
Rumpole of the Bailey
Mr. Justice Skelton
1975
BBC2 Play of the Week
Carl Fiodorich
1977
Return of the Jedi
Anakin Skywalker
1983
Out of the Unknown
Major Gregory
1965
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reverend Thomas
1983Armchair Mystery Theatre
Writer
1960
The Great War
Various (voice)
1964
Chimera
Dr. Liawski
1991
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather
1979
Dead of Night
Powys Jubb
1972
Village Hall
Ralph Escott
1974
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
1968
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Grandpa
1991
It Happened Here
Dr. Richard Fletcher
1966
The Squeaker
Frank Sutton
1937
Caste
Hon. George d'Alroy
1930
The Weather in the Streets
Mr. Curtis
1983
The Story of Star Wars
Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)
2004
The Spy in Black
Ashington
1939
High Season
Sharp
1987
Men Are Not Gods
Edmund Davey
1936
The Ace of Spades
Trent
1935
Farewell Again
Capt. Gilbert Reed
1937
The Lad
Jimmy
1935
Journey Together
Squadron Leader Marshall
1945
A Choice of Evils
Abbot General
1977All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
1968
Timon of Athens
Old Athenian
1981
Now You're Talking
Charles Hampton
1940
Walk's End
Major Gregory
1966Bulldog Sees It Through
1940
The Master Builder
Knut Brovik
1988A Bit of Singing and Dancing
Uncle Cecil
1982Birds of a Feather
Jack Wortle
1936Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957
Yeats (voice)
1985
The Flying Squad
Inspector Bradley
1940
The Glass Mountain
Bruce McLeod
1949
Three Witnesses
Roger Truscott
1935
Monkey Boy
Dr. Liawski
1992
East of Piccadilly
Tamsie Green
1941
Liza
Carl Fiodorich
1978
Jury's Evidence
Philip
1936
Fothergill
Crusty Old Party
1981The Way of Youth
Lieut. Alan Marmon
1935Laxdale Hall
Hugh Marvell, M.P.
1953Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
1938Brewster's Millions
Frank
1935
Tomorrow We Live
Eric Morton
1936Department Store
John Goodman Johnson
1935
Landfall
Wing Commander Dickens
1949Adventure Ltd.
Bruce Blandford
1935Prison Without Bars
1939
Three Silent Men
Sir James Quentin
1940Little Miss Nobody
Pat Carey
1933