Martin Shaw

Actor Jan 21 (age 81) Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK 1951–2021 (70 year career)

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Biography

Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently. He has also acted on stage and in film, and has narrated numerous audiobooks and presented various television series, including the 2006 series Martin Shaw: Aviators.

Known For

Film

Macbeth

Banquo

Film

6 Days

John Dellow

Film

Strike

Tony Landry

Film

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Rachid

Film

Inspector George Gently

George Gently

Film

The Professionals

Doyle

Film

Operation: Daybreak

Karel Curda

Film

Apparitions

Father Jacob

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (32)

6 Days

2017

as John Dellow

6.0

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

as Self

Operation Jericho

as Presenter

Clouds Are Not Spheres

2010

as Self - Host

7.7

Dam Busters Declassified

2010

as Himself

The Murder Room

2004

as Adam Dalgliesh

6.3

100 Years of Powered Flight

2003

as Narrator

The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde

1995

as voice of Oscar Wilde

Truth or Dairy

1994

as Self

Black and Blue

1992

as Chief Supt. Mike Barclay

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Ian McBride

Ladder of Swords

as Don DeMarco

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

1988

as Suleiman

Intrigue

1988

as Roskov

5.5

Facelift

1984

as Zax

An Audience with Mel Brooks

1984

as Self (uncredited)

6.5

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1983

as Sir Henry Baskerville

6.5

East Lynne

1982

as Archibald Carlyle

Cream in My Coffee

1980

as Jack Butcher

6.0

Our Kid

1977

as Paul

Beasts: Buddyboy

1976

as Dave

2.0

Love's Labour's Lost

1975

as King Ferdinand

Operation: Daybreak

1975

as Karel Curda

6.9

Electra

1974

as Orestes

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

as Rachid

Achilles Heel

as Dave Irwin

Polanski Meets Macbeth

1972

as Self

Macbeth

1971

as Banquo

7.1

Hamlet

1970

as Horatio

Two Feet Off the Ground

1969

as Norm

Son of the City

1967

as George Leese

Travelling Light

1967

as Arnold Champion

Television (42)

The Long Call

as Dennis Stephenson

Strike

as Tony Landry

Our Lives

as Self - Narrator

Playhouse Presents

2012

as Piers Hunt

6.0

Inspector George Gently

as George Gently

Apparitions

as Father Jacob

Cranford

as Peter Jenkyns

Lemur Island

The One Show

as Self

Davina

The Murder Room

as Adam Dalgliesh

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

Death in Holy Orders

2003

as Commander Adam Dalgliesh

Judge John Deed

as Judge John Deed

Always and Everyone

as Robert Kingsford

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1999

as Citizen Chauvelin

7.2

Rhodes

1996

as Cecil John Rhodes

For the Greater Good

1991

as Peter Balliol, MP

The Chief

1990

as Chief Constable Alan Cade

6.0

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Sir Charles Cartwright

8.2

The Last Place on Earth

1985

as Captain R. F. Scott

The Explorers

as Burke

Wogan

as Self

The Kenny Everett Television Show

1982

as Self

7.0

Six Fifty-Five Special

1981

as Self

An Audience with...

as Self

The Professionals

as Doyle

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Michael J. Arlen

7.0

Jubilee 1977

1977

as Paul

The New Avengers

as Larry

Beasts

as Dave

The Duchess of Duke Street

Villains

as Monty Parkin

Play for Today

as Brian

Doctor in the House

Strange Report

as Savi

BBC Play of the Month

as Orestes

Public Eye

Coronation Street

as Robert Croft

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Horatio

8.6

Commando

as Narrator