Sebastian Shaw

Sebastian Shaw

ActorWriter May 29 (died age 89) Holt, Norfolk, England, UK 1930–2004 (74 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

Anakin Skywalker

The Spy in Black

The Spy in Black

Ashington

It Happened Here

It Happened Here

Dr. Richard Fletcher

The Story of Star Wars

The Story of Star Wars

Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)

The Great War

The Great War

Men Are Not Gods

Men Are Not Gods

Edmund Davey

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Quince

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

Grandpa

Filmography

Acting (53)

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Movies (42)

The Story of Star Wars

The Story of Star Wars

as Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)

Monkey Boy

Monkey Boy

as Dr. Liawski

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

as Grandpa

The Master Builder

The Master Builder

as Knut Brovik

High Season

High Season

as Sharp

Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957

as Yeats (voice)

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

as Anakin Skywalker

The Weather in the Streets

The Weather in the Streets

as Mr. Curtis

A Bit of Singing and Dancing

as Uncle Cecil

Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens

as Old Athenian

Fothergill

Fothergill

as Crusty Old Party

Liza

Liza

as Carl Fiodorich

A Choice of Evils

A Choice of Evils

as Abbot General

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Quince

All's Well That Ends Well

as King of France

It Happened Here

It Happened Here

as Dr. Richard Fletcher

Laxdale Hall

as Hugh Marvell, M.P.

Landfall

Landfall

as Wing Commander Dickens

The Glass Mountain

The Glass Mountain

as Bruce McLeod

Journey Together

Journey Together

as Squadron Leader Marshall

East of Piccadilly

East of Piccadilly

as Tamsie Green

Three Silent Men

Three Silent Men

as Sir James Quentin

Now You're Talking

Now You're Talking

as Charles Hampton

The Flying Squad

The Flying Squad

as Inspector Bradley

The Spy in Black

The Spy in Black

as Ashington

Prison Without Bars

Julius Caesar

as Marcus Brutus

The Squeaker

The Squeaker

as Frank Sutton

Farewell Again

Farewell Again

as Capt. Gilbert Reed

Men Are Not Gods

Men Are Not Gods

as Edmund Davey

Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live

as Eric Morton

Jury's Evidence

as Philip

Birds of a Feather

as Jack Wortle

The Way of Youth

as Lieut. Alan Marmon

The Lad

The Lad

as Jimmy

Department Store

as John Goodman Johnson

Three Witnesses

Three Witnesses

as Roger Truscott

Brewster's Millions

as Frank

Adventure Ltd.

as Bruce Blandford

The Ace of Spades

The Ace of Spades

as Trent

Little Miss Nobody

as Pat Carey

Caste

Caste

as Hon. George d'Alroy

Television (11)

Chimera

Chimera

as Dr. Liawski

Casualty

Casualty

as Charles Howlett

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Reverend Thomas

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

as Grandfather

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Carl Fiodorich

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Mr. Justice Skelton

Playhouse

Playhouse

as Crusty Old Party

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

as Powys Jubb

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown

as Major Gregory

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

The Great War

The Great War

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Writer