Sebastian Shaw

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-05-29 (89 years old)

Deathday

1994-12-23

Place of Birth

Holt, Norfolk, England, UK

Sebastian Shaw

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 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 hims...

Acting

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Anakin Skywalker

1936

1966

It Happened Here

as Dr. Richard Fletcher

1939

The Spy in Black

as Ashington

1987

High Season

as Sharp

1936

Men Are Not Gods

as Edmund Davey

1937

The Squeaker

as Frank Sutton

1935

1949

The Glass Mountain

as Bruce McLeod

1938

Julius Caesar

as Marcus Brutus

1940

Three Silent Men

as Sir James Quentin

1940

The Flying Squad

as Inspector Bradley

1935

Department Store

as John Goodman Johnson

1981

Timon of Athens

as Old Athenian

1936

Tomorrow We Live

as Eric Morton

1941

East of Piccadilly

as Tamsie Green

1968

All's Well That Ends Well

as King of France

1937

Farewell Again

as Capt. Gilbert Reed

1988

The Master Builder

as Knut Brovik

2004

The Story of Star Wars

as Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)

1930

Caste

as Hon. George d'Alroy

1949

Landfall

as Wing Commander Dickens

1936

Birds of a Feather

as Jack Wortle

1935

Adventure Ltd.

as Bruce Blandford

1935

Three Witnesses

as Roger Truscott

1977

A Choice of Evils

as Abbot General

1953

Laxdale Hall

as Hugh Marvell, M.P.

1940

Now You're Talking

as Charles Hampton

1945

Journey Together

as Squadron Leader Marshall

1935

The Lad

as Jimmy

1935

The Way of Youth

as Lieut. Alan Marmon

1981

Fothergill

as Crusty Old Party

1978

Liza

as Carl Fiodorich

1992

Monkey Boy

as Dr. Liawski

1933

Little Miss Nobody

as Pat Carey

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