- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 6.59
- Peak run
- 1973’75
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Robert by the numbers
Average
6.59
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.88
rating spread
Career
22y
1958 to 1979
Total votes
1.41M
across every film
Best
8.2
The Sting
Worst
6.3
The Deep
Newest first
Filmography
| 1979 | Avalanche Express | Marenkov | 4.9 | 1,992 |
| 1978 |  Force 10 from Navarone | Mallory | 6.4 | 21,681 |
| 1977 |  Black Sunday | Kabakov | 6.8 | 10,038 |
| 1977 |  The Deep | Romer Treece | 6.3 | 15,670 |
| 1976 |  Robin and Marian | Sheriff of Nottingham | 6.5 | 15,403 |
| 1976 | Swashbuckler | Ned Lynch | 6.0 | 2,184 |
| 1975 | Diamonds | Charles | · | 400 |
| 1975 |  Jaws | Quint | 8.1 | 751K |
| 1975 | End of the Game | Richard Gastmann | 5.9 | 1,239 |
| 1974 |  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Blue | 7.6 | 42,072 |
| 1973 | The Hireling | Steven Ledbetter | 6.6 | 1,082 |
| 1973 |  The Sting | Doyle Lonnegan | 8.2 | 307K |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Lord Randolph Churchill | 6.7 | 3,371 |
| 1972 | A Reflection of Fear | Michael | 5.8 | 1,211 |
| 1971 | A Town Called Hell | The Priest | 5.0 | 1,067 |
| 1970 | Figures in a Landscape | MacConnachie | 6.5 | 1,950 |
| 1969 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Francisco Pizarro | · | 916 |
| 1968 | The Birthday Party | Stanley | 6.4 | 1,394 |
| 1967 | Custer of the West | Gen. George Armstrong Custer | 5.8 | 1,816 |
| 1966 |  A Man for All Seasons | King Henry VIII | 7.7 | 40,876 |
Better together?
Robert Shaw's regulars
- Mary UreCo-star · 3 films · 5.80 avg▼−0.81
- Irving LernerDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.00 avg▼−1.39
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Robert Shaw
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1967Robert Shaw
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