Denis Shaw

Douglas Denis Findlay Shaw 7 February 1921 28 February 1971 was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains Shaw was born in Dulwich on 7 February 1921 In the 1950s and 1960s he was frequently cast as villains in films and television shows most notably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story 1955 as well as a number of British horror films including Jack the Ripper 1959 The Mummy 1959 and The Curse of the Werewolf 1961 He was cast in the leading role of The Great Van Robbery 1959 as the judothrowing Interpol detective Caesar Smith Shaws television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood The Avengers Danger Man Dixon of Dock Green The Prisoner Sherlock Holmes and ZCars Shaw died from a heart attack in London on 28 February 1971 at the age of 50 A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouses play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell