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Facts About Robert Shaw
He was good when he was bad.
Robert Shaw has had a number of iconic screen roles. Probably the first role I think of is his work as Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting. However, he also had big roles in Jaws, The Deep and From Russia with Love.
Beyond his film roles I didn’t know much about him. I really didn’t recall seeing him on a lot of TV shows. So, against this lack of knowledge, I did a little more research on Robert Shaw. So, here are some things you might not have known about Robert Shaw.
1: Shaw didn’t like driving cars, or other vehicles for that matter.
Maybe that’s why some of his biggest roles involved boats.
2: Shaw dried of a heart attack while driving a car at the age of 51.
I’m not sure if that’s a coincidence or if he really didn’t like driving a car.
3: Robert became a star after doing a show called The Buccaneers and playing the role of Captain Dan Tempest.
Wow, that’s a cool name. Whenever a person has some weather term in their name they seemed to be destined for great things. For example, there is Dan Tempest and Stormy Daniels. Well, maybe that…
