Robert Shaw

English actor and novelist, born 1927. Best known for his film roles as Quint in Jaws (1975), Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting (1973), and Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Before his film career took off, he starred as Captain Dan Tempest in the British television series The Buccaneers (1956–1957). He died in 1978.