Maxwell Shaw

Maxwell Shaw (21 February 1929 – 21 August 1985) was a London-born actor whose career spanned stage, film, and television across several decades. He is primarily remembered for his television work, though he also accumulated a substantial body of credits in feature films from the 1950s through the early 1970s.

Shaw's film career began in the mid-1950s. In 1956 he appeared in David Copperfield as Uriah Heep, and in 1958 he took the role of the Sheikh in No Time to Die. The following year he had an uncredited part as a galley slave in the 1959 epic Ben-Hur. In 1960 he played the dual role of Jascha Gendel and Grisha Gendel in Once More, with Feeling!, and in 1962 he appeared in four productions: Dr. No in an uncredited role as a communications operator, The Barber of Stamford Hill as Dober, Number Six as Luigi Pirani, and In Search of the Castaways as a sailor. Later film work included the role of Mr. Mantalini in a 1968 adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby, Hackett in The Oblong Box (1969), Isaac List in Mister Quilp (1975), Fadinard in The Incredible Sarah (1976), and a role in the BBC series Father Brown as Ashley in 1974.

On television, Shaw appeared in BBC Sunday-Night Theatre as early as 1950. He played Mark "Frisky" Lee in the Gideon's Way episode "Big Fish, Little Fish" in 1964, Spencer Vallance in The Saint episode "The Imprudent Politician" that same year, Dr. Schroeder in UFO across 1970 and 1971, Hodges in Special Branch: Intercept in 1974, and Colin Raleigh in The Sweeney episode "Sweet Smell of Succession" in 1976.

Shaw's Broadway credits include The Hostage, which he performed in 1960. He was married to casting director Rose Tobias Shaw.