Martin Shaw

Born: 1945-01-21

Martin Shaw is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently. He has also acted on stage and in film, and has narrated numerous audiobooks and presented various television series, including the 2006 series Martin Shaw: Aviators.


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as John Dellow
Released: 2017-07-09

London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For...

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Macbeth

as Banquo
Released: 1971-12-20

Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless...

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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

as Rachid
Released: 1973-12-20

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the...

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Operation: Daybreak

as Karel Curda
Released: 1975-11-01

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sir Henry Baskerville
Released: 1983-11-03

Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse...

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An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1984-02-04

Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne...

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Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

as Self
Released: 2014-09-23

A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of...

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The Murder Room

as Adam Dalgliesh
Released: 2004-10-31

London's Dupayne Museum is in danger of closing since one of the trustees feels that the money...

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Ladder of Swords

as Don DeMarco
Released: 1990-01-12

An escaped convict, pursued by an obsessive policeman, hides out in a travelling circus

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Polanski Meets Macbeth

as Self
Released: 1972-01-01

A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.

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Intrigue

as Roskov
Released: 1988-09-11

A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.

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Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Ian McBride
Released: 1990-04-22

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris...

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Cream in My Coffee

as Jack Butcher
Released: 1980-11-02

Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when...

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Dam Busters Declassified

as Himself
Released: 2010-10-17

Martin Shaw takes a fresh look at one of the most famous war stories of them all. The actor,...

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Clouds Are Not Spheres

as Self - Host
Released: 2010-01-01

Until recently geometry was 'cold', incapable of describing the irregular shape of a cloud, the...

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Operation Jericho

as Presenter
Released: 2011-10-23

Actor and aviator Martin Shaw takes to the skies to rediscover one of the most audacious and...

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Love's Labour's Lost

as King Ferdinand
Released: 1975-12-14

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only...

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The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde

as voice of Oscar Wilde
Released: 1995-04-15

The story of Oscar Wilde's life, told by his grandson and others.

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East Lynne

as Archibald Carlyle
Released: 1982-12-29

Adaptation of the novel by Mrs Henry Wood.

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Electra

as Orestes
Released: 1974-10-24

Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped...

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Truth or Dairy

as Self
Released: 1994-01-01

This classic Vegan Society video remains one of the most entertaining and informative...

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Beasts: Buddyboy

as Dave
Released: 1976-10-30

When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by...

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Facelift

as Zax
Released: 1984-04-21

In a dystopian future, the population is divided between the elite "numbers" and the destitute...

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Achilles Heel

as Dave Irwin
Released: 1973-03-18

A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Sir Charles Cartwright
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Coronation Street

as Robert Croft
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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The One Show

as Self
First aired: 2006-08-14

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The Professionals

as Doyle
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...

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Play for Today

as Brian
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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Public Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self
First aired: 2004-10-12

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering...

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Dalgliesh

as Adam Dalgliesh
First aired: 1983-04-08

Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his...

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Strike

as Tony Landry
First aired: 2017-08-27

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street....

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Our Lives

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2017-06-12

Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people...

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Inspector George Gently

as George Gently
First aired: 2008-04-08

Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time...

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The Kenny Everett Television Show

as Self
First aired: 1982-02-25

Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.

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Cranford

as Peter Jenkyns
First aired: 2007-11-18

A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change...

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The New Avengers

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-10-22

The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during...

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Judge John Deed

as Judge John Deed
First aired: 2001-11-26

Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association...

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The Chief

as Chief Constable Alan Cade
First aired: 1990-04-24

The Chief is a British television crime drama series that aired on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16...

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The Duchess of Duke Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-09-04

Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous...

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Apparitions

as Father Jacob
First aired: 2008-11-13

Apparitions is a BBC drama about Father Jacob Myers, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church,...

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Beasts

as Dave
First aired: 1976-10-16

Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a...

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Citizen Chauvelin
First aired: 1999-01-24

A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Horatio
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Doctor in the House

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-07-12

The misadventures of a group of medical students.

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The Long Call

as Dennis Stephenson
First aired: 2021-10-25

Detective Matthew Venn returns to the small North Devon community he grew up in with his husband...

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The Last Place on Earth

as Captain R. F. Scott
First aired: 1985-02-18

The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor...

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Death in Holy Orders

as Adam Dalgliesh
First aired: 2003-08-23

Detective Adam Dalgliesh investigates the death of a young ordinand who died in mysterious...

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For the Greater Good

as Peter Balliol, MP
First aired: 1991-03-20

While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish...

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Always and Everyone

as Robert Kingsford
First aired: 1999-06-07

Always and Everyone was a British television drama that ran from 1999 to 2002. It dramatised the...

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Rhodes

as Cecil John Rhodes
First aired: 1996-09-15

Martin Shaw stars as Cecil Rhodes, the man whose controversial career included the creation of...

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Villains

as Monty Parkin
First aired: 1972-07-22

Villains is a crime drama series, shown in the UK in 1972, following the linked fates of nine...

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The Murder Room

as Adam Dalgliesh
First aired: 2005-01-01

Adam Dalgliesh looks into the connection between the grisly exhibits at the Dupayne family...

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