Editing Robert Shaw (actor) (section)

===Early career===
[[File:Robert Shaw - Radio TV Mirror, July 1957.jpg|thumb|upright|Shaw in ''[[The Buccaneers (1956 TV series)|The Buccaneers]]'' (1957)]]
Shaw began his acting career in theatre, appearing in regional theatre throughout England. He played Angus in a production of ''[[Macbeth]]'' at [[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]] in 1946.<ref name="post"/> He played at Stratford for two seasons.

In 1947, he appeared in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' on British TV; also for that medium, he performed scenes from ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' and ''Macbeth''.

He had a small part in ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951), playing a police laboratory technician towards the end of the film; the following year he made his London debut, in the [[West End theatre|West End]], at the [[Embassy Theatre (London)|Embassy Theatre]] in ''[[Caro William]]''. That year he appeared on TV in ''A Time to Be Born'' (1952). He returned to Stratford in 1953.<ref name="post"/>

Shaw had small roles in ''[[The Dam Busters (1955 film)|The Dam Busters]]'' (1955), a TV version of ''[[The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1956), the films ''[[Doublecross (1956 film)|Doublecross]]'' (1956) and ''[[A Hill in Korea]]'' (1956) (alongside other young actors like [[Michael Caine]]), and a TV version of ''[[Hindle Wakes (play)|Hindle Wakes]]'' (1957).