Stan Shaw
Actor
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Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the son of Bertha Shaw and saxophonist Eddie Shaw, and cousin of the late soul singers Sam Cooke and Tyrone Davis. Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows. His last Broadway show, Via Galactica was directed by Sir Peter Hall.
Before becoming an actor, Shaw was a karate, judo, and jujutsu instructor in Chicago. He holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate.
Shaw appeared in Rocky (1976) as Dipper, another boxer. In a deleted scene, Dipper, infuriated by the attention Rocky has received, challenges him before a television reporter. He also played a professional fighter in Tough Enough (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Snake Eyes (1998). One of his most notable roles was his appearance as Alex Haley's ... Show more...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the son of Bertha Shaw and saxophonist Eddie Shaw, and cousin of the late soul singers Sam Cooke and Tyrone Davis. Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows. His last Broadway show, Via Galactica was directed by Sir Peter Hall.
Before becoming an actor, Shaw was a karate, judo, and jujutsu instructor in Chicago. He holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate.
Shaw appeared in Rocky (1976) as Dipper, another boxer. In a deleted scene, Dipper, infuriated by the attention Rocky has received, challenges him before a television reporter. He also played a professional fighter in Tough Enough (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Snake Eyes (1998). One of his most notable roles was his appearance as Alex Haley's maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Another highly notable role was Private Washington in The Boys in Company C (1978). Shaw also played in The Great Santini (1979) as Toomer Smalls with Robert Duvall and David Keith. After a part in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, he had a role in the 1995 comedy Houseguest alongside Sinbad and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island with Geena Davis. His television credits include episodes of Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, and a 2009 episode of CSI.
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The Pale Door (2020)
As: Lester
After a stagecoach robbery goes bad, two brothers leading a gang of cowboys must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches.
Directed by: Aaron B. Koontz
Stars: Melora Walters | Bill Sage | Zachary Knighton | Noah Segan | Stan Shaw
A Christmas Winter Song (2019)
As: Fred
Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his own daughter, just in time for Christmas.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Camille Brown
Stars: Stan Shaw | Ashanti | Sashani Nichole | Jean Zarzour | Christian Rozakis
Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral (2017)
As: Sheriff Tashtego
Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer than ever before to learning the secret of its dark origins.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Victor Salva
Stars: Jonathan Breck | Brandon Smith | Meg Foster | Gina Philips | Gabrielle Haugh
Cassidy Way (2016)
As: Kane
When a film student and her two friends go to Kern County to shoot a documentary, they stumble upon a mysterious family and learn why Pandora's box should never have been opened.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Harvey Lowry
Stars: Randy Wayne | Sydney Sweeney | Nikki Moore | René Ashton | Michael Nardelli
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
As: Himself
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Marina Zenovich
Stars: Mike Epps | Whoopi Goldberg | Dave Chappelle | Mel Brooks | Richard Pryor
Detonator (2003)
As: Robert Brickland
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Freedman
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine | Denis Forest | Stan Shaw | Elizabeth Berkley | Randall Batinkoff
Snake Eyes (1998)
As: Lincoln Tyler
All bets are off when corrupt homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend and naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Gary Sinise | Tamara Tunie | John Heard | Carla Gugino
Rag and Bone (1998)
The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. However, it comes to light that the precinct is haunted by the spirit of a deceased policeman, who helps the beleaguered cleric to solve the case and clear his name.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: James D. Parriott
Stars: Dean Cain | Robert Patrick | Alexondra Lee | Stan Shaw | Carroll Baker
Daylight (1996)
As: George Tyrell
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | Sylvester Stallone | Stan Shaw | Amy Brenneman | Barry Newman
Cutthroat Island (1995)
As: Glasspoole
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Stars: Matthew Modine | Frank Langella | Geena Davis | Maury Chaykin | Patrick Malahide
Rising Sun (1993)
As: Phillips
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize ...
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Stars: Sean Connery | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Harvey Keitel | Wesley Snipes | Tia Carrere
Lifepod (1993)
As: Parker
Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Ron Silver
Stars: Ron Silver | Jessica Tuck | Robert Loggia | Stan Shaw | Ed Gale
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (1993)
As: Gerst
A woman places an ad in the "Soldier of Fortune" magazine to hire a contract killer.
Runtime: 192 min.
Directed by: Larry Elikann
Stars: Gregg Henry | Gary Cole | Michael Jeter | Shirley Knight | Marg Helgenberger
Body of Evidence (1993)
As: Charles Biggs
Sizzingly sexy Madonna leads a star-filled cast in this erotic thriller as a woman accused of killing a wealthy, elderly man through her insatiable sexual prowess.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Uli Edel
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Jürgen Prochnow | Julianne Moore | Anne Archer | Madonna
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
As: Big George
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker | Kathy Bates | Cicely Tyson | Jessica Tandy | Mary Stuart Masterson
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
As: Joe Louis
A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Larry Peerce
Stars: Andre Braugher | Daniel Stern | Paul Dooley | Stan Shaw | Ruby Dee
Fear (1990)
As: Detective Webber
Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Stars: Ally Sheedy | Dina Merrill | Lauren Hutton | Michael O'Keefe | Stan Shaw
Harlem Nights (1989)
As: Jack Jenkins
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair!
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Eddie Murphy
Stars: Danny Aiello | Michael Lerner | Eddie Murphy | Richard Pryor | Redd Foxx
Red River (1988)
As: Jack Byrd
Remake of the 1948 John Wayne feature about a man who rebels against his tyrannical guardian during a crucial cattle drive.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Richard Michaels
Stars: Bruce Boxleitner | Stan Shaw | Gregory Harrison | James Arness | Ray Walston
The Three Kings (1987)
As: Paul
The made-for-TV Three Kings stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings ride out of the Pageant--on camels--and into the mean streets ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Mel Damski
Stars: Art LaFleur | Lou Diamond Phillips | Tiana Alexandra | Jane Kaczmarek | Richard Partlow
Billionaire Boys Club (1987)
As: Frank Booker
The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S back in the early 80s. Known as the BBC, the story involves a couple of guys recruited into Hunt's company on the promise of making millions. However, everytime Hunt's lapdogs think his boss has used his cleverness to make them filthy rich, they instead find themselves with financial ...
Runtime: 200 min.
Stars: Judd Nelson | Ron Silver | Raphael Sbarge | Fredric Lehne | Brian McNamara
The Monster Squad (1987)
As: Detective Sapir
Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
Runtime: 79 min.
Directed by: Fred Dekker
Stars: Tom Noonan | Stephen Macht | Robby Kiger | Andre Gower | Duncan Regehr
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
As: Harold Moss
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Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Richard T. Heffron
Stars: Martin Sheen | Cicely Tyson | Stan Shaw | Joe Seneca | Roxanne Hart
Under Siege (1986)
As: Nick Tutman
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The ...
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: Roger Young
Stars: Mason Adams | Hal Holbrook | Lew Ayres | George Grizzard | Peter Strauss
The Gladiator (1986)
As: Joe Barker
A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and others who abuse their driving privileges.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Stars: Rosemary Forsyth | Nancy Allen | Ken Wahl | Stan Shaw | Robert Culp
When Dreams Come True (1985)
As: Harry Jenks
A Dallas museum tour guide finds herself having dreams that foretell killings that are attributed to a killer known as "The Perfect Murderer." She asks her boyfriend, a police detective, for help.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey
Stars: David Morse | Stan Shaw | Jessica Harper | Cindy Williams | Lee Horsley
Runaway (1984)
As: Marvin
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Stars: Stan Shaw | Kirstie Alley | Gene Simmons | Tom Selleck | Cynthia Rhodes
Tough Enough (1983)
As: P.T. (Paul Thomas) Coolidge
An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. Amazingly enough, he wins it, and is picked to go onto the national finals. He's torn between his first love, music, and the glitz, glamor and money of the "Tough Man" world.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Stars: Dennis Quaid | Stan Shaw | Warren Oates | Pam Grier | Carlene Watkins
The Great Santini (1979)
As: Toomer Smalls
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Lewis John Carlino
Stars: Blythe Danner | Robert Duvall | Michael O'Keefe | Lisa Jane Persky | Julie Anne Haddock
The Boys in Company C (1978)
As: Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they purposely lose a soccer game against a South Vietnamese team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Michael Lembeck | Andrew Stevens | Stan Shaw | Craig Wasson | James Canning
Rocky (1976)
As: Dipper
When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Stars: Sylvester Stallone | Talia Shire | Burgess Meredith | Burt Young | Carl Weathers
Street Killing (1976)
As: Mitchell Small
In this detective drama, a prosecutor investigates a murder and finds that it is connected to a recent mugging. In the end, he is led to convict a high-ranking crime lord.
Directed by: Harvey Hart
Stars: Robert Loggia | Harry Guardino | Bradford Dillman | Don Gordon | Andy Griffith
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
As: Esquire Joe Callaway
Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930's.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: John Badham
Stars: James Earl Jones | Jophery C. Brown | Billy Dee Williams | Richard Pryor | DeWayne Jessie
Darktown Strutters (1975)
As: Raunchy
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: William Witney
Stars: Roger E. Mosley | Shirley Washington | Edna Richardson | Trina Parks | Bettye Sweet
T.N.T. Jackson (1974)
As: Charlie
A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.
Runtime: 72 min.
Directed by: Cirio H. Santiago
Stars: Ken Metcalfe | Stan Shaw | Pat Anderson | Max Alvarado | Jean Bell
Truck Turner (1974)
As: Fontana
Ex-football star turned skip-tracer, Turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when he's hired to capture sociopathic pimp Gator, he finds himself confronted by the most vicious killers in the underground scene.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Stars: Isaac Hayes | Yaphet Kotto | Alan Weeks | Annazette Chase | Nichelle Nichols