Sebastian Shaw (actor)
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| Sebastian Shaw | |
 Sebastian Shaw (left) as the original version of Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. |
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| Birth name | Sebastian Lewis Shaw |
| Born | May 29, 1905 Holt, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | December 23, 1994 Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Years active | 1926-1991 |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Delamere (1929-1956) |
| Notable roles | Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi |
Sebastian Lewis Shaw (May 29, 1905 – December 23, 1994) was an English film, television and stage actor.
Shaw was born in Holt, Norfolk, and educated at Gresham's School, where his father, Geoffrey Shaw, was a music master. He began performing in 1913, and graduated to leading roles on stage in the 1920s. His first season with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre was in 1926 and he was a regular member of the company (by then the RSC) between 1966 and 1976, and again in 1985.
He made his first film appearance in the 1930 movie Caste, and subsequently appeared in over forty other productions. In 1983 he played Anakin Skywalker in the film Return of the Jedi. One of the controversies surrounding the 2004 DVD release of the film was that the "ghost" of Anakin was replaced by Hayden Christensen, though Shaw is still the one shown as Anakin/Vader in the scene when Vader is unmasked, and is the only actor credited with the role in that film. In 2006, another DVD release featured the original version of Return of the Jedi, with Shaw restored as the ghost of Anakin Skywalker.
It was around the time of his appearance in Return of the Jedi that Shaw began a relationship with the mother of disc jockey John Peel. Peel commented on this in the first half of his autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes. Shaw had been married previously to stage actress Margaret Delamere from 1929 until her death in 1956. Shaw died on December 23, 1994 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Cliff Walk (play: 1969)
[edit] Filmography
- Chimera (1991, TV)
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991, TV)
- Chelworth (1989, TV-mini)
- High Season (1987)
- Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983, TV-mini)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- The Weather in the Streets (1983, TV)
- Timon of Athens (1981, TV)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1979, TV-mini)
- The Judge's Wife (1972, TV)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
- All's Well That Ends Well (1968, TV)
- Walk's End (1966, TV)
- It Happened Here (1966)
- The Great War (1964, TV , voice)
- Here Lies Miss Sabry (1960, TV)
- Laxdale Hall (1953)
- The Glass Mountain (1949)
- Landfall (1949)
- Journey Together (1946)
- East of Piccadilly (1941)
- The Flying Squad (1940)
- Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)
- Three Silent Men (1940)
- The Spy in Black (1939)
- Prison Without Bars (1939, TV)
- Too Dangerous to Live (1939)
- Julius Caesar (1938, TV)
- The Squeaker (1937)
- Farewell Again (1937)
- Men Are Not Gods (1936)
- Birds of a Feather (1936)
- Jury's Evidence (1936)
- Tomorrow We Live (1936)
- The Ace of Spades (1935)
- Brewster's Millions (1935)
- Department Store (1935/I)
- Jubilee Window (1935)
- The Lad (1935)
- Three Witnesses (1935)
- Adventure Limited (1934)
- The Four Masked Men (1934)
- Get Your Man (1934)
- The Way of the Youth (1934)
- House of Dreams (1933)
- Little Miss Nobody (1933)
- Taxi to Paradise (1933)
- Caste (1930)
