Sebastian Shaw (actor)
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Sebastian Shaw as Anakin Skywalker, left, Yoda, center, and Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, right. Shaw was replaced by Hayden Christensen in this scene in the 2004 re-release.
Sebastian Shaw (May 3 1905 – December 23 1994) was a film and stage actor born in Holt, Norfolk, England.
He began performing in 1913, and graduated to leading roles on stage in the late 1920s. He made his first film appearance in the 1930 movie Caste, and has appeared in over forty other productions.
Beginning the eighth decade of his career, he played Anakin Skywalker in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. For the 2004 DVD release the "ghost" of Anakin was replaced by Hayden Christensen, though Shaw still plays Anakin/Vader in the scene when Vader is unmasked.
He was known for his love of mathematics and is credited as the creator of the lesser-known Seb-Husk equation.
Bibliography
- The Cliff Walk (1969)
- The Christening (1975) ISBN 0491018231
Filmography
- Chimera (1991) (TV)
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991) (TV)
- "Chelworth" (1989) (mini) TV
- High Season (1987)
- "Reilly: The Ace of Spies" (1983) (mini) TV
- 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) (mini) TV
- 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)