How old was Robert Shaw in the movie The Sting?

Robert Shaw was 45 in The Sting when he played the character 'Doyle Lonnegan'.

That was over 50 years ago in 1973.

In 1978 he died aged just 51, starring in 43 films in his career, 13 of those after The Sting was first released. If he were alive today he would be 96.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Sting, I think Robert Shaw looks:

Did you know?

  • Director George Roy Hill has worked with Robert Shaw just once in his career.
  • Robert Shaw's first movie was as 'Chemist at Police Exhibition (uncredited)' in The Lavender Hill Mob, released in 1951 when he was 22
  • The Sting scores 8.04 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Sting

Robert Shaw's other movies