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Cause of death
  
Heart Failure

Movies
  
Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Peter Shaw

Occupation
  
Actor


Peter Shaw with Angela Lansbury both smiling and holding each other's hands after their wedding day at the Chapel of St. Columba's Church House in Lennox Gardens, Kensington, London, 12th August 1949; with a couple in the background. Peter is wearing a white collared shirt and a necktie  under a black coat with a corsage on his left chest while Angela is wearing a pearl layered necklace, hoop earrings, a flower headdress and a veil, while on a deep-V collared flower-patterned wedding dress.

Born
  
24 June 1918 (
1918-06-24
)
Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Angela Lansbury (m. 1949–2003)

Children
  
Anthony Shaw, Deidre Angela Shaw, David Shaw

Grandchildren
  
Ian Lansbury, Katherine Shaw, Peter John Shaw

Similar People
  
Angela Lansbury, Anthony Shaw, Richard Cromwell, Moyna Macgill, Deidre Angela Shaw

Died
  
29 January 2003 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Peter Shaw (born Peter Pullen; 24 June 1918 – 29 January 2003) was an English actor and producer and the second husband of actress Angela Lansbury.

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Peter Shaw and his wife, Angela Lansbury both smiling, holding hands while standing on a red carpet during the Governor's Global Award with its banner in the background. Angela with a curly blonde hair, holding a red patterned purse in her right hand, wearing a pair of earrings in a pair of black slacks, a red and white corsage pinned on her left chest over a black long sleeve coat with a black inner tube; while Peter with white hair is wearing a pair of black slacks, a black bowtie over a white collared shirt and a black long sleeve coat.

Early life and career

On the left is Peter Shaw and his wife, Angela Lansbury both smiling while Peter is kissing her on the top of her right eye with her eyes closed on their wedding day. Peter is wearing a white shirt and a necktie under a black coat and a corsage while Angela is wearing a a flower headdress and a veil, in a dep-V collared flower-patterned wedding dress. On the right is Peter Shaw and his wife, Angela Lansbury both smiling smiling while holding Angela by her waist and Angela embracing him. Peter is wearing a bowtie over a white collared shirt under a black vest and a black coat, while Angela is wearing a pair of earrings in a black laced dress.

Shaw was born on 24 June 1918 in Reading, Berkshire, England, and began his career in front of the screen following the Second World War, and later found success as a studio executive. Shaw served in the British Army during the Second World War. He was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by the Charles Feldman Agency in the late 1940s. Shaw apprenticed with agent Paul Small, leading to an executive position at the studio and later a career with the William Morris Agency, where he represented Katharine Hepburn and Robert Mitchum, among others. He returned to MGM as assistant head of production in 1964 and then rejoined the William Morris Agency as an international business manager. Shaw launched Corymore Productions in 1987. He later produced Murder, She Wrote with his two sons at Universal Studios, in addition to other made-for-television features.

Personal life and death

After an early marriage which produced a son, David, he married actress Angela Lansbury in 1949; they had two children, Anthony Peter Shaw (born 7 January 1952) and Deirdre Angela Shaw (born 26 April 1953). Peter Shaw died of heart failure in his Los Angeles home on 29 January 2003. He was 84.






Filmography

Actor
1947
Forever Amber as
Deacon (uncredited)
1947
The Exile as
Higson
1939
Sons of the Sea as
Lt. John Strepte
1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy as
Party Guest (uncredited)
1935
The Bride of Frankenstein as
Devil (uncredited)
1935
Clive of India as
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
1934
One More River as
Minor Role (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1939
Wuthering Heights (technical advisor - uncredited)
1935
The Bride of Frankenstein (double: Ernest Thesiger - uncredited)
Thanks
2003
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (TV Movie) (dedicated to the memory of)

References

Peter Shaw (producer) Wikipedia


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