
Stan Shaw
Acting
🎂 1952-07-14
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
Cast credits(69)

Albert Lewis
2005

Geoff Johnson
2000

Stephen Murdoch
1993

Dr. George Thomas
2015

Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton
1984

Eddie Walters
1984

Terry Slueman
1986

1987

1982

Leotis
1975

Eli Jackson
2022

Isaac
1985

1981

1986

1977

Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate
1983

1982

Larry Duncan
2018

Earl Camby
1996

Dipper
1976

Soot (voice)
2015

Big George
1991

Sheriff Tashtego
2017

Will Palmer
1979

Larry Duncan
2025

George Tyrell
1996

Charlie
1974

Charles Biggs
1993

Phillips
1993

Glasspoole
1995

Detective Sapir
1987

Lincoln Tyler
1998

Frank Booker
1987

Jack Jenkins
1989

Marvin
1984

Jack Byrd
1988

P.T. Coolidge
1983

Fontana
1974

Joe Barker
1986

Lester
2020

Toomer Smalls
1979

Nick Tutman
1986

Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
1978

Detective Webber
1990

Larry the Tattoo Artist
1995

Archie Mullen
2000

Joe Louis
1990

Paul
1987

Esquire Joe
1976

Parker
1993

Self
2013

Robert Brickland
2003

Kane
2016

Frank Booker
1987

Mitchell Small
1976

Franklin Berryhall
2023

Raunchy
1975

Harold Moss
1986

Gerst
1993

Himself
2023

Fred
2019

Harry Jenks
1985

Cowboy
2018

Det. Ritchie
1998

Carl Jones
1980
Sergeant
1985

Angie
1986
Self
1998
1983