Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw (19 November 1920 – 11 April 2010) was an English actor remembered for appearing in the science fiction franchises Quatermass and Doctor Who, as well as having a regular role as henchman Ryan in the children's series Freewheelers. During the latter part of his career, in 1980, he played the role of Bet Lynch's boyfriend, Dan Johnson, in the popular UK soap opera Coronation Street.Shaw appeared in the 1959 BBC TV serial of Quatermass and the Pit playing drill operator Sladden. The series was remastered and rereleased by the BBC in 2018. He was asked to reprise the role in the 1967 film adaptation but was unable to do so due to other commitments. Duncan Lamont (from The Quatermass Experiment) was therefore cast instead. Shaw made three appearances in Doctor Who: The Space Museum, Frontier in Space and Underworld.

Amongst the other television shows Richard Shaw appeared in were The Adventures of William Tell, No Hiding Place, International Detective, Ghost Squad, Z-Cars, Sir Francis Drake, Richard the Lionheart, Dixon of Dock Green, Steptoe and Son, Sykes and a..., The Saint, The Wednesday Play, Emergency Ward 10, King of the River, Crossroads, Softly, Softly, Please Sir!, Pathfinders, The Capone Investment, Softly, Softly: Task Force, Barlow at Large, The Hanged Man, ...And Mother Makes Five, The Onedin Line, The Famous Five, The Sandbaggers, Robin's Nest, George and Mildred, and Matlock.

Richard Shaw was the half-Uncle of English bebop jazz trumpeter, Hank Shaw.