Richard Shaw (19 November 1920 – 11 April 2010) was an English actor remembered for appearing in the science fiction franchises Quatermass and Doctor Who,[1] as well as having a regular role as henchman Ryan in the children's series Freewheelers.

He locked the bunker, full of Nazis and their families, before it was filled with gasoline and grenades were dropped in during the last scenes of the Second World War movie The Dirty Dozen.

During the latter part of his career, in 1980, he played the love interest of both Bet Lynch and Elsie Tanner, Dan Johnson, in the UK soap opera Coronation Street.

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, Villains, Circle of Deception, The Wednesday Play, ITV Play of the Week, BBC Sunday Night Play, Steptoe and Son,[3] Sykes and a..., The Saint, Biggles, Sunday Night Theatre, The Flying Doctor (TV series), The Troubleshooters, Emergency Ward 10, Clochemerle, King of the River, Crossroads, Softly, Softly, Please Sir!, Man from Interpol, Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, Pathfinders, The Capone Investment, Softly, Softly: Task Force, Barlow at Large, The Hanged Man, The Onedin Line, The Famous Five, The Sandbaggers, Robin's Nest, [4] George and Mildred,[3] and Matlock.

[5] Richard was raised in the Jewish community of Whitechapel, East London, to a Latvian father and Polish mother, They met in the English capital after both fled early 20th-century Russian pogroms.