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Also Known As	Robert Archibald Shaw
Born	August 9, 1927 • England
Died	August 28, 1978 (aged 51) • Ireland
Notable Works	“The Man in the Glass Booth” • “The Hiding Place”
Married To	Jennifer Bourke (1952–1963) • Mary Ure (1963–1975 [her death]) • Virginia Jansen (married 1976)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1955) • "Festival" (1964) • "From Russia with Love" (1963) • "Battle of the Bulge" (1965) • "The Dam Busters" (1955) • "William Tell" (1959) • "A Man for All Seasons" (1966) • "The Birthday Party" (1968) • "The Cracksman" (1963) • "ITV Television Playhouse" (1957–1960) • "A Hill in Korea" (1956) • "Thirty Minute Theatre" (1962) • "The Deep" (1977) • "Libel" (1959) • "Sea Fury" (1958) • "Force 10 from Navarone" (1978) • "Black Sunday" (1977) • "The Four Just Men" (1960) • "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974) • "White Hunter" (1958) • "Robin and Marian" (1976) • "Doublecross" (1956) • "Figures in a Landscape" (1970) • "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" (1969) • "The Valiant" (1962) • "Battle of Britain" (1969) • "Tomorrow at Ten" (1963) • "Swashbuckler" (1976) • "Jaws" (1975) • "The Sting" (1973) • "Custer of the West" (1967) • "Diamonds" (1975) • "Young Winston" (1972) • "ITV Play of the Week" (1960–1974) • "A Town Called Bastard" (1971) • "The Wide World of Mystery" (1974) • "A Reflection of Fear" (1972) • "Theatre Night" (1959) • "The Caretaker" (1963) • "Dial 999" (1958) • "Avalanche Express" (1979) • "The Hireling" (1973) • "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" (1964) • "Danger Man" (1961) • "Armchair Theatre" (1960) • "Temple Houston" (1963) • "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1956) • "Der Richter und sein Henker" (1975) • "The Buccaneers" (1956–1957)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious" (1965) • "Playhouse 90" (1960) • "Festival" (1964) • "Figures in a Landscape" (1970) • "Highway Patrol" (1955) • "ITV Play of the Week" (1960)