Robert Westerby

Career overview

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Name: Robert Westerby.
Born: July 3, 1909, in Hackney, London, England, UK.
Died: November 16, 1968, in Los Angeles County, California, United States (aged 59).
Profession: Writer of novels (published by Arthur Barker of London), screenwriter for films and television, author of many early magazine articles and stories.
Known for/Credits: Screenplay, Writer, Screenstory, Novel, and Story.
Specific Works:
War and Peace (1956)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Greyfriars Bobby
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Town on Trial
Sea of Sand
They Who Dare
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
The Spider and the Fly (1949)
The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Other details: Amateur boxer in youth; married to Elizabeth.
Paragraph 1: Introduction and early career.
Robert Westerby was a writer and screenwriter born on July 3, 1909, in Hackney, London, England. His professional background included writing novels published by Arthur Barker of London, as well as producing many early magazine articles and stories. In his youth, he was an amateur boxer. Westerby's work spanned various formats, including novels, screenplays, screenstories, and stories for both film and television.
Paragraph 2: Film and Television credits.
His credits include several notable film and television projects. He was known for his work on War and Peace (1956), The Spider and the Fly (1949), and The Magical World of Disney (1954). Other works associated with him include The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Greyfriars Bobby, The Three Lives of Thomasina, Town on Trial, Sea of Sand, They Who Dare, and Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow.
Paragraph 3: Death/Conclusion.
Westerby was married to Elizabeth. He died on November 16, 1968, in Los Angeles County, California, United States, at the age of 59.
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Robert Westerby was a writer and screenwriter born on July 3, 1909, in Hackney, London, England. He was an author of novels published by Arthur Barker of London and wrote many early magazine articles and stories. In his youth, he was an amateur boxer. His professional contributions included work as a novelist, screenwriter, and writer of screenstories.

Westerby's film and television credits include War and Peace (1956), The Spider and the Fly (1949), and The Magical World of Disney (1954). His body of work also features The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Greyfriars Bobby, The Three Lives of Thomasina, Town on Trial, Sea of Sand, They Who Dare, and Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow. He is credited for his roles in screenplay, writer, screenstory, novel, and story.

He was married to Elizabeth. Westerby died on November 16, 1968, in Los Angeles County, California, United States, at the age of 59.
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