Biography
Robert Westerby (3 July 1909 in Hackney, England β 16 November 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, United States), was a writer of novels (published by Arthur Barker of London) and screenwriter for films and television. An amateur boxer in his youth, he wrote many early magazine articles and stories centred around that sport. As a writer of screenplays, he was employed at Disney's Burbank studio from 1961 until his death in 1968.Westerby's 1937 novel Wide Boys Never Work, a story of the criminal underworld before the Second World War, was an early published use of the term "wide boy". In 1956 the book was made into the British film Soho Incident (released in the United States as Spin a Dark Web). In 2008 London Books republished Wide Boys Never Work as part of their London Books classics series. Before then, M. Benny had published, in 1936, the novel 'Low Company', (published by 'P. Davies', of London).
His account of his early life was entitled A Magnum for my Mother (1946). To the British public, a magnum just meant a large bottle of champagne. However, in the USA it could suggest a type of handgun, so it was retitled Champagne for Mother (1947).
Filmography
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Movies 36
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Screenplay 1
TV Shows 1
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (2008)
The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
Ballerina (1966)
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance (1963)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Devil's Agent (1962)
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961)
Trouble in the Sky (1960)
SOS Pacific (1959)
Sea of Sand (1958)
The Surgeon's Knife (1957)
Town on Trial (1957)
War and Peace (1956)
Wicked as They Come (1956)
Soho Incident (1956)
Before I Wake (1955)
Break in the Circle (1955)
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
Malaga (1954)
They Who Dare (1954)
The Square Ring (1953)
South of Algiers (1953)
Appointment in London (1953)
Fortune in Diamonds (1951)
Cairo Road (1950)
Prelude to Fame (1950)
The Spider and the Fly (1949)
Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
The Small Voice (1948)
Woman Hater (1948)
My Sister and I (1948)
Broken Journey (1948)
Nightbeat (1947)
The End of the River (1947)
The White Unicorn (1947)
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GenderMale
Birthday1909-07-03
Deathday1968-11-16 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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