Robert Westerby (born 3 July 1909 in England, died 16 November 1968 in California, United States), was an author of novels (published by Arthur Barker of London) and screenwriter for films and television.Westerby's 1937 novel Wide Boys Never Work,a story of the criminal underworld before the Second World War, was the earliest published use of the word "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.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).
British novelist and film writer. 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.
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He had two daughters with his first wife. His second wife, Elizabeth, was an assistant on the Mickey Mouse show.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
TV Series writer - 12 episodes, 1963 - 1966 teleplay - 1 episode, 1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
screenplay
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
screenplay
Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta
1963
novel
The Devil's Agent
1962
screenplay
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog
1961
screenplay
Trouble in the Sky
1960
screenplay
SOS Pacific
1959
screenplay
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series story - 1 episode
Desert Patrol
1958
screenplay
The Surgeon's Knife
1957
Town on Trial
1957
screenplay
Sword of Freedom
1957
TV Series screenplay - 5 episodes
War and Peace
1956
adaptation
Wicked as They Come
1956
screen story
Spin a Dark Web
1956
novel "Wide Boys Never Work"
Shadow of Fear
1955
Twist of Fate
1954
Malaga
1954
They Who Dare
1954
screenplay
Rheingold Theatre
TV Series additional dialogue - 1 episode, 1954 teleplay - 1 episode, 1953 writer - 1 episode, 1953