Writer David Shaw was born August 27, 1916 in New York City. He studied art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and later at the Art Students League. During World War II he served with the Air Force where he saw active duty as a radar specialist in Africa, Italy, and Corsica.
Shaw has worked in all fields of entertainment: radio, motion pictures, theater, and television. He began his professional writing career in radio where he worked prior to World War II. He wrote the original story for A Foreign Affair (1946), a film starring Marlene Dietrich and Jean Arthur, and the screenplay for If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, a film starring Bob Hope. During the “Golden Age” of television Shaw's credits included the Philco-Goodyear Playhouse, Playhouse 90, and Studio One. He was also a story editor for The Defenders and later a writer and executive producer for Shane. Among his Broadway works are the musicals Redhead and Tovarich and the farce, They Shoulda Stood in Bed.
