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Irwin Shaw was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Birth Name
Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff
Born
Thursday, 27 February 1913
Died
Wednesday, 16 May 1984
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hemingway | Self - Playwright | 2021 |
| George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin | Self | 1994 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hemingway | Self - Playwright | 2021 |
| George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin | Self | 1994 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Survival 1967 | 1968 |
| In the French Style | 1963 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |
