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Robert Barr(1909-1999)

  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
  • Additional Crew
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Robert Barr was born on 22 December 1909 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for The Third Key (1956), Gazette (1968) and Hadleigh (1969). He was married to Jane Connell. He died on 30 January 1999 in Isle of Bute, Refrewshire, Scotland, UK.
BornDecember 22, 1909
DiedJanuary 30, 1999(89)
BornDecember 22, 1909
DiedJanuary 30, 1999(89)
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Known for

The Third Key (1956)
The Third Key
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1956
Gazette (1968)
Gazette
7.5
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Gerald Harper in Hadleigh (1969)
Hadleigh
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Scotland Yard
8.3
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer



  • Airey Neave: A Will of Steel
    TV Movie
    • dramatisation: Neave in wartime
    • 1980
  • Michael Culver, Jan Francis, Juliet Hammond, Terrence Hardiman, Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, and Stephen Yardley in Secret Army (1977)
    Secret Army
    8.5
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977–1979
  • Alfred Burke, Simon Cadell, Adolf Hitler, Bernard Horsfall, and Martin Jarvis in Enemy at the Door (1978)
    Enemy at the Door
    7.9
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1978
  • Mikel Lambert in The Mackinnons (1977)
    The Mackinnons
    6.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)
    Softly Softly: Task Force
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1969–1976
  • Gerald Harper in Hadleigh (1969)
    Hadleigh
    7.1
    TV Series
    • deviser
    • creator
    • 1969–1976
  • Spy Trap (1972)
    Spy Trap
    7.1
    TV Series
    • creator
    • writer
    • 1972–1975
  • Derek Jacobi, Ronald Fraser, Charles Gray, Bernard Hepton, John Thaw, and Douglas Wilmer in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
    7.2
    TV Series
    • short story
    • 1973
  • Stratford Johns in Barlow at Large (1971)
    Barlow at Large
    6.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Roddy McMillan in The View from Daniel Pike (1971)
    The View from Daniel Pike
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Z Cars (1962)
    Z Cars
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • script
    • 1962–1971
  • Alexandra Bastedo in Codename (1970)
    Codename
    6.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1970
  • John Flanagan, Heather Page, and Gareth Thomas in Parkin's Patch (1969)
    Parkin's Patch
    7.7
    TV Series
    • by
    • 1969–1970
  • Softly Softly (1966)
    Softly Softly
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1966–1969
  • Marius Goring in The Expert (1968)
    The Expert
    7.9
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1968–1969

Script and Continuity Department



  • Z Cars (1962)
    Z Cars
    7.1
    TV Series
    • script editor
    • 1964

Additional Crew



  • Gazette (1968)
    Gazette
    7.5
    TV Series
    • series deviser
    • series devised by
    • 1968

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 22, 1909
    • Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • January 30, 1999
    • Isle of Bute, Refrewshire, Scotland, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Jane Connell1936 - 1996 (her death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Playwright: "To Tell You the Truth". NOTE: Filmed as The Horse's Mouth (1953).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    As a BBC radio correspondent, he was one of four reporters chosen before D-Day to shadow Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower from D-Day through the end of World War II.
  • Nickname
    • Luke Sharp

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