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Title: Frank Shaw papers
Collection number: PASC 91
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
10.0 linear ft.
(24 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1969-1979
Abstract: Frank Shaw was a television comedy writer and producer. The collection consists of television scripts, memos, and notes related
to Shaw's career. Projects represented in the collection include
The Bill Cosby Show ,
Co-ed Fever, and
The Glen Campbell Show (1971-72), among others.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Shaw, Frank
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Pat Shaw, 1986.
[Identification of item], Frank Shaw papers (Collection PASC 91). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Frank Shaw was born in New York City in 1932 and graduated from Syracuse University. After military service in Korea, Shaw
studied acting in New York. He Shaw appeared in the off-Broadway play,
Prometheus Bound, the film
The Night They Raided Minsky's and in Mel Brooks' musical,
The Producers. In the 1960s, Shaw partnered with actor Michael Elias to write and perform comedy. They appeared in comedy clubs, college
campuses, and
The Tonight Show. Shaw, along with Elisa, started their Hollywood careers as writers for
The Leslie Uggams Show. Shaw's television credits as television writer and/or producer inlcude
The Bill Cosby Show,
Co-Ed Fever,
The Glen Campbell Hour,
The New Dick Van Dyke Show, and others. He also wrote comedy sketches and worked with many top comedians including Steve Martin, Dom DeLuise and Carl
Reiner, among others. In 1979, Shaw and Elias wrote the original screenplay for Robert Altman's
The Frisco Kid. Shaw died in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1992. From: Frank Shaw Script Collection finding aid, William M. Randall Library
Special Collections, University of North Carolina Wilmington http://library.uncw.edu/web/collections/manuscript/ms292.html.
The collection consists of television scripts, memos, and notes related to the career of Frank Shaw. Projects represented
in the collection include
The Bill Cosby Show ,
Co-ed Fever, and T
he Glen Campbell Show, among others.
The files are arranged alphabetically by project title.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2976867
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Shaw, Frank
Television writers--United States--Archives