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Robert Oxton Bolt CBE (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Robert Bolt was an English screenwriter and dramatist noted for his epic screenplays. Bolt began work in 1941 for an insurance company, attended Victoria University of Manchester in 1943, and then served in the Royal Air Force and the army during World War II.
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Robert Bolt. Writer: Lawrence of Arabia. Son of a small shopkeeper, he attended Manchester Grammar School. He later said that he made poor uses of his opportunities there. He went to work in an insurance office, but later entered Manchester University, taking a degree in History.
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Feb 23, 1995 · The author of A Man for All Seasons and the writer of the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, Robert Bolt occupied a place in the history of the modern...
Robert Bolt was a British playwright and screenwriter who wrote acclaimed works such as A Man for All Seasons and Lawrence of Arabia. He had a varied and eventful life, from teaching to serving in the RAF to overcoming a stroke and resuming his career.
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Feb 23, 1995 · Robert Bolt, the British playwright who turned to screenwriting and won Academy Awards for the scripts of “Dr. Zhivago” and “A Man for All Seasons,” has died. He was 70.
Feb 23, 1995 · Robert Bolt, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright whose works included the films "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago" and the play and film "A Man for All...
