Lou Shaw (c. 1925 – February 11, 2015) was an American producer and

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. He was known for co-creating the

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'' Quincy, M.E.'' with Glen A. Larson.

Biography

Shaw worked as a writer and producer on multiple television programs from the late 1950s into the mid-1980s. He won an

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, shared with Tony Lawrence, for the '' Quincy, M.E.'' episode "The Thighbone Is Connected To The Knee Bone". Shaw wrote the play ''Worse Than Murder'' about the trial of

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. He had a daughter affected with Down syndrome, wrote a novel featuring a man with Down syndrome titled ''Honor Thy Son'' in 1994, and often included people with disabilities in storylines and casting. Shaw was married for a time to Peggy O'Shea, a screenwriter for

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s, with whom he had a son, Chris, born circa 1953.

Television credits

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12 O'Clock High ''Twelve O'Clock High'' is a 1949 American war film directed by Henry King (director), Henry King and based on the novel of the same name by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay Jr. It stars Gregory Peck as Brig. General Frank Savage. Hugh Marlowe, Gary ...

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Barnaby Jones ''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective fiction, detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law. They run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, Califor ...

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Beyond Westworld ''Beyond Westworld'' is a 1980 American television series based on the 1973 film ''Westworld (film), Westworld,'' which was written and directed by Michael Crichton. Although the DVD box cover mentions that it follows the film's events, it ignored ...

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Columbo ''Columbo'' is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originall ...

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The Donna Reed Show ''The Donna Reed Show'' is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her Pediatrics, pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage childr ...

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The Fall Guy ''The Fall Guy'' is an American action-adventure television series produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981, to May 2, 1986. It stars Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who moonl ...

'' *'' Half Nelson'' *''

Love, American Style ''Love, American Style'' is an American anthology comedy television series that aired on ABC from September 29, 1969, to January 11, 1974. The series was produced by Paramount Television. During the 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons, it was a pa ...

'' *'' Maude'' *'' McCloud'' *''

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo ''The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo'' is an American action comedy television series that ran on NBC from September 18, 1979, to May 5, 1981. For its second season the show was renamed ''Lobo''. The program aired Tuesday nights, at 8:00p.m. East ...

'' *'' Mission: Impossible'' *'' Naked City'' *'' Quincy, M.E.'' *'' The Virginian''

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