Robert J. Shaw (1917–1996) was an American television writer with 39 credits and teacher of screenwriting at UCLA.
In 1940 he sold Front Page Farrell to NBC.
He subsequently went on to work on Mr. District Attorney, The Million Dollar Face, Hawaiian Eye, Medical Center, The F.B.I., and Portia Faces Life.
With Robert Montgomery Presents, Shaw launched his television writing career.
He worked on Hawaiian Eye, Peyton Place, Dallas ("The Gathering Storm"), 77 Sunset Strip, Search for Tomorrow, Somerset, CBS Daytime 90 (1974: starring Constance Towers, Brett Halsey and Tom Happer) and General Hospital (ex-head writer).