Robert Shaw is probably best known for his roles in ‘Jaws’, ‘The Sting’ and as Henry the 8th in ‘A Man For All Seasons.’ But he was also a fine writer–his play (and later film) ‘The Man In The Glass Booth’ is a compelling and quite provocative study of an aging Jewish businessman who might be pretending a former Nazi…or perhaps he’s a former Nazi pretending to be an aging Jewish businessman. Shaw only lived to be fifty but had many other accomplishments to his credit. For one thing, he had ten children. For another, he and his second wife, actress Mary Ure, were responsible for burning down Orson Welles house in Spain which they were renting and in which they drank themselves into a stupor, leaving a burning cigarette smoldering and…well, you can guess the rest. Above is a short clip of Shaw on an early 1970s Dick Cavett show, talking about–among other things–how he handles working with actors he doesn’t like. He’s a charming conversationalist and one truly wishes to go to dinner with him. Except that he’s dead. Perhaps via Ouija board will have to suffice…