R. C. Sherriff

His 1955 screenplays The Dam Busters and The Night My Number Came Up were nominated for best British screenplay BAFTA awards. C Sherriff. Award nominations
Sherriff was nominated along with Eric Maschwitz and Claudine West for an Academy award for writing an adapted screenplay for Goodbye Mr.

He wrote several plays novels and screenplays and was nominated for an Academy award and two BAFTA awards. Robert Cedric Sherriff (6 June 1896 – 13 November 1975) was an English writer best known for his play Journey's End which was based on his experiences as a captain in World War I.