Robert Shafer was born on 1 January 1908 in Pittsburg, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Damn Yankees (1958) and Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950). He died on 19 June 1981 in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA.
He acted in William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's operettas, "Trial by Jury," and "H.M.S. Pinafore," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Andzia Kuzak in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.