Facts: - imdb id: 0121104 - yearsactive: 1928 - 1952 - death date: 1981 - birth date: 31 january 1904 - name: roger burford - death place: hampshire united kingdom - birth place: blaby , leicestershire united kingdom - occupation: screenwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of roger burford .
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roger d'este burford -lrb- 1904 -- 1981 -rrb- was a british screenwriter .he also wrote crime fiction as roger east .initially a poet and novelist , burford was a diplomat in moscow during world war ii .