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Alan Sharp

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 12, 1934Died February 8, 2013 (79 years)
Alan Sharp (12 January 1934 – 8 February 2013) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He published two novels in the 1960s, and wrote the first ever Play for Today, The Long Distance Piano Player, starring The Kinks frontman Ray Davies. He subsequently wrote the screenplays for about twenty Hollywood films, including The Hired Hand, Ulzana's Raid, Night Moves, and Rob Roy. His daughter is the actor Rudi Davies, from a relationship with the novelist Beryl Bainbridge.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Osterman Weekend

Known For

  • Rob Roy
  • Night Moves
  • Ulzana's Raid
  • The Year of Living Dangerously
  • The Osterman Weekend
  • The Hired Hand
  • Damnation Alley
  • The Last Run
  • Ben Hur
  • Billy Two Hats
  • Dean Spanley
  • Our Ladies
  • Avenger
  • Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
  • Reversible Errors
  • Lathe of Heaven
  • Little Treasure
  • Coming Out of the Ice
  • Descending Angel
  • The Last Hit
  • Love and Lies
  • While I Was Gone
  • Little Girl Fly Away
  • Play for Today

Alan Sharp Filmography

2010
Ben Hur (TV Series)
2008
Dean Spanley · as Screenplay
1995
Rob Roy · as Screenplay
1994
1993
The Last Hit · as Screenplay
1991
1990
1985
1983
1982
1977
Damnation Alley · as Screenplay
1975
1974
1972
1971
The Last Run · as Screenplay
1971
The Hired Hand · as Screenplay
1970
Play for Today (TV Series)
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series)
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series)
1963
First Night (TV Series)

2008
Dean Spanley · as Executive Producer
1972
Ulzana's Raid · as Associate Producer

2012
1993
1978
The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self

1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Writer

2019
Our Ladies · as Written By
2006
2006
Avenger · as Teleplay
2004
While I Was Gone · as Teleplay
2004
Reversible Errors · as Teleplay
2002
Lathe of Heaven · as Teleplay
1998
Little Girl Fly Away · as Teleplay
1990
Descending Angel · as Teleplay
1982
The Year of Living Dangerously · as Additional Material
1972
The Snoop Sisters (TV Series) · as Story

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