Alan Sharp
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
January 12, 1934 — 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | Rob Roy · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | The Last Hit · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1982 | |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | The Last Run · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Hired Hand · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | Ulzana's Raid · as Associate Producer |
| 2012 | Valentino's Ghost · as Self |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show · as Self |
| 1985 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse · as Writer |
| 2019 | Our Ladies · as Written By |
| 2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King · as Adaptation |
| 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 MaterialOn Plex |
| 1972 | The Snoop Sisters · as Story |