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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 Year of Living Dangerously
  • The Osterman Weekend
  • The Hired Hand

Known For

  • Rob Roy
  • Night Moves
  • Ulzana's Raid
  • The Year of Living Dangerously
  • The Hired Hand
  • The Osterman Weekend
  • Damnation Alley
  • The Last Run
  • Ben Hur
  • Dean Spanley
  • Billy Two Hats
  • 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
  • While I Was Gone
  • Descending Angel
  • The Last Hit
  • Love and Lies
  • Little Girl Fly Away
  • Play for Today

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)

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