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Writing

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-01-12

Deathday

2013-02-08 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Alan Sharp

Biography

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.

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Acting

The Odd Man as Himself
2013
Valentino's Ghost as Self
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self

Directing

1985
Little Treasure as Director

Production

1972
Ulzana's Raid as Associate Producer

Writing

2010
Ben Hur as Writer
2008
Dean Spanley as Screenplay
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
1995
Rob Roy as Screenplay
1994
Betrayed by Love as Writer
1993
The Last Hit as Screenplay
1991
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis as Writer
1990
Descending Angel as Teleplay
1990
Love and Lies as Writer
1989
The Edge as Writer
1985
Little Treasure as Writer
1983
The Osterman Weekend as Screenplay
1982
Coming Out of the Ice as Writer
1977
Damnation Alley as Screenplay
1975
Night Moves as Writer
1974
Billy Two Hats as Writer
1972
Ulzana's Raid as Writer
1971
The Hired Hand as Screenplay
1971
The Last Run as Screenplay
1970
The Long Distance Piano Player as Writer
1970
Play for Today as Writer
1970
A Sound from the Sea as Writer
1965
A Knight in Tarnished Armour as Writer
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