Alan Sharp
Born: 1934-01-12 in Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Died: 2013-02-08
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2013
- Valentino's Ghost as Self
2010
- Ben Hur ... (Writer)
2008
- Dean Spanley ... (Screenplay)
2006
- Avenger ... (Teleplay)
2004
- Reversible Errors ... (Teleplay)
- While I Was Gone ... (Teleplay)
2002
- Lathe of Heaven ... (Teleplay)
1998
- Little Girl Fly Away ... (Teleplay)
1995
- Rob Roy ... (Screenplay)
1994
- Betrayed by Love ... (Writer)
1993
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- The Last Hit ... (Screenplay)
1991
1990
- Descending Angel ... (Teleplay)
- Love and Lies ... (Writer)
1989
- The Edge ... (Writer)
1985
- Little Treasure ... (Director)
1983
- The Osterman Weekend ... (Screenplay)
1982
- Coming Out of the Ice ... (Writer)
1978
- The Odd Man as Self
1977
- Damnation Alley ... (Screenplay)
1975
- Night Moves ... (Writer)
1974
- Billy Two Hats ... (Writer)
1972
- Ulzana's Raid ... (Writer)
1971
- The Hired Hand ... (Screenplay)
- The Last Run ... (Screenplay)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Writer)
- The Long Distance Piano Player ... (Writer)
- A Sound from the Sea ... (Writer)
1965
- A Knight in Tarnished Armour ... (Writer)