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Alan Sharp

Date of birth
Jan 12, 1934
Date of death
Feb 8, 2013(aged 79)
Place of birth

Alan Sharp

Biography of Alan Sharp:

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.

Alan Sharp has directed:

Little Treasure(1985)

Alan Sharp has acted in:

Valentino's Ghost(2013) ... as Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron(1993) ... as Self
The Odd Man(1978) ... as Self

Additional credits for Alan Sharp:

Dean Spanley(2008)(Screenplay)
Avenger(2006)(Teleplay)
While I Was Gone(2004)(Teleplay)
Reversible Errors(2004)(Teleplay)
Lathe of Heaven(2002)(Teleplay)
Little Girl Fly Away(1998)(Teleplay)
Rob Roy(1995)(Screenplay)
Betrayed by Love(1994)(Writer)
The Last Hit(1993)(Screenplay)
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis(1991)(Writer)
Descending Angel(1990)(Teleplay)
Love and Lies(1990)(Writer)
The Edge(1989)(Writer)
Little Treasure(1985)(Writer)
The Osterman Weekend(1983)(Screenplay)
Coming Out of the Ice(1982)(Writer)
Damnation Alley(1977)(Screenplay)
Night Moves(1975)(Writer)
Billy Two Hats(1974)(Writer)
Ulzana's Raid(1972)(Writer)
The Hired Hand(1971)(Screenplay)
The Last Run(1971)(Screenplay)
The Long Distance Piano Player(1970)(Writer)
A Sound from the Sea(1970)(Writer)
A Knight in Tarnished Armour(1965)(Writer)

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