Alan Sharp
Known for: Writing
Born: January 12, 1934
Died: February 8, 2013
Place of birth: Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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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Filmography
29 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
5.7
Valentino's Ghost
2013
6.3
Ben Hur
2010
7.4
Dean Spanley
2008
7.0
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
2006
6.0
Avenger
2006
5.8
While I Was Gone
2004
6.2
Reversible Errors
2004
6.0
Lathe of Heaven
2002
5.6
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
6.7
Rob Roy
1995
6.5
Betrayed by Love
1994
7.1
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
7.0
The Last Hit
1993
6.4
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
5.5
Descending Angel
1990
NR
Love and Lies
1990
4.0
The Edge
1989
4.4
Little Treasure
1985
5.6
The Osterman Weekend
1983
6.8
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
7.5
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
NR
The Odd Man
1978
5.1
Damnation Alley
1977
6.7
Night Moves
1975
5.8
Billy Two Hats
1974
6.9
Ulzana's Raid
1972
6.1
The Hired Hand
1971
6.5
The Last Run
1971
7.0
The Long Distance Piano Player
1970
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
A Sound from the Sea
1970
7.0
ITV Playhouse
19677.0
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964