About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1934-01-12
Place of birth:
Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Website:
N/A

Alan Sharp

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2013 Valentino's Ghost Actor Self 58
Average
1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron Actor Self 59
Average
The Odd Man Actor Himself N/A
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Directing
1985 Little Treasure Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
2008 Dean Spanley Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
2006 Avenger Writing Teleplay 58
Average
2004 While I Was Gone Writing Teleplay 59
Average
2004 Reversible Errors Writing Teleplay 59
Average
2002 Lathe of Heaven Writing Teleplay 59
Average
1998 Little Girl Fly Away Writing Teleplay 59
Average
1995 Rob Roy Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1994 Betrayed by Love Writing Writer 58
Average
1993 The Last Hit Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1991 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Writing Writer 58
Average
1990 Descending Angel Writing Teleplay 58
Average
1990 Love and Lies Writing Writer N/A
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1989 The Edge Writing Writer 59
Average
1985 Little Treasure Writing Writer 58
Average
1983 The Osterman Weekend Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1982 Coming Out of the Ice Writing Writer 59
Average
1977 Damnation Alley Writing Screenplay 57
Average
1975 Night Moves Writing Writer 61
Fair
1974 Billy Two Hats Writing Writer 58
Average
1972 Ulzana's Raid Writing Writer 61
Fair
1971 The Hired Hand Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1971 The Last Run Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1970 The Long Distance Piano Player Writing Writer N/A
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1970 A Sound from the Sea Writing Writer N/A
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1965 A Knight in Tarnished Armour Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1972 Ulzana's Raid Production Associate Producer 61
Fair