Alan Sharp
79
years 2013
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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| A Knight in Tarnished Armour | 1965 | Writer |
| A Sound from the Sea | 1970 | Writer |
| The Long Distance Piano Player | 1970 | Writer |
| The Last Run | 1971 | Screenplay |
| The Hired Hand | 1971 | Screenplay |
| Ulzana's Raid | 1972 | Writer |
| Billy Two Hats | 1974 | Writer |
| Night Moves | 1975 | Writer |
| Damnation Alley | 1977 | Screenplay |
| Coming Out of the Ice | 1982 | Writer |
| The Osterman Weekend | 1983 | Screenplay |
| Little Treasure | 1985 | Writer |
| The Edge | 1989 | Writer |
| Love and Lies | 1990 | Writer |
| Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | 1991 | Writer |
| The Last Hit | 1993 | Screenplay |
| Betrayed by Love | 1994 | Writer |
| Rob Roy | 1995 | Screenplay |
| While I Was Gone | 2004 | Writer |
| Dean Spanley | 2008 | Screenplay |


