Alan Sharp
- Writing
- January 12, 1934 · Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- February 8, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Valentino's Ghost · Self
- Ben Hur · Writer
- Dean Spanley · Screenplay
- Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King · Adaptation, Writer
- Avenger · Teleplay
- While I Was Gone · Teleplay
- Reversible Errors · Teleplay
- Lathe of Heaven · Teleplay
- Little Girl Fly Away · Teleplay
- Rob Roy · Screenplay
- Betrayed by Love · Writer
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron · Self
- The Last Hit · Screenplay
- Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis · Writer
- Descending Angel · Teleplay
- Love and Lies · Writer
- The Edge · Writer
- Little Treasure · Director, Writer
- The Osterman Weekend · Screenplay
- Coming Out of the Ice · Writer
- The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' · Thanks
- The Odd Man · Self
- The South Bank Show
- Damnation Alley · Screenplay
- Night Moves · Writer
- Billy Two Hats · Writer
- Ulzana's Raid · Writer, Associate Producer
- The Hired Hand · Screenplay
- The Last Run · Screenplay
- The Long Distance Piano Player · Writer
- Play for Today · Writer
- A Sound from the Sea · Writer
- ITV Playhouse · Writer
- A Knight in Tarnished Armour · Writer
- The Wednesday Play · Writer