As Writer
Dean Spanley
2008
7.4
Alan Sharp
Acting
Birth Date
January 12, 1934
Place of Birth
Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Date of Death
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.
Complete Filmography
As Writer
While I Was Gone
2004
4.8
As Writer
Rob Roy
1995
6.7
As Writer
Betrayed by Love
1994
5.0
As Actor
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
6.9
As Writer
The Last Hit
1993
5.0
As Writer
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
6.2
As Writer
The Edge
1989
2.0
As Director, As Writer
Little Treasure
1985
4.1
As Writer
The Osterman Weekend
1983
5.7
As Writer
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
7.0
As Writer
Damnation Alley
1977
5.1
As Writer
Night Moves
1975
6.7
As Writer
Billy Two Hats
1974
5.7
As Writer
Ulzana's Raid
1972
7.0
As Writer
The Hired Hand
1971
6.1
As Writer
The Last Run
1971
6.4