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.
Wrote 28
2010s
- 2010
Ben Hur
Writer
2000s
- 2008
- 2006
Avenger
Teleplay
- 2004
While I Was Gone
Teleplay
Reversible Errors
Teleplay
- 2002
1990s
- 1998
Little Girl Fly Away
Teleplay
- 1995
- 1994
Betrayed by Love
Writer
- 1993
The Last Hit
Screenplay
- 1991
- 1990
Descending Angel
Teleplay
Love and Lies
Writer
1980s
- 1989
The Edge
Writer
- 1985
Little Treasure
Writer
- 1983
- 1982
1970s
- 1977
- 1975
- 1974
- 1972
- 1971
The Hired Hand
Screenplay
The Last Run
Screenplay
- 1970
The Long Distance Piano Player
Writer
1960s
- 1967
- 1964
Acted in 1
Produced 1
1970s
- 1972
Directed 1
1980s
- 1985
Little Treasure
Director
Appearances3
2010s
- 2013
Valentino's Ghost
Self
1990s
- 1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
1970s
- 1978
The Odd Man
Self
Thanked in the credits1
1980s
- 1981
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Thanks