Alan Sharp

Known for WritingBorn 1934-01-12Died 2013-02-08Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dean Spanley

Coming Out of the Ice

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

The Last Hit

The Long Distance Piano Player

ITV Playhouse

Rob Roy

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

Ulzana's Raid

Little Girl Fly Away

Night Moves

Betrayed by Love

Ben Hur

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Play for Today

The Last Run

Reversible Errors

Avenger

Lathe of Heaven

While I Was Gone

Valentino's Ghost

The Hired Hand

Billy Two Hats

The Osterman Weekend

Descending Angel

Damnation Alley

The Wednesday Play

The Edge

Little Treasure

Love and Lies

The Odd Man

A Sound from the Sea