Alan Sharp
About the person
Career:
Writing
Date of birth:1934-01-12
Place of birth:Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Gender:Male
Popularity:0
Date of death2013-02-08
79Biography
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.