Alan Sharp(1934-2013)

Writer
Producer
Director

Former footballer and present private detective Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case...

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Night Moves (1975)

Alan Sharp was born on 12 January 1934 in Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Dean Spanley (2008), Rob Roy (1995) and Night Moves (1975). He was married to Elizabeth Thomas, Sarah (Sally) Travers, Margaret Inglis Donachie and Harriet Sharp. He died on 8 February 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Dean Spanley

7.2

Writer

2008

Rob Roy

6.9

Writer

1995

Night Moves

7.1

Writer

1975

Little Treasure

5.1

Writer

1985

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Our Ladies
6.7
- written by
- 2019
Ben Hur
6.2
TV Mini Series
- written by
- 2010
Dean Spanley
7.2
- written by
- 2008
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
6.8
TV Mini Series
- teleplay
- 2006
Avenger
5.6
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 2006
While I Was Gone
4.7
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 2004
Reversible Errors
6.2
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 2004
Lathe of Heaven
5.8
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 2002
Little Girl Fly Away
5.8
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 1998
Rob Roy
6.9
- screenplay
- 1995
Betrayed by Love
5.1
TV Movie
- written by
- 1994
The Last Hit
5.3
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 1993
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
6.3
TV Movie
- written by
- 1991
D-Day: Assault on Fortress Europe
- Writer
- 1990
Descending Angel
5.9
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 1990

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Director

Trivia
Left school at 14 and began a long series of odd jobs working as an apprentice in shipyards, as the assistant to a private detective, as an English teacher in Germany, a construction laborer, dishwasher, night switchboard operator in a burglar-alarm company, and a packer for a carpet company. Plus, he also labored for IBM.