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Don Sharp

Film Producer / Film Director / Writer / Screenwriter / Actor | * 04/19/1922 († 89, 12/18/2011) | Hobart (Australia)
Donald Herman Sharp (19 April 1921 – 14 December 2011) was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included Kiss of the Vampire (1963) and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966). In 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee. Sharp also directed the sequel The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966). In the 1980s he was also responsible for several hugely popular miniseries adapted from the novels of Barbara Taylor Bradford. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | Horror

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Movies with Don Sharp as Actor(4)

as Lieutenant-Commander1953 The Cruel Sea
as Lt. Summers1952 The Planter's Wife
as Johnny Craig1950 Ha'penny Breeze

Movies with Don Sharp as Crew(39)

Directing/Director1988 Tears in the Rain
Directing/Director1984 What Waits Below
Directing/Director1980 Guardian of the Abyss
Directing/Director1979 Bear Island
Writing/Screenplay1979 Bear Island
Directing/Director1978 The Thirty Nine Steps
Directing/Director1978 The Four Feathers
Directing/Director1975 Hennessy
Directing/Director1974 Callan
Directing/Director1973 Dark Places
Writing/Adaptation1973 Dark Places
Directing/Director1973 Psychomania
Editing/Editor1972 Follow Me!
Directing/Director1970 Taste of Excitement
Writing/Screenplay1970 Taste of Excitement
Writing/Writer1970 Puppet on a Chain
Directing/Director1967 Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Directing/Director1967 The Violent Enemy
Directing/Director1966 Our Man in Marrakesh
Directing/Director1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Directing/Director1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu
Writing/Writer1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu
Directing/Director1965 Curse of the Fly
Directing/Director1965 The Face of Fu Manchu
Directing/Director1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates
Writing/Screenplay1964 Legend of a Gunfighter
Directing/Director1964 Witchcraft
Directing/Director1963 It's All Happening
Directing/Director1963 The Kiss of the Vampire
Directing/Director1960 Linda
Directing/Director1960 The Professionals
Directing/Director1958 The Golden Disc
Directing/Director1957 The Adventures of Hal 5
Directing/Director1955 The Stolen Airliner
Writing/Writer1955 The Blue Peter
Writing/Writer1954 Child's Play
Writing/Screenplay1954 Conflict of Wings
Production/Producer1950 Ha'penny Breeze
Writing/Writer1950 Ha'penny Breeze

TV Shows/Series with Don Sharp as Crew(6)

Directing/Director1986 Hold the Dream
Directing/Director1985 A Woman of Substance
Directing/Director1982 Q.E.D.
Directing/Director1980 Hammer House of Horror
Directing/Director1968 The Champions
Directing/Director1961 The Avengers

Full Name: Don Sharp
Born: Wednesday, 04/19 1922 (April) in Hobart (Australia)
Died: Sunday, 12/18 2011 (December) in Cornwall (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: St Virgil's College
Children: Jonny Dollar
Don Sharp frequently works together with these people:
Christopher Lee (7x, Actor)
Julian Glover (5x, Actor)
Dennis Spooner (5x, Crew)
Ernest Steward (5x, Crew)
Richard Johnson (4x, Actor)
Michael Reed (4x, Crew)
Terence Alexander (4x, Actor)
Peter J. Elliott (4x, Actor)
Anthony Hinds (4x, Crew)
Jeremy Burnham (4x, Actor)
Terry Nation (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:193089, Added: 07/17/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024