Don Sharp

Biography

Donald Herman Sharp was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included Kiss of the Vampire and Rasputin, the Mad Monk. In 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee.

Most Famous Work

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The Champions

(1968) Director

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The Avengers

(1961) Director

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Hammer House of Horror

(1980) Director

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A Woman of Substance

(1985) Director

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The Kiss of the Vampire

(1963) Director

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Rasputin: The Mad Monk

(1966) Director

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What Waits Below

(1984) Director

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Bear Island

(1979) Screenplay

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1987	Himself	Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood 1987-01-01 Movie
1953	Lieutenant-Commander	The Cruel Sea 1953-02-24 Movie
1952	Lt. Summers	The Planter's Wife 1952-12-04 Movie
1950	Johnny Craig	Ha'penny Breeze 1950-12-30 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1988	Director	Tears in the Rain 1988-01-01 Movie
1986	Director	Hold the Dream 1986-10-27 TV Show
1985	Director	A Woman of Substance 1985-01-02 TV Show
1984	Director	What Waits Below 1984-11-19 Movie
1982	Director	Q.E.D. 1982-03-23 TV Show
1980	Director	Guardian of the Abyss 1980-11-15 Movie
	Director	Hammer House of Horror 1980-09-13 TV Show
1979	Director	Bear Island 1979-12-05 Movie
1978	Director	The Thirty Nine Steps 1978-11-04 Movie
	Director	The Four Feathers 1978-01-01 Movie
1975	Director	Hennessy 1975-12-31 Movie
1974	Director	Callan 1974-05-23 Movie
1973	Director	Dark Places 1973-05-01 Movie
	Director	Psychomania 1973-01-05 Movie
1970	Director	Taste of Excitement 1970-01-01 Movie
1968	Director	The Champions 1968-09-25 TV Show
1967	Director	Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon 1967-07-13 Movie
	Director	The Violent Enemy 1967-05-01 Movie
1966	Director	The Brides of Fu Manchu 1966-12-16 Movie
	Director	Our Man in Marrakesh 1966-05-05 Movie
	Director	Rasputin: The Mad Monk 1966-03-06 Movie
1965	Director	The Face of Fu Manchu 1965-08-06 Movie
	Director	Curse of the Fly 1965-05-01 Movie
1964	Director	The Devil-Ship Pirates 1964-08-01 Movie
	Director	Witchcraft 1964-03-01 Movie
1963	Director	The Kiss of the Vampire 1963-09-11 Movie
	Director	It's All Happening 1963-08-01 Movie
	Director	The Human Jungle 1963-03-30 TV Show
1961	Director	Ghost Squad 1961-09-09 TV Show
	Director	The Avengers 1961-01-07 TV Show
1960	Director	Linda 1960-11-01 Movie
	Director	The Professionals 1960-01-01 Movie
1958	Director	The Golden Disc 1958-03-04 Movie
1957	Director	The Adventures of Hal 5 1957-01-01 Movie
1955	Director	The Stolen Airliner 1955-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1979	Screenplay	Bear Island 1979-12-05 Movie
1973	Adaptation	Dark Places 1973-05-01 Movie
1970	Writer	Puppet on a Chain 1970-08-02 Movie
	Screenplay	Taste of Excitement 1970-01-01 Movie
1966	Writer	The Brides of Fu Manchu 1966-12-16 Movie
1964	Screenplay	Legend of a Gunfighter 1964-11-26 Movie
1958	Screenplay	The Golden Disc 1958-03-04 Movie
1955	Writer	The Blue Peter 1955-11-01 Movie
	Screenplay	The Blue Peter 1955-11-01 Movie
	Writer	The Stolen Airliner 1955-01-01 Movie
1954	Writer	Child's Play 1954-10-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Conflict of Wings 1954-03-29 Movie
1950	Writer	Ha'penny Breeze 1950-12-30 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1972	Editor	Follow Me! 1972-07-15 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1950	Producer	Ha'penny Breeze 1950-12-30 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv