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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).
- Australian
- Producer, director, writer, actor
Don Sharp. Director: Bear Island. Don Sharp was born on the island of Tasmania off of Australia, and began his show-business career there as an actor. After World War II he traveled to England and continued his acting carer.
- Don Sharp
- December 14, 2011
- April 19, 1921
Dec 23, 2011 · Dec. 23, 2011. Don Sharp, a veteran film director who had never watched a horror movie until Hammer Films — the English studio described, usually admiringly, as dripping cinematic blood...
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Dec 20, 2011 · In 1962, Don Sharp was a minor ex-actor, hack writer and jobbing director of British B-films, when he was offered the chance to make a gothic horror movie for Hammer, "the studio that...
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Dec 27, 2011 · Don Sharp was an Australian-born filmmaker who revived Hammer Films' Gothic horror franchise in the 1960s with films like "The Kiss of the Vampire" and "Rasputin: The Mad Monk". He also directed spy and thriller movies and TV shows, such as "The Avengers" and "A Woman of Substance".
Don Sharp. Director: Bear Island. Don Sharp was born on the island of Tasmania off of Australia, and began his show-business career there as an actor. After World War II he traveled to England and continued his acting carer.
Don Sharp, legendary News and Sports Anchor with WHBF-TV in Rock Island became the newest recipient of the W. Russell Withers, Jr., IBA Broadcast Pioneer Award. Sharp retired after over three decades of being on the air at WHBF.