Don Sharp

Born: 1922-04-19, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Died: 2011-12-18

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.

Filmography

• The Champions (1968)
• The Human Jungle (1963)
• Hammer House of Horror (1980)
• Ghost Squad (1961)
• Bear Island (1979)
• Act of Will (1989)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
• Hennessy (1975)
• Puppet on a Chain (1970)
• Tears in the Rain (1988)
• The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
• What Waits Below (1984)
• The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
• Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
• Curse of the Fly (1965)
• Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
• The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
• Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
• The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
• Callan (1974)
• Guardian of the Abyss (1980)
• Psychomania (1973)
• The Planter's Wife (1952)
• Taste of Excitement (1969)
• The Adventures of Hal 5 (1957)
• The Golden Disc (1958)
• The Stolen Airliner (1955)
• Ha'penny Breeze (1950)