Don Sharp

Director

Born: April 19, 1922 (89 years old)

Died: December 18, 2011

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 (29)

• The Cruel Sea (1953, ★ 6.9)
• The Avengers (1961, ★ 7.7)
• Witchcraft (1964, ★ 6.6)
• Callan (1974, ★ 6.9)
• The Four Feathers (1978, ★ 6.7)
• The Thirty Nine Steps (1978, ★ 6.7)
• Follow Me! (1972, ★ 7.5)
• Hammer House of Horror (1980, ★ 7)
• A Woman of Substance (1985, ★ 7.5)
• Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987, ★ 6.4)
• The Face of Fu Manchu (1965, ★ 6.1)
• The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966, ★ 5.8)
• Puppet on a Chain (1970, ★ 5.9)
• Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966, ★ 5.8)
• The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964, ★ 5.6)
• Curse of the Fly (1965, ★ 5.4)
• The Kiss of the Vampire (1963, ★ 6.2)
• Bear Island (1979, ★ 6.1)
• Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967, ★ 5.5)
• Psychomania (1973, ★ 5.5)
• Our Man in Marrakesh (1966, ★ 5.8)
• Dark Places (1973, ★ 5.4)
• Taste of Excitement (1969, ★ 5.9)
• Child's Play (1954, ★ 6.3)
• The Champions (1968, ★ 6.4)
• Tears in the Rain (1988, ★ 4.9)
• What Waits Below (1984, ★ 3.9)
• Hennessy (1975, ★ 4.7)
• Hold the Dream (1987, ★ 3.2)