Donald Sharp (born 19 April 1922, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) is a British film director. April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Capital Hobart Government Const. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

His most famous films were made for Hammer Studios in the sixties, and included Kiss of the Vampire (1962)and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1965). Also in '65 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, here played by Christopher Lee. It is probably his finest and best-loved film. Hammer horror refers to a series of low-budget horror films produced in the late 1950s through the 1970s by the British film studio Hammer Films, although it is sometimes also used to refer to films made in a similar style by other smaller studios such as, for example, Amicus... Kiss of the Vampire is a 1962 British horror film directed by Don Sharp for Hammer Studios. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Rasputin, the Mad Monk is a 1965 Hammer film directed by Don Sharp. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 thriller based on the character of Fu Manchu, the oriental villain created by Sax Rohmer. ... Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (February 15, 1883 - June 1, 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. ... Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London) is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery. ...

Among his other credits are the spy-comedy Our Man in Marrakesh (1966), the fantasy Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) and the 1978 remake of The Thirty-Nine Steps, starring Robert Powell. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Jules Vernes Rocket to the Moon (aka Rocket to the Moon) is a 1967 British science fiction comedy directed by Don Sharp and produced by Harry Alan Towers. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1978 thriller directed by Don Sharp, starring Robert Powell as Richard Hannay, based on the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. ... Robert Powell (born June 1, 1944), is a highly successful British actor with many film and television roles to his credit. ...

He also played the character Stephen "Mitch" Mitchell in the 1953 British sci-fi radio series, Journey Into Space. Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction series written by BBC producer Charles Chilton. ...

External links

• Don Sharp at the Internet Movie Database