Alex Sharp

Alex Sharp, also known and credited as Alex Sharpe (September 16, 1921 – March 6, 2008 and writer, perhaps best known for his work in television western shows such as Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

Early years Sharp was born in Nebraska and was raised in Washington and Colorado, where he learned to break horses. He spent time with the U.S. Cavalry at Fort Riley, and became a bomber gunner in the South Pacific during World War II.

Death Sharp died at the age of 86 from stroke-related ailments. Easy Living (1949) as Don Rocky Mountain (1950) Horizons West (1952) Yankee Buccaneer (1952) Seminole (1953) Wichita (1955) Showdown at Abilene (1956) Red Sundown (1956) The Night Runner (1957) as Deputy The Horse Soldiers (1959) Spartacus (1960) How the West Was Won (1962) Young Guns of Texas (1962) as Red It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Law of the Lawless (1964) as Rider The Great Race (1965) El Dorado (1967) stunts (uncredited) Planet of the Apes (1968) Bullitt (1968) The Wild Bunch (1969) The Great Bank Robbery (1969) Catch-22 (1970) Flap (1970) Dirty Harry (1971) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) What's Up, Doc? (1972) stunts Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) Battle for the Planet of the Apes (193) Mr. Majestyk (1974) Hearts of the West (1975) Bound for Glory (1976) Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) Zero to Sixty (1978) The Champ (1979) Sunburn (1979) as Kunz Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) as Cowboy #2 In the Line of Fire (1993)

Television Television credits for acting and stunts include: The Lone Ranger Mission: Impossible The Rockford Files Tales of Wells Fargo (1959) as Sam Benson The Virginian Gunsmoke (1955-1975) stunts and doubling James Arness "The Man Who Would Be Marshal" (1957, S2E37) as Jeff Willoughby "Potshot" (1961, S6E25) as Bud "Stolen Horses" (1961, S6E29) as Acker "Perce" (1961, S7E1) as Nickols "Apprentice Doc" (1961, S7E11) as Clerk (uncredited) "The Dreamers" (1962, S7E30) as Drunken Cowboy (uncredited) "Abe Blocker" (1962, S8E11) as Posse Member (uncredited) "The Cousin" (1963, S8E21) as Saloon Brawler (uncredited) "I Call Him Wonder" (1963, S8E28) as Cook "Old York" (1963, S8E34) as Gang Member (uncredited) "Snap Decision" (1966, S12E1) as Cowboy (uncredited) "The Goldtakers" (1966, S12E2) as Trooper (uncredited) "Saturday Night" (1967, S12E16) as Cowboy (uncredited) "Cattle Barons" (1967, S13E2) as Drover (uncredited) "Major Glory" (1967, S13E8) as Brawler (uncredited) "Dead Man's Law" (1968, S13E17) as Rustler "Shadler" (1973, S18E17) as Reno "Jesse" (1973, S18E22) as Cowhand (uncredited) "The Child Between" (1973, S19E14) as third Hidecutter "The Fourth Victim" (1974, S20E8) as third Matt Captains and the Kings (1976) The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (1977) as Alex

Writer

Teleplay credits include:

Screenplay credits include: Vengeance (1965) co-written with Ed Erwin