Person
Troy Kennedy Martin
Writing · 1932–2009 · Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK
Biography
Troy Kennedy Martin (15 February 1932 – 15 September 2009) was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter best known for creating the long running BBC TV police series Z-Cars, and for the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness. Kennedy Martin's best-known work for the cinema was the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job.
Known for
The Wednesday Play
Writer
ITV Play of the Week
Adaptation
The Sweeney
Writer
Z-Cars
Writer
Softly, Softly
Creator
The Italian Job
Original Film Writer
Red Heat
Screenplay
Out of the Unknown
Writer
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Writer
Barlow
Creator
Filmography
- 2023FerrariWriter
- 2004Red DustWriter
- 2003The Italian JobOriginal Film Writer
- 1999Bravo Two ZeroScreenplay
- 1997Hostile WatersWriter
- 1988Red HeatScreenplay
- 1985Edge of DarknessScreenplay
- 1983The Old Men at the ZooWriter
- 1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesWriter
- 1982The Terminal GameThanks
- 1980Fear of GodWriter
- 1978Sweeney 2Writer
- 1976Second VerdictCreator
- 1975The SweeneyWriter
- 1974Fall of EaglesWriter
- 1973Jack the RipperCreator
- 1972The Jerusalem FileWriter
- 1971BarlowCreator
- 1970If It Moves, File ItWriter
- 1970Kelly's HeroesScreenplay
- 1969The Italian JobWriter
- 1966Softly, SoftlyCreator
- 1965The Midas PlagueAdaptation
- 1965Out of the UnknownWriter
- 1965The PistolAdaptation
- 1965The Man Without PapersWriter
- 1964SixWriter
- 1964RedcapWriter
- 1964The Wednesday PlayWriter
- 1964Diary of a Young ManWriter
- 1962Z-CarsWriter
- 1959The TraitorAdaptation
- 1955ITV Play of the WeekAdaptation
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