Troy Kennedy Martin

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Troy Kennedy Martin (born February 15, 1932 in Rothesay , Isle of Bute , Scotland , † September 15, 2009 in Ditchling , East Sussex , England ) was a British screenwriter .

Life

Kennedy Martin attended Trinity College in Dublin. He began his career in 1958 as a screenwriter for the BBC . In 1961 he wrote his first television series , a six-part series called Storyboard . The following year he was involved in the development of Z-Cars , one of the most successful British crime series of the 1960s, and wrote scripts for the first two seasons. In 1969 he wrote the screenplay for his first major feature film, Charlie dusts off millions with Michael Caine in the lead role, which was remade in 2003 with Mark Wahlberg under the title The Italian Job . He then wrote the scripts for the war films Shock Troop Gold with Clint Eastwood and The Second Command with Daria Halprin . In the mid-1970s he also worked for the television series alias Seeney , which was created by his brother Ian Kennedy Martin .

In 1983 he wrote the twelve-part series Reilly, Ace of Spies with Sam Neill in the lead role, which won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe . In 1985 the six-part series The Plutonium Affair followed , which was honored with six BAFTA Awards. The winners also included Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen for the best music. At the end of the 1980s he turned back to the cinema and wrote the screenplay for Arnold Schwarzenegger - action comedy Red Heat , among other things .

Kennedy Martin was divorced and had two children.

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SURNAME Kennedy Martin, Troy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marsh, Tony; Kennedy-Martin, Troy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Rothesay , Isle of Bute , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 2009
Place of death Ditchling , East Sussex , England