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Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/crime novels. His 1966 novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968. He is however better known for its sequel, the bestselling 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever, which is the basis for the film Die Hard in 1988. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were also adapted into TV movies.
Birth Name
Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr.
Born
Tuesday, 01 September 1936
Died
Wednesday, 28 April 1999
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self | 2019 |
Deep Down | Cook | 1994 |
Unsolved Mysteries | Self / Self - Author, River: A Novel of the Green River Killings | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self | 2019 |
Deep Down | Cook | 1994 |
Unsolved Mysteries | Self / Self - Author, River: A Novel of the Green River Killings | 1987 |