- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRoderick Mayne Thorp Jr.
- Novelist, short-story writer, teacher -- and private detective. He wrote two novels that would be turned into theatrical films, "The Detective" (1966), which became The Detective (1968); and "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1979), which became Die Hard (1988). His 1986 novel "Rainbow Drive" was later produced as a made-for-TV movie. He taught literature and lectured on creative writing at schools and colleges in New Jersey and California, and wrote pieces for newspapers and magazines. Earlier, as a young college graduate, he had worked at a detective agency owned by his father.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Takacs <kinephile@aol.com>
- Father of Stephen Thorp.
- We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
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