Troy Kennedy Martin

Born in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK on February 15, 1932 — died September 15, 2009 (aged 77)

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.