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- Birth nameFrancis Troy Kennedy Martin
- Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15, 1932 in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK. He was an accomplished writer, known for The Italian Job (1969), Red Heat (1988) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He penned two of British television's most groundbreaking series of the 20th century, first with Z Cars (1962), one of the first realistic police dramas, and later Edge of Darkness (1985), a political thriller that was adapted into a film. His screenplay for Ferrari (2023), about the life of Enzo Ferrari, is in production.
He attended Trinity College in Dublin and later resided in London's Notting Hill Gate for 50 years.
He was previously married to actress Diane Aubrey. He died on September 15, 2009 in Ditchling, East Sussex, England, UK.- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- SpouseDiane Aubrey(1967 - 1973) (divorced, 2 children)
- In his later years, he claimed to dislike strongly "The Italian Job", the best-known of the films he scripted, saying it was offensively sexist.
- Brother of writer Ian Kennedy Martin.
- He was named Troy after a Catholic priest called Father Troy who had been a friend of his father.
- On the famous ending of The Italian Job (1969): "None of us liked the ending at the time. I didn't even write the final scene in the film. Michael Deeley added it after they'd run out of money. Peter Collinson hated it so much he wouldn't film it and made the assistant director do it instead."
- On his screenplay for The Italian Job (1969): "My brother came up with the idea, but his idea was to set in London, around Regent Street. We decided a financial agreement and I took it on. I decided to change it to Turin because it has a computer operated traffic light system."
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