# Roderick Thorp

> Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedurals and crime novels. His novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968. Thorp is also known for its sequel, the bestselling novel Nothing Lasts Forever, which later served as the basis for the film Die Hard. Thus Thorp became a creator of the entire media franchise of the same name. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were also adapted into TV movies.

*American writer (1936–1999)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/roderick-thorp

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1936-09-01
- **Died:** 1999-04-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 15.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861636/ (@nm0861636)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roderick_Thorp)
- [رودريك ثورب (كاتب)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8))
- [روديريك ثورپ](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%BE)
- [رادریک ترپ](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%BE)
- [Родърик Торп](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF)
- [Roderick Thorp](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Thorp)
- [ڕۆدریک تۆرپ](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B1%D9%BE)
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- [Roderick Thorp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Thorp)
- [Roderick Thorp](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Thorp)
- [رادریک ترپ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%BE)
- [Roderick Thorp](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Thorp)
- [Roderick Thorp](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Thorp)
- [ロデリック・ソープ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97)
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- [Родерік Торп](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roderick_Thorp)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399272)
- [Roderick Thorp](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7670)

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