Robert Sharples

Robert Sharples

Robert Sharples (born 2 July 1913, Bury, Lancashire, died 8 September 1987), Camden, London, England was a British musical conductor, composer and band-leader whose work encompassed movies and well-known British television programmes in the 1960s and 1970s.

Among his compositions were the hauntingly atmospheric theme music for the long-running series Public Eye, written under the pseudonym Robert Earley. He is perhaps best known as the avuncular musical director of the UK talent show Opportunity Knocks, featuring Hughie Green, who routinely referred to him as "Uncle Bob" Sharples.

He married in 1944, with his widow Christina going on to have a well-publicised affair with Green after his death in 1987.

Reference
* Obituary, "The Guardian" 9 September 1987 p 34


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