* 1985 – Philip Larkin, English writer and jazz critic ( b. 1922 )

Notably, from 1985 to 1988, author and television writer Hugh Miller wrote seventeen novels, detailing the lives of many of the show's original characters before 1985, when events on screen took place.

* 1921 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer ( d. 1985 )

* 1918 – Theodore Sturgeon, American writer ( d. 1985 )

* 1891 – Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer ( d. 1985 )

White, American writer ( d. 1985 )

In 1985, Voight teamed up with Russian writer and director Andrei Konchalovsky to play the role of escaped con Manny Manheim in Runaway Train.

* 1905 – Geoffrey Grigson, British writer ( d. 1985 )

* 1907 – Israel Regardie, English occultist and writer ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Ryan Nemeth, American professional wrestler and writer

* 1923 – Italo Calvino, Italian writer ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer and actress

Ruth Gordon Jones ( October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985 ), better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer.

Another early article source ( May 15, 1985 ) is a column by Neil Morgan, a San Diego Evening Tribune writer who wrote: " Forrest Shumway, chairman of The Signal Cos., doesn't make predictions.

** Theodore Sturgeon, American writer ( d. 1985 )

* December 21 – Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1985 )

* December 24 – James Hadley Chase, English writer ( d. 1985 )

* July 24 – Robert Graves, English writer ( d. 1985 )

* October 15 – Italo Calvino, Italian writer ( d. 1985 )

The recordings, by screenplay writer Laura McKinney, were from a 1985 research session wherein the detective assisted her with a screenplay about LAPD policewomen.

His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award – winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend ( 1945 ), a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind ( 1942 ), the murder-plotting husband in Dial M for Murder ( 1954 ), and as Oliver Barrett III in Love Story ( 1970 ).

Richard Timothy " Dick " Kinney ( 1916 – 1985, Glendale, California ) was an American animator and comic book writer.

* Uncle Clarence ( writer, narrator ), 1985

* Lerner, Alan Jay ( 1985 ).

* Alan Beith 1985 – 1988

* Watchmen ( 1985 ) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

* Everitt, Alan ( 1985 ).

* Alan Moore and Marc Miller, eds., ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery ( 1985 ) ( Colab, i. e. Collaborative Projects, NY, NY )

The main new works staged by the company have been The Little Mermaid by Anne Boyd ( 1985 ); Metamorphosis by Brian Howard ( 1985 ); Voss by Richard Meale ( 1986 ); Whitsunday by Howard ( 1988 ); Mer de glace by Richard Meale ( 1992 ); The Golem by Larry Sitsky ( 1993 ); The Eighth Wonder by Alan John ( 1995 ); Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Richard Mills ( 1999 ); Batavia by Richard Mills ( 2001 ); Love in the Age of Therapy by Paul Grabowsky ( OzOpera 2002 ); Lindy by Moya Henderson ( 2003 ); Madeline Lee by John Haddock ( 2004 ); Bliss ( 2010 ) by Brett Dean.

Following Scarface, she accepted the roles of Isabeau d ' Anjou in Richard Donner's fantasy film Ladyhawke ( 1985 ) opposite Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick, Diana in John Landis ' comedy Into the Night ( 1985 ) opposite Jeff Goldblum, Faith Healy in Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty ( 1986 ) opposite Michael Caine, and Brenda Landers in a segment of the 1950s sci-fi parody Amazon Women on the Moon ( 1987 ), all of which, despite achieving only modest commercial success, helped to establish her as an actress.

Alan Moore won the 1985 and 1986 Jack Kirby Awards for Best Writer for Swamp Thing.

Alan Moore, John Totleben, and Steve Bissette won the 1985 Jack Kirby Award for Best Single Issue for Swamp Thing Annual 2.

The gravestone, in Larch Wood ( Railway Cutting ) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery | Larch Wood ( Railway Cutting ) cemetery, of Alan Bennett's Uncle Clarence, subject of a 1985 radio monologue.

It also featured in the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes starring Nicholas Rowe and Alan Cox.

Leader of the APRA ( Partido Aprista Peruano ) from 1985 to 1990, he reached the position of Secretary General after the resignation of Alan García.

The area to the north of the Strand was long thought to have remained as unsettled fields until the 16th century, but theories by Alan Vince and Martin Biddle that there had been an Anglo-Saxon settlement to the west of the old Roman town of Londinium were borne out by excavations in 1985 and 2005.

Its landlord Alan B. Weissman made top billing in the 1985 edition of The Village Voice annual list, " The Dirty Dozen: New York's Worst Landlords, surpassed only by Traill.

* Les liaisons dangereuses by Christopher Hampton starring Alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan, and Juliet Stevenson, world premiere directed by Howard Davies ( 1985 )

* 1985 – Alan Jay Lerner

In 1985 Yorkshire Television produced a 129-minute 9-part serial presentation of The Pilgrim's Progress with animated stills by Alan Parry and narrated by Paul Copley entitled Dangerous Journey.

* Call Up The Groups, Alan Clayson, 1985, Blandford Press-ISBN 0-7137-1553-7

** “ The Mind of Edward Bottlebum ,” written by John Wagner and Alan Grant, art by Ian Gibson, Judge Dredd Annual 1985 ( 1984 )

** “ Revenge ” ( also known as “ Four Dark Judges ”), written by Alan Grant, art by Brett Ewins ( epiosodes 1 – 7 ), Cliff Robinson ( 8 – 10, 12 ) and Robin Smith ( 11 ), in 2000 AD # 416 – 427 ( 1985 )

** “ A Fistful of Denimite ,” written by Alan Grant, art by Ian Gibson, in Judge Dredd Annual 1986 ( 1985 )

In 1985, borrowing technology from the aerospace industry, ( and bike companies such as Alan and Vitus ), Trek introduced its first bonded aluminum bike frame, the 2000.