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Alan Grofield is a fictional character created by Donald E. Westlake. He is the main protagonist of four of the 28 novels Westlake has written under the pseudonym Richard Stark, and a supporting character in an additional four. Grofield's first appearance was in the novel The Score, which was published in 1964.

A career criminal and professional thief, Grofield is a devilishly handsome and charming womanizer whose main passion in life is the stage. This love of theatre does not extend to cinema; Grofield has a deep, almost pathological disdain for television and film acting, which he considers a unacceptable perversion of the actor's craft. Accordingly, despite the fact that film and TV roles can be lucrative, Grofield will under no circumstances pursue acting opportunities in these fields.