Person
Bryan Forbes
Directing · 1926–2013 · Stratford, London, England, UK
Biography
Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.
Known for
Play for Today
Director
Omnibus
1967
World in Action
1963
Film '72
Self
An Audience with...
Self
The Million Pound Note
Todd
Chaplin
Screenplay
The Guns of Navarone
Cohn
A Shot in the Dark
Camp Attendant
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Director
Filmography
- 2007British Film Forever
- 2006A Sense of Carol ReedSelf
- 2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
- 2003Memories on a Wet AfternoonSelf
- 2001The Stepford LifeHimself
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)
- 1995Empire of the CensorsSelf
- 1992ChaplinScreenplay
- 1989The Endless GameDirector
- 1989The Endless GameDirector
- 1989Elstree: Britain's HollywoodSelf
- 1985Restless NativesDriver
- 1984December FlowerHarry Grey
- 1984The Naked FaceDirector
- 1983An Audience with Kenneth Williams
- 1983Philip Marlowe, Private EyeDirector
- 1983Better Late Than NeverDirector
- 1980JessieWriter
- 1980Sunday LoversDirector
- 1980HopscotchScreenplay
- 1978International VelvetDirector
- 1978An Audience with...Self
- 1976The Slipper and the RoseHerald (uncredited)
- 1975The Stepford WivesDirector
- 1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other ThingsSelf
- 1972I Am a DancerNarrator (voice)
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1971The Raging MoonDirector
- 1970Play for TodayDirector
- 1970The Man Who Haunted HimselfProducer
- 1970EyewitnessExecutive Producer
- 1969Hitchcock at the N.F.T.Self
- 1969The Madwoman of ChaillotDirector
- 1968DeadfallDirector
- 1967Omnibus
- 1967The WhisperersDirector
- 1966The Wrong BoxDirector
- 1965King RatRadio (Voice)
- 1964The High Bright SunWriter
- 1964Of Human BondageWriter
- 1964A Shot in the DarkCamp Attendant
- 1964Seance on a Wet AfternoonDirector
- 1963Station Six-SaharaScreenplay
- 1963World in Action
- 1962The L-Shaped RoomDirector
- 1962Only Two Can PlayScreenplay
- 1961Whistle Down the WindDirector
- 1961The Guns of NavaroneCohn
- 1960Man in the MoonScreenplay
- 1960The League of GentlemenPorthill
- 1960The Angry Silence'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited)
- 1959Yesterday's EnemyDawson
- 1959Danger WithinScreenplay
- 1959The Captain's TableWriter
- 1958I Was Monty's DoubleButterfield
- 1958The KeyWeaver
- 1957Quatermass 2Marsh
- 1956It's Great to be Young!Organ Salesman
- 1956House of SecretsScreenplay
- 1956Now and ForeverFrisby
- 1956Satellite in the SkyJimmy Wheeler
- 1956The Baby and the BattleshipProf. Evans
- 1956The Black TentWriter
- 1956The Extra DayHarry
- 1955The Cockleshell HeroesWriter
- 1955Passage HomeShorty
- 1955The Colditz StoryJimmy Winslow
- 1954The Black KnightDialogue
- 1954An Inspector CallsEric Birling
- 1954The Million Pound NoteTodd
- 1954Up to His NeckSubby
- 1953Wheel of FateTed Reid
- 1953Sea DevilsWillie
- 1953Appointment in LondonThe Brat
- 1952The World in His ArmsWilliam Cleggett
- 1951Green Grow the RushesFred Starling
- 1950The Wooden HorsePaul
- 1949Dear Mr. ProhackTony
- 1949All Over the TownTrumble
- 1949The Small Back RoomPeterson
- —The League of GentlemenOriginal Film Writer
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