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Bryan Forbes

Directing

Born July 22, 1926 · Stratford, London, England, UK

Died May 8, 2013

Also known as John Theobald Clarke

Biography

Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.

Awards & recognition

  • Edgar Awards · 1965
  • BAFTA AwardBest British Screenplay · 1961
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Original Screenplay · 1961 · nominated

Filmography30 titles

Chaplin

1992Screenplay

International Velvet

1978Director, Producer, Screenplay

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969Director

The Guns of Navarone

1961as Cohn

A Shot in the Dark

1964as Camp Attendant

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964Director, Producer, Screenplay

An Inspector Calls

1954as Eric Birling

King Rat

1965as Radio (Voice)

Hopscotch

1980Screenplay

The League of Gentlemen

1960as Porthill

Man with a Million

1954as Todd

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

1976as Herald (uncredited)

Restless Natives

1985as Driver

The L-Shaped Room

1962Director, Writer

The Colditz Story

1955as Jimmy Winslow

The Wooden Horse

1950as Paul

The Small Back Room

1949as Peterson

The Stepford Wives

1975Director

Man in the Moon

1960Screenplay

The Whisperers

1967Director, Screenplay

Quatermass 2

1957as Marsh

House of Secrets

1956Screenplay

The Black Tent

1956Writer

The Black Knight

1954Dialogue

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970Producer

Of Human Bondage

1964Director, Writer

The Key

1958as Weaver

Green Grow the Rushes

1951as Fred Starling

Sea Devils

1953as Willie

The Naked Face

1984Director, Writer