Bryan Forbes

Biography

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

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

97

Birth Date

1926-07-22 00:00:00

Birth Place

Stratford, London, England, UK

Known For

• 

  The Stepford Wives
• 

  The Naked Face
• 

  Sunday Lovers
• 

  The Slipper and the Rose
• 

  The Raging Moon
• 

  Deadfall

Credits

• writing (30 credits)

  • The League of Gentlemen

    original film writer

    writing
    2026
  • Chaplin

    screenplay

    writing
    1992
  • The Endless Game

    novel

    writing
    1989
  • The Naked Face

    writer

    writing
    1984
  • Better Late Than Never

    writer

    writing
    1983
  • Jessie

    writer

    writing
    1980
  • Hopscotch

    screenplay

    writing
    1980
  • International Velvet

    screenplay

    writing
    1978
  • The Slipper and the Rose

    screenplay

    writing
    1976
  • The Raging Moon

    screenplay

    writing
    1971
  • Deadfall

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • The Whisperers

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • King Rat

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • The High Bright Sun

    writer

    writing
    1964
  • Of Human Bondage

    writer

    writing
    1964
  • Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Station Six-Sahara

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • The L-Shaped Room

    writer

    writing
    1962
  • Only Two Can Play

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Man in the Moon

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • The League of Gentlemen

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • The Angry Silence

    writer

    writing
    1960
  • Danger Within

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • The Captain's Table

    writer

    writing
    1959
  • I Was Monty's Double

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • House of Secrets

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • The Baby and the Battleship

    dialogue

    writing
    1956
  • The Black Tent

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • The Cockleshell Heroes

    writer

    writing
    1955
  • The Black Knight

    dialogue

    writing
    1954

• actors (41 credits)

  • A Sense of Carol Reed

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Memories on a Wet Afternoon

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Stepford Life

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Empire of the Censors

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Restless Natives

    Driver

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • December Flower

    Harry Grey

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • An Audience with Kenneth Williams

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Slipper and the Rose

    Herald (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • I Am a Dancer

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • King Rat

    Radio (Voice)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • A Shot in the Dark

    Camp Attendant

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Guns of Navarone

    Cohn

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The League of Gentlemen

    Porthill

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Angry Silence

    'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Yesterday's Enemy

    Dawson

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • I Was Monty's Double

    Butterfield

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Key

    Weaver

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Quatermass 2

    Marsh

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • It's Great to be Young!

    Organ Salesman

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Now and Forever

    Frisby

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Satellite in the Sky

    Jimmy Wheeler

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Baby and the Battleship

    Prof. Evans

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Extra Day

    Harry

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Passage Home

    Shorty

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Colditz Story

    Jimmy Winslow

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • An Inspector Calls

    Eric Birling

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Million Pound Note

    Todd

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Up to His Neck

    Subby

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Wheel of Fate

    Ted Reid

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Sea Devils

    Willie

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Appointment in London

    The Brat

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The World in His Arms

    William Cleggett

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Green Grow the Rushes

    Fred Starling

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Wooden Horse

    Paul

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Dear Mr. Prohack

    Tony

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • All Over the Town

    Trumble

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Small Back Room

    Peterson

    actor

    actors
    1949

• directing (18 credits)

  • The Endless Game

    director

    directing
    1989
  • The Naked Face

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Better Late Than Never

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Jessie

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Sunday Lovers

    director

    directing
    1980
  • International Velvet

    director

    directing
    1978
  • The Slipper and the Rose

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Stepford Wives

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

    director

    directing
    1973
  • The Raging Moon

    director

    directing
    1971
  • The Madwoman of Chaillot

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Deadfall

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Whisperers

    director

    directing
    1967
  • The Wrong Box

    director

    directing
    1966
  • King Rat

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    director

    directing
    1964
  • The L-Shaped Room

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Whistle Down the Wind

    director

    directing
    1961

• production (8 credits)

  • International Velvet

    producer

    production
    1978
  • Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

    producer

    production
    1973
  • I Am a Dancer

    producer

    production
    1972
  • The Man Who Haunted Himself

    producer

    production
    1970
  • Eyewitness

    executive producer

    production
    1970
  • The Wrong Box

    producer

    production
    1966
  • Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    producer

    production
    1964
  • The Angry Silence

    producer

    production
    1960