Directing
Bryan Forbes
Born July 22, 1926 · Stratford, London, England, UK · Died May 8, 2013
Biography
Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.
Known for
7.5
Chaplin
Screenplay
7.5
The Guns of Navarone
Cohn
7.3
A Shot in the Dark
Camp Attendant
6.9
The Stepford Wives
Director
7.1
Hopscotch
Screenplay
6.7
Quatermass 2
Marsh
7.5
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Director, Screenplay, Producer
7.5
An Inspector Calls
Eric Birling
7.2
The League of Gentlemen
Porthill, Screenplay
6.8
The Million Pound Note
Todd
7.5
King Rat
Radio (Voice), Director, Screenplay
7.1
The Small Back Room
Peterson
6.4
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Producer
6.7
The Wrong Box
Director, Producer
6.9
The Colditz Story
Jimmy Winslow
7.6
Whistle Down the Wind
Director
6.9
The Slipper and the Rose
Herald (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
6.8
The World in His Arms
William Cleggett
5.5
The Naked Face
Director, Writer
7.3
The L-Shaped Room
Director, Writer
Filmography
- 2007British Film ForeverSeries
- 2006A Sense of Carol ReedSelfMovie
- 2003The Many Lives of Richard AttenboroughMovie
- 2003Memories on a Wet AfternoonSelfMovie
- 2001The Stepford LifeHimselfMovie
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1995Empire of the CensorsSelfMovie
- 1992ChaplinScreenplayMovie
- 1989The Endless GameDirector, Novel, ScreenplayMovie
- 1989The Endless GameDirector, WriterSeries
- 1989Elstree: Britain's HollywoodSelfSeries
- 1985Restless NativesDriverMovie
- 1984December FlowerHarry GreyMovie
- 1984The Naked FaceDirector, WriterMovie
- 1983An Audience with Kenneth WilliamsMovie
- 1983Philip Marlowe, Private EyeDirectorSeries
- 1983Better Late Than NeverDirector, WriterMovie
- 1980JessieDirector, WriterMovie
- 1980Sunday LoversDirectorMovie
- 1980HopscotchScreenplayMovie
- 1978International VelvetDirector, Screenplay, ProducerMovie
- 1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
- 1976The Slipper and the RoseHerald (uncredited), Director, ScreenplayMovie
- 1975The Stepford WivesDirectorMovie
- 1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other ThingsSelf, Director, ProducerMovie
- 1972I Am a DancerNarrator (voice), ProducerMovie
- 1971Film '72SelfSeries
- 1971The Raging MoonDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 1970Play for TodayDirector, WriterSeries
- 1970The Man Who Haunted HimselfProducerMovie
- 1970EyewitnessExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1969Hitchcock at the N.F.T.SelfMovie
- 1969The Madwoman of ChaillotDirectorMovie
- 1968DeadfallDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 1967OmnibusSeries
- 1967The WhisperersDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 1966The Wrong BoxDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1965King RatRadio (Voice), Director, ScreenplayMovie
- 1964The High Bright SunWriterMovie
- 1964Of Human BondageWriterMovie
- 1964A Shot in the DarkCamp AttendantMovie
- 1964Seance on a Wet AfternoonDirector, Screenplay, ProducerMovie
- 1963Station Six-SaharaScreenplayMovie
- 1963World in ActionSeries
- 1962The L-Shaped RoomDirector, WriterMovie
- 1962Only Two Can PlayScreenplayMovie
- 1961Whistle Down the WindDirectorMovie
- 1961The Guns of NavaroneCohnMovie
- 1960Man in the MoonScreenplayMovie
- 1960The League of GentlemenPorthill, ScreenplayMovie
- 1960The Angry Silence'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited), Writer, ProducerMovie
- 1959Yesterday's EnemyDawsonMovie
- 1959Danger WithinScreenplayMovie
- 1959The Captain's TableWriterMovie
- 1958I Was Monty's DoubleButterfield, ScreenplayMovie
- 1958The KeyWeaverMovie
- 1957Quatermass 2MarshMovie
- 1956It's Great to be Young!Organ SalesmanMovie
- 1956House of SecretsScreenplayMovie
- 1956Now and ForeverFrisbyMovie
- 1956Satellite in the SkyJimmy WheelerMovie
- 1956The Baby and the BattleshipProf. Evans, DialogueMovie
- 1956The Black TentWriterMovie
- 1956The Extra DayHarryMovie
- 1955The Cockleshell HeroesWriterMovie
- 1955Passage HomeShortyMovie
- 1955The Colditz StoryJimmy WinslowMovie
- 1954The Black KnightDialogueMovie
- 1954An Inspector CallsEric BirlingMovie
- 1954The Million Pound NoteToddMovie
- 1954Up to His NeckSubbyMovie
- 1953Wheel of FateTed ReidMovie
- 1953Sea DevilsWillieMovie
- 1953Appointment in LondonThe BratMovie
- 1952The World in His ArmsWilliam CleggettMovie
- 1951Green Grow the RushesFred StarlingMovie
- 1950The Wooden HorsePaulMovie
- 1949Dear Mr. ProhackTonyMovie
- 1949All Over the TownTrumbleMovie
- 1949The Small Back RoomPetersonMovie
- —The League of GentlemenOriginal Film WriterMovie