Bryan Forbes
English film director, screenwriter and actor (1926-2013) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 86
Bryan Forbes was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as a "Renaissance man" and "one of the most important figures in the British film industry".
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British Film ForeverSeries1992
ChaplinFilm, Writer1989
Elstree: Britain's HollywoodSeries
The Endless GameSeries, 1989Director, Writer1984
The Naked FaceFilm, Director, Writer1983
Philip Marlowe, Private EyeSeries, Director1978
An Audience with...Series
International VelvetFilm, 1978Director, Writer1975
The Stepford WivesFilm, Director1971Film '72Series1970
Play for TodaySeries, Director, Writer
EyewitnessFilm, 1970Producer1967
OmnibusSeries
The WhisperersFilm, 1967Director, Writer1965Edgar AwardsAward
King RatFilm, 1965Director, Writer1963
World in ActionSeries1962
Only Two Can PlayFilm, Writer1961BAFTA Award for Best British ScreenplayAward1960
The Angry SilenceFilm, Writer, Producer1958
I Was Monty's DoubleFilm, Writer1956
Satellite in the SkyFilm, Jimmy Wheeler1954
An Inspector CallsFilm, Eric Birling1952
The World in His ArmsFilm, William Cleggett1949
The Small Back RoomFilm, Peterson1926Born22 July 1926
British Film ForeverSeries1992ChaplinFilm, Writer1989Elstree: Britain's HollywoodSeriesThe Endless GameSeries, 1989Director, Writer1984The Naked FaceFilm, Director, Writer1983Philip Marlowe, Private EyeSeries, Director1978An Audience with...SeriesInternational VelvetFilm, 1978Director, Writer1975The Stepford WivesFilm, Director1971Film '72Series1970Play for TodaySeries, Director, WriterEyewitnessFilm, 1970Producer1967OmnibusSeriesThe WhisperersFilm, 1967Director, Writer1965Edgar AwardsAwardKing RatFilm, 1965Director, Writer1963World in ActionSeries1962Only Two Can PlayFilm, Writer1961BAFTA Award for Best British ScreenplayAward1960The Angry SilenceFilm, Writer, Producer1958I Was Monty's DoubleFilm, Writer1956Satellite in the SkyFilm, Jimmy Wheeler1954An Inspector CallsFilm, Eric Birling1952The World in His ArmsFilm, William Cleggett1949The Small Back RoomFilm, Peterson1926Born22 July 1926People around Bryan
Roger Moore Bryan directed The Naked Face and Sunday Lovers
Richard Attenborough Produced Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Denholm Elliott Bryan directed King Rat and Sunday Lovers
Bernard Lee Bryan directed The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Leonard Rossiter Bryan directed King Rat and The Whisperers- Norman Bird Also in An Inspector Calls (1954)
- Gerald Sim Bryan directed King Rat and The Whisperers
John Mills Bryan directed King Rat and The Wrong Box
Edith Evans Bryan directed The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Michael Caine Bryan directed The Wrong Box and Deadfall
John Le Mesurier Bryan directed The Wrong Box (1966)
André Morell Bryan directed The Wrong Box (1966)- Geoffrey Keen Bryan produced The Angry Silence (1960)
- Mark Eden Bryan directed Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Eric Portman Bryan directed The Whisperers and Deadfall- Lionel Jeffries Bryan directed Better Late Than Never (1982)
Peter Sellers Bryan directed The Wrong Box (1966)
Richard Chamberlain Bryan directed The Slipper and the Rose (1977)
Raoul Walsh Directed The World in His Arms and Sea Devils
Priscilla Barnes Bryan directed Sunday Lovers (1981)
Michael Hordern Bryan directed The Slipper and the Rose (1977)
Geoffrey Bayldon Bryan directed King Rat (1965)
Percy Herbert Also in Yesterday's Enemy and Quatermass 2
Michael Craig Bryan produced The Angry Silence (1960)
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Chaplin 1992
The Guns of Navarone 1961
King Rat 1965
A Shot in the Dark 1964
Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 9
Awards
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2013 · aged 86
