Bryan Forbes
Known for directing · Born 22 July 1926 · Died 8 May 2013 · aged 86 · Stratford, London, England, UK
89 credits
Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.
Known for
Chaplin
1992
The Stepford Wives
1975
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
King Rat
1965
Hopscotch
1980
The Wrong Box
1966
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
Quatermass 2
1957
The League of Gentlemen
1960
The Naked Face
1984
The L-Shaped Room
1962
Acting (47)
2007British Film ForeverSeries
2006A Sense of Carol ReedSelfFilm
2003The Many Lives of Richard AttenboroughFilm
2003Memories on a Wet AfternoonSelfFilm
2001The Stepford LifeHimselfFilm
2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)Film
1995Empire of the CensorsSelfFilm
1989Elstree: Britain's HollywoodSelfSeries
1985Restless NativesDriverFilm
1984December FlowerHarry GreyFilm
1983An Audience with Kenneth WilliamsFilm
1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
1976The Slipper and the RoseHerald (uncredited)Film
1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other ThingsSelfFilm
1972I Am a DancerNarrator (voice)Film
1971Film '72Self · 3 episodesSeries
1969Hitchcock at the N.F.T.SelfFilm
1967OmnibusSeries
1965King RatRadio (Voice)Film
1964A Shot in the DarkCamp AttendantFilm
1963World in ActionSeries
1961The Guns of NavaroneCohnFilm
1960The League of GentlemenPorthillFilm
1960The Angry Silence'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited)Film
1959Yesterday's EnemyDawsonFilm
1958The KeyWeaverFilm
1958I Was Monty's DoubleButterfieldFilm
1957Quatermass 2MarshFilm
1956Satellite in the SkyJimmy WheelerFilm
1956The Baby and the BattleshipProf. EvansFilm
1956It's Great to be Young!Organ SalesmanFilm
1956The Extra DayHarryFilm
1956Now and ForeverFrisbyFilm
1955The Colditz StoryJimmy WinslowFilm
1955Passage HomeShortyFilm
1954An Inspector CallsEric BirlingFilm
1954The Million Pound NoteToddFilm
1954Up to His NeckSubbyFilm
1953Sea DevilsWillieFilm
1953Appointment in LondonThe BratFilm
1953Wheel of FateTed ReidFilm
1952The World in His ArmsWilliam CleggettFilm
1951Green Grow the RushesFred StarlingFilm
1950The Wooden HorsePaulFilm
1949The Small Back RoomPetersonFilm
1949Dear Mr. ProhackTonyFilm
1949All Over the TownTrumbleFilm
Directing (19)
1989The Endless GameDirector, Novel, ScreenplayFilm
1989The Endless GameDirector, WriterSeries
1984The Naked FaceDirector, WriterFilm
1983Philip Marlowe, Private EyeDirectorSeries
1983Better Late Than NeverDirector, WriterFilm
1980Sunday LoversDirectorFilm
1978International VelvetDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
1975The Stepford WivesDirectorFilm
1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other ThingsDirector, ProducerFilm
1971The Raging MoonDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1970Play for TodayDirector, WriterSeries
1969The Madwoman of ChaillotDirectorFilm
1968DeadfallDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1967The WhisperersDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1966The Wrong BoxDirector, ProducerFilm
1965King RatDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1964Seance on a Wet AfternoonDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
1962The L-Shaped RoomDirector, WriterFilm
1961Whistle Down the WindDirectorFilm
Production (3)
1972I Am a DancerProducerFilm
1970The Man Who Haunted HimselfProducerFilm
1970EyewitnessExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (20)
1992ChaplinScreenplayFilm
1980HopscotchScreenplayFilm
1980JessieWriter, DirectorFilm
1976The Slipper and the RoseScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1964Of Human BondageWriterFilm
1964The High Bright SunWriterFilm
1963Station Six-SaharaScreenplayFilm
1962Only Two Can PlayScreenplayFilm
1960The League of GentlemenScreenplayFilm
1960The Angry SilenceWriter, ProducerFilm
1960Man in the MoonScreenplayFilm
1959Danger WithinScreenplayFilm
1959The Captain's TableWriterFilm
1958I Was Monty's DoubleScreenplayFilm
1956The Baby and the BattleshipDialogueFilm
1956The Black TentWriterFilm
1956House of SecretsScreenplayFilm
1955The Cockleshell HeroesWriterFilm
1954The Black KnightDialogueFilm
—The League of GentlemenOriginal Film WriterFilm