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Bryan Forbes CBE 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".
Birth Name
John Theobald Clarke
Born
Thursday, 22 July 1926
Died
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| The Scottish Play | Self | 2001 |
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Self - Fastest Finger First | 1998 |
| Empire of the Censors | Self | 1995 |
| Restless Natives | Driver / Man in Car | 1985 |
| International Velvet | Awards Presenter | 1978 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella | Herald | 1976 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| The Scottish Play | Self | 2001 |
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Self - Fastest Finger First | 1998 |
| Empire of the Censors | Self | 1995 |
| Restless Natives | Driver / Man in Car | 1985 |
| International Velvet | Awards Presenter | 1978 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella | Herald | 1976 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| I Am a Dancer | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1972 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| King Rat | Radio / Radio (Voice) | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self, Self - Panellist | 1965 |
| Of Human Bondage | Medical Student | 1964 |
| A Shot in the Dark | Camp Attendant | 1964 |
| The Guns of Navarone | Cohn | 1961 |
| The League of Gentlemen | Porthill | 1960 |
| The Angry Silence | Journalist | 1960 |
| Yesterday's Enemy | Dawson | 1959 |
| Hell, Heaven or Hoboken | Young Lieutenant / Butterfield | 1958 |
| The Key | Weaver / First Mate Weaver | 1958 |
| Quatermass 2 | Marsh | 1957 |
| It's Great to Be Young! | Organ Salesman | 1956 |
| Satellite in the Sky | Jimmy Wheeler | 1956 |
| The Extra Day | Harry | 1956 |
| The Baby and the Battleship | Prof. Evans | 1956 |
| The Black Tent | Dying Soldier | 1956 |
| Now and Forever | Frisby | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Passage Home | Shorty | 1955 |
| The Colditz Story | Jimmy Winslow | 1955 |
| The Vise | Donald Clifton | 1954 |
| An Inspector Calls | Eric Birling | 1954 |
| Man with a Million | Todd | 1954 |
| Wheel of Fate | Ted Reid | 1953 |
| Sea Devils | Willie | 1953 |
| Raiders in the Sky | The Brat / Pilot Officer Peter Greeno, The Brat | 1953 |
| The World in His Arms | William Cleggett | 1952 |
| Flesh and Fury | Fighter | 1952 |
| Green Grow the Rushes | Fred Starling - Biddle crew member / Fred Starling | 1951 |
| The Wooden Horse | Paul | 1950 |
| Dear Mr. Prohack | Tony | 1949 |
| All Over the Town | Trumble | 1949 |
| Hour of Glory | Peterson - Dying Gunner | 1949 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Naked Face | 1984 |
| Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | 1983 |
| Better Late Than Never | 1983 |
| Sunday Lovers | 1980 |
| International Velvet | 1978 |
| The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella | 1976 |
| The Stepford Wives | 1975 |
| Long Ago, Tomorrow | 1971 |
| Play for Today | 1970 |
| The Madwoman of Chaillot | 1969 |
| Deadfall | 1968 |
| The Whisperers | 1967 |
| The Wrong Box | 1966 |
| King Rat | 1965 |
| Of Human Bondage | 1964 |
| Seance on a Wet Afternoon | 1964 |
| The L-Shaped Room | 1962 |
| Whistle Down the Wind | 1961 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| International Velvet | 1978 |
| I Am a Dancer | 1972 |
| The Man Who Haunted Himself | 1970 |
| Sudden Terror | 1970 |
| The Wrong Box | 1966 |
| Seance on a Wet Afternoon | 1964 |
| The Angry Silence | 1960 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1961 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
