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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	Himself (as Bryan Forbes CBE)	2007
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Himself (archive footage)	2000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Self - Fastest Finger First	1998
Empire of the Censors	Himself	1995
Restless Natives	Driver	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)	1972

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

British Film Forever	Himself (as Bryan Forbes CBE)	2007
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	Himself (archive footage)	2000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Self - Fastest Finger First	1998
Empire of the Censors	Himself	1995
Restless Natives	Driver	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)	1972
The David Frost Show	Himself	1969
King Rat	Radio	1965
Call My Bluff	Himself, Himself - Panellist	1965
A Shot in the Dark	Camp Attendant (as Turk Thrust)	1964
The Guns Of Navarone	Cohn	1961
The League of Gentlemen	Porthill	1960
Yesterday's Enemy	Dawson	1959
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken	Young Lieutenant	1958
The Key	Weaver	1958
Quatermass 2	Marsh	1957
The Baby and the Battleship	Prof. Evans	1957
Now and Forever	Frisby	1956
Satellite in the Sky	Jimmy Wheeler	1956
The Extra Day	Harry	1956
The Black Tent	Dying Soldier (scenes deleted)	1956
Passage Home	Shorty	1955
The Colditz Story	Jimmy Winslow	1955
The Vise	Donald Clifton	1954
An Inspector Calls	Eric / 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	1953
The World in His Arms	William Cleggett	1952
Green Grow the Rushes	Fred Starling - Biddle crew member	1951
The Wooden Horse	Paul	1950
Dear Mr. Prohack	Tony	1949
All Over the Town	Trumble	1949
Hour of Glory	Peterson - Dying Gunner (as Brian Forbes)	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