Bryan Forbes

Bryan Forbes

Directing

Born July 22, 1926 · Stratford, London, England, UK

21 films as director · Active 1961–1989

Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.

Known for

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Film '72

1971

An Audience with...

An Audience with...

1978

World in Action

World in Action

1963

The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note

1954

The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

1964

British Film Forever

British Film Forever

2007

Directed(21)

The Endless Game

1989The Endless Game★ 6.3

The Naked Face

1984The Naked Face★ 5.4

Better Late Than Never

1983Better Late Than Never★ 4.8

Sunday Lovers

1980Sunday Lovers★ 5.8

Jessie

1980Jessie★ 10.0

International Velvet

1978International Velvet★ 7.4

The Slipper and the Rose

1976The Slipper and the Rose★ 6.9

The Stepford Wives

1975The Stepford Wives★ 6.7

Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things★ 10.0

The Raging Moon

1971The Raging Moon★ 6.7

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969The Madwoman of Chaillot★ 7.3

Deadfall

1968Deadfall★ 5.4

The Whisperers

1967The Whisperers★ 6.5

The Wrong Box

1966The Wrong Box★ 6.4

King Rat

1965King Rat★ 7.2

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964Seance on a Wet Afternoon★ 7.2

The L-Shaped Room

1962The L-Shaped Room★ 6.8

Whistle Down the Wind

1961Whistle Down the Wind★ 7.2

Acting(47)

2007British Film Forever

2006A Sense of Carol ReedSelf

2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

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2003Memories on a Wet AfternoonSelf

2001The Stepford LifeHimself

2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)

1995Empire of the CensorsSelf

1989Elstree: Britain's HollywoodSelf

1985Restless NativesDriver

1984December FlowerHarry Grey

1983An Audience with Kenneth Williams

1978An Audience with...Self

1976The Slipper and the RoseHerald (uncredited)

1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other ThingsSelf

1972I Am a DancerNarrator (voice)

1971Film '72Self

1969Hitchcock at the N.F.T.Self

1965King RatRadio (Voice)

1964A Shot in the DarkCamp Attendant

1963World in Action

1961The Guns of NavaroneCohn

1960The League of GentlemenPorthill

1960The Angry Silence'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited)

1959Yesterday's EnemyDawson

1958I Was Monty's DoubleButterfield

1958The KeyWeaver

1957Quatermass 2Marsh

1956It's Great to be Young!Organ Salesman

1956Now and ForeverFrisby

1956Satellite in the SkyJimmy Wheeler

1956The Baby and the BattleshipProf. Evans

1956The Extra DayHarry

1955Passage HomeShorty

1955The Colditz StoryJimmy Winslow

1954An Inspector CallsEric Birling

1954The Million Pound NoteTodd

1954Up to His NeckSubby

1953Wheel of FateTed Reid

1953Sea DevilsWillie

1953Appointment in LondonThe Brat

1952The World in His ArmsWilliam Cleggett

1951Green Grow the RushesFred Starling

1950The Wooden HorsePaul

1949Dear Mr. ProhackTony

1949All Over the TownTrumble

1949The Small Back RoomPeterson