Bryan Forbes
Date of birth: 1926-07-22
Place of birth: Stratford, London, England, UK
Known for: Directing
Also known as: John Theobald Clarke
Biography
Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.
Movie Credits
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000-08-01
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britai
The Guns of Navarone
1961-04-27
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held i
Satellite in the Sky
1956-07-21
A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell
Quatermass 2
1957-06-17
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the
The Slipper and the Rose
1976-03-25
Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the Kingdom of Euphrania are anxiou
Restless Natives
1985-06-01
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and a
The League of Gentlemen
1960-04-15
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special pro
The World in His Arms
1952-10-09
A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russian
I Was Monty's Double
1958-10-21
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery
Green Grow the Rushes
1951-11-06
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of A
Dear Mr. Prohack
1949-09-07
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003-08-24
Two-part Arena special celebrating the life and distinguished career of one of Britain's best-loved
A Sense of Carol Reed
2006-11-07
The film director, Carol Reed, is the subject of this documentary short. The illegitimate son of the
The Extra Day
1956-01-01
Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various perf
All Over the Town
1949-04-25
Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
The Wooden Horse
1950-10-16
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
An Audience with Kenneth Williams
1983-12-23
Outstanding raconteur Kenneth Williams regales his spellbound audience in typical fashion with a lon
Wheel of Fate
1953-07-01
Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while T
Memories on a Wet Afternoon
2003-01-01
An Inspector Calls
1954-03-16
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known
The Key
1958-05-28
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged All
The Million Pound Note
1954-01-07
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen wh
The Colditz Story
1955-01-25
Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "esc
Appointment in London
1953-02-17
Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England.
Empire of the Censors
1995-05-28
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
Sea Devils
1953-04-12
Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman
Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
1969-12-30
In his 70th year, Alfred Hitchcock came to the National Film Theatre in London to talk to fellow dir
Up to His Neck
1954-01-01
A maritime farce set in the South Seas. A strong supporting cast includes Brian Rix, Anthony Newley
A Shot in the Dark
1964-06-23
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a strai
Yesterday's Enemy
1959-09-10
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the sold
Passage Home
1955-03-17
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A youn
December Flower
1984-12-23
Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's strugg
King Rat
1965-10-27
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a
Now and Forever
1956-09-10
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her se
It's Great to be Young!
1956-12-26
IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic n
The Baby and the Battleship
1956-06-01
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds hims
The Small Back Room
1949-02-21
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disa
The Stepford Life
2001-01-01
A documentary about the making of The Stepford Wives (1975).
Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things
1973-12-04
A documentary detailing the production of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" LP featuring foot
I Am a Dancer
1972-06-01
Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev.