Skip to content
Bryan Forbes

Bryan Forbes

Director · 1926–2013 · Stratford, London, England, UK

IMDb

Highest rated as cast or director

Biography

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

Directed 21

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Endless Game

    Director

  2. The Endless Game

    Director

  3. 1984
  4. 1983

    Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

    Director

  5. Better Late Than Never

    Director

  6. 1980

    Jessie

    Director

  7. Sunday Lovers

    Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    International Velvet

    Director

  2. 1976
  3. 1975
  4. 1973

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

    Director

  5. 1971

    The Raging Moon

    Director

  6. 1970

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Madwoman of Chaillot

    Director

  2. 1968
  3. 1967

    The Whisperers

    Director

  4. 1966

    The Wrong Box

    Director

  5. 1965
  6. 1964
  7. 1962

    The L-Shaped Room

    Director

  8. 1961

    Whistle Down the Wind

    Director

Acted in 36

2000s

  1. 2007

    British Film Forever

    TV

  2. 2003

    The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1985

    Restless Natives

    Driver

  2. 1984

    December Flower

    Harry Grey

  3. 1983

    An Audience with Kenneth Williams

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1967
  2. 1965
  3. 1964
  4. 1963
  5. 1961
  6. 1960

    The League of Gentlemen

    Porthill

  7. The Angry Silence

    'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited)

1950s

  1. 1959

    Yesterday's Enemy

    Dawson

  2. 1958
  3. The Key

    Weaver

  4. 1957
  5. 1956

    It's Great to be Young!

    Organ Salesman

  6. Now and Forever

    Frisby

  7. Satellite in the Sky

    Jimmy Wheeler

  8. The Baby and the Battleship

    Prof. Evans

  9. The Extra Day

    Harry

  10. 1955

    Passage Home

    Shorty

  11. The Colditz Story

    Jimmy Winslow

  12. 1954

    An Inspector Calls

    Eric Birling

  13. Up to His Neck

    Subby

  14. 1953

    Wheel of Fate

    Ted Reid

  15. Sea Devils

    Willie

  16. Appointment in London

    The Brat

  17. 1952

    The World in His Arms

    William Cleggett

  18. 1951

    Green Grow the Rushes

    Fred Starling

  19. 1950

    The Wooden Horse

    Paul

1940s

  1. 1949

    Dear Mr. Prohack

    Tony

  2. All Over the Town

    Trumble

  3. The Small Back Room

    Peterson

Wrote 31

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Endless Game

    Novel, Screenplay

  2. The Endless Game

    Writer

  3. 1984
  4. 1983

    Better Late Than Never

    Writer

  5. 1980

    Jessie

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1978

    International Velvet

    Screenplay

  2. 1976
  3. 1971

    The Raging Moon

    Screenplay

  4. 1970

1960s

  1. 1968
  2. 1967

    The Whisperers

    Screenplay

  3. 1965
  4. 1964

    The High Bright Sun

    Writer

  5. Of Human Bondage

    Writer

  6. 1963

    Station Six-Sahara

    Screenplay

  7. 1962

    The L-Shaped Room

    Writer

  8. Only Two Can Play

    Screenplay

  9. 1960

    Man in the Moon

    Screenplay

  10. The League of Gentlemen

    Screenplay

  11. The Angry Silence

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1959

    Danger Within

    Screenplay

  2. The Captain's Table

    Writer

  3. 1958
  4. 1956

    House of Secrets

    Screenplay

  5. The Baby and the Battleship

    Dialogue

  6. The Black Tent

    Writer

  7. 1955

    The Cockleshell Heroes

    Writer

  8. 1954

Produced 8

1970s

  1. 1978

    International Velvet

    Producer

  2. 1973

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

    Producer

  3. 1972

    I Am a Dancer

    Producer

  4. 1970

    The Man Who Haunted Himself

    Producer

  5. Eyewitness

    Executive Producer

1960s

  1. 1966

    The Wrong Box

    Producer

  2. 1964
  3. 1960

    The Angry Silence

    Producer

Appearances7

2000s

  1. 2001

    The Stepford Life

    Himself

  2. 2000

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1989

    Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

    Self · 1 episode

1970s

  1. 1978
  2. 1973

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

    Self

  3. 1972

    I Am a Dancer

    Narrator (voice)

1960s

  1. 1969

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Self