Bryan Forbes
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 22 July 1926 · Stratford, London, England, UK
- Died
- 8 May 2013
Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.
Known for
Writing 30
- 2025The League of Gentlemen · original film writer
- 1992Chaplin · screenplay
- 1989The Endless Game · screenplay
- 1984The Naked Face · writer
- 1983Better Late Than Never · writer
- 1980Jessie · writer
- 1980Hopscotch · screenplay
- 1978International Velvet · screenplay
- 1976The Slipper and the Rose · screenplay
- 1971The Raging Moon · screenplay
- 1968Deadfall · screenplay
- 1967The Whisperers · screenplay
- 1965King Rat · screenplay
- 1964The High Bright Sun · writer
- 1964Of Human Bondage · writer
- 1964Seance on a Wet Afternoon · screenplay
- 1963Station Six-Sahara · screenplay
- 1962The L-Shaped Room · writer
- 1962Only Two Can Play · screenplay
- 1960Man in the Moon · screenplay
- 1960The League of Gentlemen · screenplay
- 1960The Angry Silence · writer
- 1959Danger Within · screenplay
- 1959The Captain's Table · writer
- 1958I Was Monty's Double · screenplay
- 1956House of Secrets · screenplay
- 1956The Baby and the Battleship · dialogue
- 1956The Black Tent · writer
- 1955The Cockleshell Heroes · writer
- 1954The Black Knight · dialogue
Acting 41
- 2006A Sense of Carol Reed as Self
- 2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
- 2003Memories on a Wet Afternoon as Self
- 2001The Stepford Life as Himself
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 1995Empire of the Censors as Self
- 1985Restless Natives as Driver
- 1984December Flower as Harry Grey
- 1983An Audience with Kenneth Williams
- 1976The Slipper and the Rose as Herald (uncredited)
- 1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things as Self
- 1972I Am a Dancer as Narrator (voice)
- 1969Hitchcock at the N.F.T. as Self
- 1965King Rat as Radio (Voice)
- 1964A Shot in the Dark as Camp Attendant
- 1961The Guns of Navarone as Cohn
- 1960The League of Gentlemen as Porthill
- 1960The Angry Silence as 'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited)
- 1959Yesterday's Enemy as Dawson
- 1958I Was Monty's Double as Butterfield
- 1958The Key as Weaver
- 1957Quatermass 2 as Marsh
- 1956It's Great to be Young! as Organ Salesman
- 1956Now and Forever as Frisby
- 1956Satellite in the Sky as Jimmy Wheeler
- 1956The Baby and the Battleship as Prof. Evans
- 1956The Extra Day as Harry
- 1955Passage Home as Shorty
- 1955The Colditz Story as Jimmy Winslow
- 1954An Inspector Calls as Eric Birling
- 1954The Million Pound Note as Todd
- 1954Up to His Neck as Subby
- 1953Wheel of Fate as Ted Reid
- 1953Sea Devils as Willie
- 1953Appointment in London as The Brat
- 1952The World in His Arms as William Cleggett
- 1951Green Grow the Rushes as Fred Starling
- 1950The Wooden Horse as Paul
- 1949Dear Mr. Prohack as Tony
- 1949All Over the Town as Trumble
- 1949The Small Back Room as Peterson
Directing 18
- 1989The Endless Game · director
- 1984The Naked Face · director
- 1983Better Late Than Never · director
- 1980Jessie · director
- 1980Sunday Lovers · director
- 1978International Velvet · director
- 1976The Slipper and the Rose · director
- 1975The Stepford Wives · director
- 1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things · director
- 1971The Raging Moon · director
- 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot · director
- 1968Deadfall · director
- 1967The Whisperers · director
- 1966The Wrong Box · director
- 1965King Rat · director
- 1964Seance on a Wet Afternoon · director
- 1962The L-Shaped Room · director
- 1961Whistle Down the Wind · director
Production 8
- 1978International Velvet · producer
- 1973Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things · producer
- 1972I Am a Dancer · producer
- 1970The Man Who Haunted Himself · producer
- 1970Eyewitness · executive producer
- 1966The Wrong Box · producer
- 1964Seance on a Wet Afternoon · producer
- 1960The Angry Silence · producer