Bryan Forbes Filmography
05 October 07
The multi-faceted career of Bryan Forbes CBE encompasses an unparalleled list of acting, writing, producing and directing for both the small and big screen.
Filmography
1992 Chaplin Writer
1990 The Endless Game (TV) Writer/ Director
1985 Restless Natives Actor
1984 December Flower (TV) Actor
1984 The Naked Face Writer/ Director
1983 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (The King in Yellow, TV Episode) Director
1982 Better Late Than Never Writer/Director
1980 Play For Today (Jessie, TV Episode) Writer/ Director
1980 Hopscotch Writer
1980 Sunday Lovers (segment ‘An Englishman’s Home’) Director
1980 A Life Beyond Politics – Edward Heath (TV) Producer/Director (untransmitted)
1978 International Velvet Writer/ Director/Producer /Actor (uncredited)
1976 The Slipper And The Rose Writer/ Director /Actor (uncredited)
1975 The Stepford Wives Director
1973 Elton John: Goodbye Norma Jean And Other Things (TV) Producer/Director/Narration
1973 Dame Edith Evans – I Caught Acting Like Measles (TV) Producer/Director/Narrator
1972 Colditz (TV) Writer
1972 I Am A Dancer Director/Producer (uncredited)/Editor/Narrator
1971 The Raging Moon Writer/ Director
1971 The Tales Of Beatrix Potter Executive Producer
1971 Dulcima Executive Producer
1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself Executive Producer/Writer (uncredited)/ Producer (uncredited)
1970 The Go-Between Executive Producer
1970 The Railway Children Executive Producer
1970 And Soon The Darkness Executive Producer
1970 Hoffman Executive Producer
1969 The Madwoman Of Chaillot Director
1968 Deadfall Writer/ Director
1967 The Whisperers Writer/ Director
1966 The Wrong Box Director/ Producer
1965 King Rat Writer/ Director
1964 The High Bright Sun Writer
1964 Of Human Bondage Writer /Actor (uncredited)/Director (one week, uncredited)
1964 Seance On A Wet Afternoon Writer/ Director/Producer (uncredited)
1964 A Shot In The Dark (as Turk Thrust) Actor
1962 Station Six-Sahara Writer
1962 The L-Shaped Room Writer/ Director
1962 Only Two Can Play Writer
1961 The Guns Of Navarone Actor
1961 Whistle Down The Wind Director
1960 The Angry Silence Writer /Producer /Actor (uncredited)
1960 Man In The Moon Writer
1959 Yesterday's Enemy Actor
1959 The League Of Gentlemen Actor/ Writer
1959 SOS Pacific Writer
1959 The Captain's Table Writer
1959 Danger Within Writer
1958 I Was Monty's Double Actor/Writer
1958 The Key Actor
1957 Quatermass 2 Actor
1956 It's Great To Be Young! Actor
1956 Satellite In The Sky Actor
1956 House Of Secrets Writer
1956 The Baby And The Battleship Actor/Writer
1956 The Black Tent Actor (scenes deleted)/Writer
1956 Now And Forever Actor
1956 The Extra Day Actor
1955 The Vise (TV) Actor
1955 The Bargain (TV) Actor
1955 Passage Home Actor
1955 The Colditz Story Actor
1955 The Cockleshell Heroes Writer
1954 An Inspector Calls Actor
1954 Up To His Neck Actor
1954 The Black Knight Writer
1953 BBC Sunday Night Theatre: The Road (TV) Actor
1953 Sea Devils Actor
1953 Wheel Of Fate Actor
1953 The Million Pound Note Actor
1952 The World In His Arms Actor
1952 Flesh And Fury Actor (uncredited)
1952 Appointment In London Actor
1951 Green Grow The Rushes Actor
1950 The Wooden Horse Actor
1949 Dear Mr. Prohack Actor
1949 All Over The Town Actor
1949 The Small Back Room Actor
Theatre
2002 Barrymore – It’s A Hell Of A Life Director
1987 Killing Jessica Director
1986 The Living Room (revival) Director
1980 Macbeth Director
1980 Star Quality Director
1951 Tobias And The Angel Actor
1950 The Holly And The Ivy Actor
1949 September Tide Actor
1948 Gathering Storm Actor
1948 A Touch Of Fear Actor
1943 Flare Path Actor
1948-1950 Sunday night BBC play: Johnny Was A Hero Actor
1948-1950 Sunday night BBC play: The Road Actor
1948-1950 Sunday night BBC play: Crime and Punishment Theatre Actor
1948-1950 Sunday night BBC play: Journey’s End Actor
Books
2007 The Choice
1999 The Memory Of All That
1996 Quicksand
1995 Partly Cloudy
1993 The Twisted Playground
1992 A Divided Life
1989 A Song At Twilight
1986 The Endless Game
1983 The Rewrite Man
1980 That Despicable Race – A History Of The British Acting Tradition
1979 Familiar Strangers
1978 International Velvet
1977 Ned’s Girl – The Life Of Edith Evans
1976 The Slipper And The Rose
1974 Notes On A Life
1972 The Distant Laughter
1950 Truth Lies Sleeping
Honours and Awards
BAFTAs
Wins:
1960 British Screenplay, The Angry Silence
Nominations:
1965 United Nations Award, King Rat
1964 British Screenplay, Seance On A Wet Afternoon
1962 British Screenplay, Only Two Can Play
1961 British Film, Whistle Down The Wind
1961 Film From Any Source, Whistle Down The Wind
1959 British Screenplay, The League Of Gentlemen
Oscars
Nominations:
1960 Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen, The Angry Silence
Writers Guild of America
1980 Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium, Hopscotch
Writers Guild of Great Britain
1964 Best British Dramatic Screenplay, Seance On A Wet Afternoon
1962 Best British Comedy Screenplay, Only Two Can Play
Commander of the British Empire
2004 For services to the arts
- View the Academy's Tribute to Bryan Forbes
- Read a review of Bryan Forbes's life and work
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