Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes ( CBE , actually John Theobald Clarke ; born July 22, 1926 in Stratford , London , † May 8, 2013 in Virginia Water , Surrey ) was a British film director , screenwriter and actor .
Life
Forbes began an acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , but he did not finish. After his military service from 1945 to 1948 he played supporting roles in numerous English films. On the side he started to write scripts. He saw the first film adaptation of one of his scripts in 1955. In 1959, he and his friend Richard Attenborough founded the film production company Beaver Films . He made his directorial debut in 1961 with the film Whistle Down the Wind . Bryan Forbes was married to actress Nanette Newman (* 1934) for the second time since 1955 . Roger Moore was her best man and the marriage resulted in two daughters. In 2004 he was appointed Commander of the British Empire .
Filmography
actor
- 1949: The Small Back Room - Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- 1952: Flesh and Fury - Director: Joseph Pevney
- 1952: Sturmfahrt nach Alaska (The World in His Arms) - Director: Raoul Walsh
- 1953: In the Shadow of the Corsican (Sea Devils) - Director: Raoul Walsh
- 1953: His Biggest Bluff (The Million Pound Note) - Directed by Ronald Neame
- 1954: An Inspector Calls - Directed by Guy Hamilton
- 1955: A Woman Comes On Board (Passage Home) - Director: Roy Ward Baker
- 1955: In the Shadow of the Citadel (The Colditz Story)
- 1956: The Black Tent - Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
- 1956: The baby on the battleship (The Baby and the Battleship) - Director: Jay Lewis
- 1956: How wonderful to be young (It's Great to Be Young!) - Director: Cyril Frankel
- 1957: Enemies from Nowhere (Quatermass II: Enemy from Space) - Director: Val Guest
- 1958: The Key (The Key) - Director: Carol Reed
- 1959: enemies of yesterday (Yesterday's Enemy) - Director: Val Guest
- 1960: Wrath silence (The Angry Silence) - Director: Guy Green
- 1960: The burglars do the honors (The League of Gentlemen) - Director: Basil Dearden
- 1961: The Guns of Navarone (The Guns of Navarone) - Director: J. Lee Thompson
- 1964: A Shot in the Dark (A Shot in the Dark) - Director: Blake Edwards
Script and direction
Screenplay: D; Director: R
- 1955: suicide mission (The Cockleshell Heroes) (D)
- 1956: In the claws of gangsters (House of Secrets) (D)
- 1958: I was Monty's Double (I was Monty's Double) - Director: John Guillermin (D)
- 1959: Treason at Camp 127 - Director: Don Chaffey (D)
- 1959: Big Air and Hot Love (SOS Pacific) - Director: Guy Green (D)
- 1960: The burglars do the honors (The League of Gentlemen) (D)
- 1960: The Angry Silence (D)
- 1961: ... where the wind blows (Whistle Down the Wind) (R)
- 1962: The indiscreet Room (The L-Shaped Room) (R, D)
- 1961: You can only love as a couple (Only Two Can Play) - Director: Sidney Gilliat (D)
- 1963: Terminal 13 Sahara ( Station Six-Sahara ) (D)
- 1964: On a gloomy afternoon (seance on a Wet Afternoon) (R, D)
- 1964: Of Human Bondage - Director: Ken Hughes (D)
- 1965: They called him King (King Rat) (R, D)
- 1966: Last Greetings from Uncle Joe (The Wrong Box) (R)
- 1967: The Whisperers (The Whisperers) (R, D)
- 1968: The Deadfall (R, D)
- 1969: The Madwoman of Chaillot (The Madwoman of Chaillot) (R)
- 1970: A man chases himself (The Man Who Haunted Himself) (D)
- 1971: The Raging Moon (R, D)
- 1975: The Stepford Wives (The Stepford Wives) (R)
- 1976: Cinderella's silver shoe (The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella) (R, D)
- 1978: All Happiness on Earth (International Velvet) (R, D)
- 1980: Agent Poker (Hopscotch) (D)
- 1980: Sunday Lovers (R)
- 1983: A Grandpa Seldom Comes Alone (Better Late Than Never) (R, D)
- 1984: The Naked Face (The Naked Face) (R, D)
- 1990: The Endless Game (R, D)
- 1992: Chaplin - director: Richard Attenborough (D - together with William Boyd and William Goldman )
Awards
Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián
- 1960: Zulueta Prize (the burglars do themselves the honor )
British Film Academy Award
- 1961: Best British Screenplay (Angry Silence)
- 1961: Nomination for Best British Screenplay ( The burglars do the honors )
- 1962: nomination for best film (... where the wind blows)
- 1962: Nomination for Best British Film (... where the wind blows)
- 1963: Nomination for Best British Screenplay (You can only love as a couple)
- 1965: Best British Screenplay nomination ( On a Gloomy Afternoon )
- 1966: United Nations Award nomination ( they called him King )
- 2007: Special Award for a career of outstanding achievement in filmmaking.
Academy Awards
- 1961: Nomination for Best Original Screenplay (Angry Silence)
Berlin International Film Festival
- 1967 : Nomination for the Golden Bear ( Whispering Walls )
- 1967: OCIC Award (Whispering Walls)
- 1967: Interfilm Award (Whispering Walls)
Edgar Allan Poe Award
- 1965: Best Foreign Film ( On a Gloomy Afternoon )
- 1981: Nomination for Best Screenplay ( Agent Poker ) with Brian Garfield
Web links
- Bryan Forbes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Bryan Forbes in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bryan Forbes in nndb (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forbes, Bryan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clark, John Theobald (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor, screenwriter and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stratford (London) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2013 |
| Place of death | Virginia Water , Surrey |