Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes is known for Chaplin (1992), The Guns of Navarone (1961), A Shot in the Dark (1964).
Biography
Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.
Questions about Bryan Forbes
How many Bryan Forbes films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 61 films with Bryan Forbes, from 1949 to 2003.
What is the best rated Bryan Forbes film?
The best rated Bryan Forbes film in the catalogue is Chaplin (1992), rated 7.4.
What was the first Bryan Forbes film?
The first Bryan Forbes film in the catalogue is The Small Back Room, from 1949.
Who has Bryan Forbes worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Bryan Forbes shares the most credits with Gerald Sim (6 films), Norman Bird (5 films) and John Barry (4 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- Edgar Awards (1965) · BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay (1961) · Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1961)
Known for
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7.4 Chaplin
1992
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7.3 The Guns of Navarone
1961
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7.2 A Shot in the Dark
1964
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7.0 The Million Pound Note
1954
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6.7 The Stepford Wives
1975
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7.0 Hopscotch
1980
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7.1 The League of Gentlemen
1960
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7.2 King Rat
1965
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6.4 Quatermass 2
1957
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7.2 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
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7.2 An Inspector Calls
1954
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6.7 The Small Back Room
1949
Trivia
- Also works as
- film director · screenwriter · film producer · director · writer
- Studied at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art · Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle · Stratford School
- Spouse
- Nanette Newman · Constance Smith
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
68 films — 61 in the catalogue
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A Sense of Carol Reed
2006 · Self
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The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
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Memories on a Wet Afternoon
2003 · Self
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7.5 The Stepford Life
2001 · Himself
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7.0 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
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5.3 Empire of the Censors
1995 · Self
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6.8 Restless Natives
1985 · Driver
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December Flower
1984 · Harry Grey
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7.6 An Audience with Kenneth Williams
1983
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6.9 The Slipper and the Rose
1976 · Herald (uncredited)
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10.0 Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things
1973 · Self
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7.0 I Am a Dancer
1972 · Narrator (voice)
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7.0 Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
1969 · Self
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7.2
King Rat
1965 · Radio (Voice)
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7.2
A Shot in the Dark
1964 · Camp Attendant
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7.3
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Cohn
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7.1
The League of Gentlemen
1960 · Porthill
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7.2 The Angry Silence
1960 · 'Dispatch' Reporter (uncredited)
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7.2 Yesterday's Enemy
1959 · Dawson
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6.9 I Was Monty's Double
1958 · Butterfield
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6.1 The Key
1958 · Weaver
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6.4
Quatermass 2
1957 · Marsh
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6.8 It's Great to be Young!
1956 · Organ Salesman
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7.0 Now and Forever
1956 · Frisby
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5.5 Satellite in the Sky
1956 · Jimmy Wheeler
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6.4 The Baby and the Battleship
1956 · Prof. Evans
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7.1 The Extra Day
1956 · Harry
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5.9 Passage Home
1955 · Shorty
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6.8 The Colditz Story
1955 · Jimmy Winslow
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7.2
An Inspector Calls
1954 · Eric Birling
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7.0
The Million Pound Note
1954 · Todd
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Up to His Neck
1954 · Subby
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5.5 Wheel of Fate
1953 · Ted Reid
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5.8 Sea Devils
1953 · Willie
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6.5 Appointment in London
1953 · The Brat
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6.6 The World in His Arms
1952 · William Cleggett
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6.0 Green Grow the Rushes
1951 · Fred Starling
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6.8 The Wooden Horse
1950 · Paul
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6.4 Dear Mr. Prohack
1949 · Tony
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6.6 All Over the Town
1949 · Trumble
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6.7
The Small Back Room
1949 · Peterson
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7.4
Chaplin
1992
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6.3 The Endless Game
1989
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4.8 Better Late Than Never
1983
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5.8 Sunday Lovers
1980
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7.0
Hopscotch
1980
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7.4 International Velvet
1978
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6.7
The Stepford Wives
1975
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6.5 The Raging Moon
1971
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7.3 The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
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5.4 Deadfall
1968
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6.4 The Wrong Box
1966
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5.8 The High Bright Sun
1964
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7.2
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
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5.9 Station Six-Sahara
1963
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6.3 Danger Within
1959
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6.0 The Captain's Table
1959
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6.4 The Black Tent
1956
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5.6 The Naked Face
1984
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6.1 The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970
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6.8 The L-Shaped Room
1962
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5.9 Only Two Can Play
1962
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7.2 Whistle Down the Wind
1961
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6.7 Man in the Moon
1960
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6.4 House of Secrets
1956
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5.9 The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
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6.1 Of Human Bondage
1964
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6.5 The Whisperers
1967
Series and TV shows
3 titles
6.9
6.6
People data: TMDb.
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