Bryan Forbes

Born: 07/22/1926 Stratford, London, England

Decades Active:
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Biography: "The world of Bryan Forbes is one of wisps and whispers," noted film critic Andrew Sarris in 1968, citing the "muted" quality of director Forbes' best films. While his directorial output does indeed exhibit an inbred sense of quietude and subtlety, Forbes started out on stage in the more loudly demonstrative category of "actor." After wartime service, Forbes made his film-acting debut in The Small Back Room (1948). He continued as a performer and screenwriter until 1961, when he made an auspicious directorial bow in Whistle Down the Wind (1961). He subsequently directed (and sometimes produced and/or wrote) such critical and audience favorites as The L-Shaped Room (1962), Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), King Rat (1965), The Whisperers (1966), The Stepford Wives (1975) and Hopscotch (1980). From 1969 through 1971, Forbes was chief of production/managing director of EMI Studios. Bryan Forbes was married to actresses Constance Smith and Nanette Newman respectively, the latter appearing prominently in many of his films of the 1960s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

DVDs that Bryan Forbes appeared in...

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12/16/2008 - Man in the Moon - Screenwriter
10/14/2008 - Chaplin [15th Anniversary Edition] [Widescreen] - Director
08/21/2007 - Slipper and the Rose - Screenwriter
10/17/2006 - Deadfall - Screenwriter
06/14/2004 - Stepford Wives [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint] - Screenwriter
05/06/2003 - King Rat - Director
09/24/2002 - Seance on a Wet Afternoon - Book Author
07/24/2001 - The Stepford Wives [Silver Anniversary Edition] - Screenwriter
05/02/2000 - The Slipper and the Rose - Director
05/20/1998 - Chaplin - Director