Bryan Forbes

1926–2013 · Directing

58.5avg grm

10titles

#805best rank

3honors

best title · #805 on sitePlay for Today1970 · as Director · series63.5

Honors

1961BAFTA — Best British Screenplay

1965Edgar Awards

—Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Bio

Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s1 title

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye1983 · as Director · series63.9

1970s1 title

Play for Today1970 · as Director · series63.5

1960s6 titles

The Whisperers1967 · as Director56.0 K

King Rat1965 · as Director58.0 S

Seance on a Wet Afternoon1964 · as Director58.0 L

The L-Shaped Room1962 · as Director56.8 W

Whistle Down the Wind1961 · as Director59.0 L

The League of Gentlemen1960 · as Porthill55.0

1950s2 titles

Yesterday's Enemy1959 · as Dawson56.3 A

An Inspector Calls1954 · as Eric Birling58.0

Browse the ranked list

← back

Bryan Forbes

born1926

died2013

known forDirecting

titles on site10

best title rank#805 · Play for Today (1970)

avg GRM58.5

honors3 · BAFTA — Best British Screenplay, 1961

Bryan Forbes (22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title

63.9Philip Marlowe, Private Eye1983 · as Director · series

1970s

1 title

63.5Play for Today1970 · as Director · series

1960s

6 titles

56.0The Whisperers1967 · as Director K

58.0King Rat1965 · as Director S

58.0Seance on a Wet Afternoon1964 · as Director L

56.8The L-Shaped Room1962 · as Director W

59.0Whistle Down the Wind1961 · as Director L

55.0The League of Gentlemen1960 · as Porthill

1950s

2 titles

56.3Yesterday's Enemy1959 · as Dawson A

58.0An Inspector Calls1954 · as Eric Birling

Browse the ranked list