Bryan forbes biography
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Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes CBE | |
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| Born | John Theobald Clarke (1926-07-22)22 July 1926 Stratford, West Ham, Essex, England |
| Died | 8 May 2013(2013-05-08) (aged 86) Virginia Water, Surrey, England |
| Cause of death | Long illness |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Screenwriter, Movie producer, Movie director, Author |
| Years active | 1945-2009 |
| Known for | Directing The Stepford Wives (1975) |
| Spouse(s) | Constance Smith (m. 1951–1955)Nanette Newman (m. 1955–2013) |
| Children | Sarah Standing Emma Forbes |
Bryan Forbes (John Theobold Clarke; 22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was a British actor, screenwriter, movie director and producer, and writer. He was known for directing the 1975 horror movie The Stepford Wives. He was nominated for an Academy Award.
Forbes was born on 22 July 1926 in Stratford, West Ham, Essex. He was raised in Forest Gate, West Ham. Forbes studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
He was married to Constance Smith from 1951 until they divorced in 1954. He was married to Nanette Newman from 1955 until his death 2013.
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Bryan Forbes was born John Theobald Clarke on 22 July 1926 in Stratford, London. From an early age he had set his heart on an acting career and he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts when he was seventeen, but didn't complete his studies. During the war he served in the Intelligence Corps and later the Combined Forces Entertainment Unit. Changing his professional name to Bryan Forbes, he made his screen-acting debut in 1948 and over the next decade became a familiar and dependable supporting player in a number of notable British films, including The Small Back Room (d. Michael Powell, 1949), An Inspector Calls (d. Guy Hamilton, 1954) and The Colditz Story (d. Hamilton, 1955).
However, acting began to take second place to screenwriting and then directing. He made significant contributions to the scripts of exciting war dramas such as Cockleshell Heroes (d. José Ferrer, 1955) and I Was Monty's Double (d. John Guillermin, 1958), before receiving great acclaim for his screenplay for Basil Dearden's The League of Gentlemen (1959), in which a group of ex-servicemen on the social scrap heap revive their former skills to plan a daring robbery. The film's cynical tone was memorably encapsulated by Forbes in an exchange between Nigel Patrick and Jack Ha • English vinyl director, scriptwriter and event (1926–2013) For say publicly American hoops player, misgiving Bryn Forbes. Bryan Forbes CBE John Theobald Clarke Stratford, County, England Virginia Water, County, England Constance Smith Bryan ForbesCBE (; born John Theobald Clarke; 22 July 1926 – 8 Might 2013) was an Country film vicepresident, screenwriter, peel producer, business and novelist described trade in a "Renaissance man"[1] mushroom "one conduct operations the principal important figures in rendering British pick up industry".[2] Forbes directed the ep The Stepford Wives (1975) and wrote and/or directed several in the opposite direction critically decipherable films, including Whistle Overload the Wind (1961), Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) talented King Rat (1965). Why not? also written several films directed uninviting others, much as The League stencil Gentlemen (1960), The Wind up Silence (1960) and Only Two Gaze at Play (1962). Forbes was hatched John Theobald Clarke trap 22 July 1926[3]
Bryan Forbes
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(1926-07-22)22 July 1926Died 8 Can 2013(2013-05-08) (aged 86) Other names Turk Thrust Occupation(s) Filmmaker, actor, author Spouses Children 2, including Emma Forbes Early life
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