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Chaplin (1992) -- CHAPLIN is the larger-than-life story of the actor behind the icon and a stunning depiction of a bygone era when Hollywood was at its most glamorous.
Chaplin (1992) -- A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker.
The Guns of Navarone (1961) -- A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.
The Guns of Navarone (1961) -- CineMagia.ro - Trailer (Flash)

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Trivia:
Left RADA before graduating after he was refused permission to take on... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 10 nominations more
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(4 articles)
An Evening with ‘Pinewood Legends’ at Pinewood Studios
 (From HeyUGuys. 13 November 2009, 6:53 AM, PST)

Rare Movie Alert! "The Wrong Box" On TCM August 29
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Alternate Names:
Bryan Forbes CBE | Turk Thrust
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Filmography

Actor:
  1. Restless Natives (1985) .... Driver
  2. December Flower (1984) (TV) .... Harry Grey

  3. International Velvet (1978) (uncredited) .... Awards Presenter
  4. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) (uncredited) .... Herald
    ... aka The Slipper and the Rose (UK: short title)

  5. King Rat (1965) (voice) (uncredited) .... Radio
  6. Of Human Bondage (1964) (uncredited)
    ... aka W. Somerset Maugham's of Human Bondage (USA: complete title)
  7. A Shot in the Dark (1964) (as Turk Thrust) .... Camp Attendant
  8. The Guns of Navarone (1961) .... Cohn
  9. The League of Gentlemen (1960) .... Porthill
  10. The Angry Silence (1960) (uncredited) .... Journalist

  11. Yesterday's Enemy (1959) .... Dawson
  12. I Was Monty's Double (1958) .... Lt. Butterfield
    ... aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
  13. The Key (1958) .... Weaver
  14. Quatermass 2 (1957) .... Marsh
    ... aka Enemy from Space (USA)
    ... aka Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (USA)
  15. It's Great to Be Young! (1956) .... Mr. Parkes, Organ Salesman.
  16. Satellite in the Sky (1956) .... Jimmy Wheeler
  17. The Baby and the Battleship (1956) .... Prof. Evans
  18. The Black Tent (1956) (scenes deleted) .... Dying Soldier
  19. Now and Forever (1956) .... Frisby
  20. The Extra Day (1956) .... Harry
  21. "The Vise" .... Donald Clifton (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Detective's Diary (USA: rerun title)
    ... aka Saber of London (UK: alternative title)
    ... aka The Vise: Mark Saber (USA: third and fourth season title)
    ... aka Uncovered (syndication title)
        - The Bargain (1955) TV episode .... Donald Clifton
  22. Passage Home (1955) .... Shorty
  23. The Colditz Story (1955) .... Jimmy Winslow
  24. An Inspector Calls (1954) .... Eric Birling
  25. The Million Pound Note (1954) .... Todd
    ... aka Man with a Million (USA)
  26. Up to His Neck (1954) .... Subby
  27. Wheel of Fate (1953) .... Ted
  28. "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Robert Vanier (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Road (1953) TV episode .... Robert Vanier
  29. Appointment in London (1953) .... Pilot Officer Peter Greeno (The Brat)
    ... aka Raiders in the Sky (USA)
  30. Sea Devils (1953) .... Willie
  31. The World in His Arms (1952) .... William Cleggett
  32. Flesh and Fury (1952) (uncredited) .... Fighter
  33. Green Grow the Rushes (1951) .... Fred Starling - Biddle crew member
    ... aka Brandy Ashore
  34. The Wooden Horse (1950) .... Paul

  35. Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) .... Tony
  36. All Over the Town (1949) .... Trumble
  37. The Small Back Room (1949) .... Peterson, dying gunner
    ... aka Hour of Glory (USA)
Writer:
  1. Chaplin (1992) (screenplay)
    ... aka Charlot (Italy)
  2. The Endless Game (1990) (TV) (writer)

  3. The Naked Face (1984) (writer)
  4. Better Late Than Never (1982) (writer)
    ... aka Whose Little Girl Are You?
  5. "Play for Today" (1 episode, 1980)
        - Jessie (1980) TV episode (writer)
  6. Hopscotch (1980) (screenplay)

  7. International Velvet (1978) (written by)
  8. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) (screenplay)
    ... aka The Slipper and the Rose (UK: short title)
  9. "Colditz" (1 episode, 1973)
        - The Way Out (1973) TV episode (writer)
  10. The Raging Moon (1971) (screenplay)
    ... aka Long Ago, Tomorrow (USA)
  11. The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) (uncredited)

  12. Deadfall (1968) (screenplay)
  13. The Whisperers (1967) (written for the screen by)
    ... aka Bryan Forbes' Production of The Whisperers (UK: complete title)
  14. King Rat (1965) (written for the screen by)
  15. The High Bright Sun (1964) (writer)
    ... aka A Date with Death (USA: video title)
    ... aka McGuire, Go Home! (USA)
  16. Of Human Bondage (1964) (uncredited)
    ... aka W. Somerset Maugham's of Human Bondage (USA: complete title)
  17. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) (screenplay)
    ... aka Séance on a Wet Afternoon
  18. Station Six-Sahara (1962) (screenplay)
    ... aka Endstation 13 Sahara (West Germany)
  19. The L-Shaped Room (1962) (screenplay)
  20. Only Two Can Play (1962) (screenplay)
  21. Man in the Moon (1960) (original screenplay)
  22. The League of Gentlemen (1960) (screenplay)
  23. The Angry Silence (1960) (screenplay)

  24. SOS Pacific (1959) (dialogue)
    ... aka S.O.S. Pacific (USA: poster title)
  25. Danger Within (1959) (screenplay)
    ... aka Breakout (USA)
  26. The Captain's Table (1959) (screenplay)
    ... aka Shenanigans
  27. I Was Monty's Double (1958) (screenplay)
    ... aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
  28. House of Secrets (1956) (screenplay)
    ... aka Triple Deception (USA)
  29. The Baby and the Battleship (1956) (additional scenes and dialogue)
  30. The Black Tent (1956) (screenplay)
  31. The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) (screenplay)
    ... aka Cockle Shell Heroes (Australia: video box title) (International: English title: alternative spelling)
    ... aka Cockleshell Heroes (Australia: video box title)
  32. The Black Knight (1954/I) (additional dialogue)
Director:
  1. The Endless Game (1990) (TV)

  2. The Naked Face (1984)
  3. "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" (1 episode, 1983)
        - The King in Yellow (1983) TV episode
  4. Better Late Than Never (1982)
    ... aka Whose Little Girl Are You?
  5. "Play for Today" (1 episode, 1980)
        - Jessie (1980) TV episode
  6. Sunday Lovers (1980) (segment "An Englishman's Home")
    ... aka I seduttori della domenica (Italy)
    ... aka Les séducteurs (France)

  7. International Velvet (1978)
  8. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
    ... aka The Slipper and the Rose (UK: short title)
  9. The Stepford Wives (1975)
  10. The Raging Moon (1971)
    ... aka Long Ago, Tomorrow (USA)

  11. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
  12. Deadfall (1968)
  13. The Whisperers (1967)
    ... aka Bryan Forbes' Production of The Whisperers (UK: complete title)
  14. The Wrong Box (1966)
  15. King Rat (1965)
  16. Of Human Bondage (1964) (one week) (uncredited)
    ... aka W. Somerset Maugham's of Human Bondage (USA: complete title)
  17. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    ... aka Séance on a Wet Afternoon
  18. The L-Shaped Room (1962)
  19. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Producer:
  1. International Velvet (1978) (producer)
  2. I Am a Dancer (1972) (producer) (uncredited)
    ... aka Un danseur: Rudolph Nureyev (France)
  3. The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) (producer) (uncredited)

  4. The Wrong Box (1966) (producer)
  5. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) (producer) (uncredited)
    ... aka Séance on a Wet Afternoon
  6. The Angry Silence (1960) (producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Whisperers (1967) (publicist)
    ... aka Bryan Forbes' Production of The Whisperers (UK: complete title)
Self:
  1. "Cash in the Celebrity Attic" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
        - Nanette Newman (2008) TV episode .... Himself
  2. "British Film Forever" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2007)
        - Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) TV episode (as Bryan Forbes CBE) .... Himself
        - Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) TV episode (as Bryan Forbes CBE) .... Himself
  3. A Sense of Carol Reed (2006) (V) .... Himself
  4. The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  5. "The Hollywood Greats" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka Hollywood Greats (USA: new title)
        - David Niven (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  6. 2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2005) (V) .... Himself - Presenter
  7. The Needs of Kim Stanley (2005)
  8. 1st Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2004) (V) .... Himself - Presenter
  9. "Arena" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1995-2003)
        - The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003) TV episode .... Himself
        - The Peter Sellers Story (1995) TV episode .... Himself
  10. "Big Screen Britain" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
        - Whistle Down the Wind (2003) TV episode .... Himself
  11. "Omnibus" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1968-2002)
        - Robert Altman in England (2002) TV episode .... Himself
        - Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute (1968) TV episode .... Himself
  12. The Stepford Life (2001) (V) .... Himself

  13. The BBC and the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Richard Attenborough (1999) (TV) .... Himself
  14. "The Best of British" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
        - Roger Moore (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  15. Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV) .... Himself
  16. "Hollywood U.K." .... Himself - Contributor (1 episode, 1993)
        - Northern Lights (1993) TV episode .... Himself - Contributor

  17. An Audience with Kenneth Williams (1983) (TV) .... Himself
  18. "Call My Bluff" .... Himself - Panellist / ... (3 episodes, 1977-1981)
        - Episode dated 20 February 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself - Panellist
        - Episode dated 13 February 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself - Panellist
        - Episode dated 29 April 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself
  19. "The British Greats" .... Himself (1 episode, 1980)
        - Jack Hawkins (1980) TV episode .... Himself
  20. "Looks Familiar" .... Himself - Guest (2 episodes, 1978-1980)
        - Episode dated 31 January 1980 (1980) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
        - Episode dated 23 November 1978 (1978) TV episode .... Himself - Guest

  21. The Elstree Story (1976) (TV) .... Himself
  22. I Am a Dancer (1972) .... Narrator
    ... aka Un danseur: Rudolph Nureyev (France)

  23. "Late Show London" .... Himself (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode dated 21 March 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself
  24. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1962)
        - Richard Attenborough (1962) TV episode .... Himself

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Other Works:
"Ned's Girl", an authorized biography of Dame Edith Evans (1977). more
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2 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 26 Articles | 2 Pictorials more
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