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Herbert Lom

2023-02-10T04:59:05Z

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{{Infobox person
| name = Herbert Lom
| image = Herbert Lom.jpg
| caption = Lom in a 1940s publicity photo
| birth_name = Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|9|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Prague]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|9|27|1917|9|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Camden, London]], England
| nationality = {{hlist|British|Czech}}
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1937–2002
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Dina Schea|1948|1961|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Eve Lacik|1962|1990|reason=divorced}}}}
| children = 3
}}
'''Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru''' (11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012), known professionally as '''Herbert Lom''' ({{IPA-cs|ɦɛrbɛrt lom}}), was a Czech-British actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he generally appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or suave villains in his younger years, and professional men as he aged. Highly versatile, he proved a skilled comic actor in ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' franchise, as Chief Inspector Dreyfus.

Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English.<ref name=DTObit>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/9570979/Herbert-Lom.html |title=Film Obituaries: Herbert Lom |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=27 September 2012 |access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref> He is best known for his roles in ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'', ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|The Pink Panther]]'' film series, ''[[War and Peace (1956 film)|War and Peace]]'' and the television series ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]''.

==Early life and education==
Lom was born in [[Prague]] to Karl Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru and Olga Gottlieb. His mother was of Jewish ancestry.<ref name=OddFellow>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/herbert-lom-the-odd-fellow-6155719.html |title=Herbert Lom: The Odd Fellow |first=Brian |last=Viner |work=[[The Independent]] |date=18 December 2004 |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> His ancestor, Christian Schluderpacher, a [[burgher (social class)|burgher]] of [[Bolzano|Bozen]], was ennobled in 1601.<ref>Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, 125th edition, Adelslexikon, vol. 12, Rol-Schm, ed. Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook, C. A. Starke, 2002, p. 503</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archivinformationssystem.at/detail.aspx?ID=2721226|title = AT-OeStA/AVA Adel RAA 372.29 Schluderpacher, Christian, Bürger zu Bozen, Wappen mit Krone und Lehenartikel, 1601.08.01 (Akt (Sammelakt, Grundzl., Konvolut, Dossier, File))}}</ref><ref name=OddFellow/> Lom's family were comfortable, but not grandly aristocratic. His grandfather owned property in Prague and Šumava, with his income deriving mainly from two restaurants and a guest house. Lom's father, as a younger son, inherited little, supporting his family by variously running a printing business, a car repair shop, and trying to establish himself as an art agent. The family lived at [[Žižkov]] before moving to [[Vysočany]], subsequently lived at [[Vinohrady]], then [[New Town, Prague|Nové Město]], where Lom attended a famous German grammar school. He studied philosophy for some time at the [[Charles_University#Split_into_Czech_and_German_universities|German University in Prague]], but ceased his studies to become an actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abchistory.cz/cl1801739073-herec-herbert-lom-a-slechta-rodu-kuchacevich-ze-schluderpacheru.htm|title=Herec Herbert Lom a šlechta rodu Kuchačevich ze Schluderpacheru|website=abchistory.cz|access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
Lom's film debut was in the [[Cinema of the Czech Republic|Czech film]] ''Žena pod křížem'' ("A Woman Under Cross", 1937) followed by the ''Boží mlýny'' ("Mills of God", 1938). His early film appearances were mainly supporting roles, with the occasional top billing. At this time he also changed his surname to Lom ("breakage" or "quarry" in [[Czech language|Czech]]) because it was the shortest he found in a local telephone directory.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Due to the [[German occupation of Czechoslovakia|occupation of Czechoslovakia]] by [[Nazi Germany]], Poland and Hungary in 1938–39, Lom emigrated to Britain in 1939. He made numerous appearances in British films throughout the 1940s, usually in villainous roles, although he later appeared in comedies as well. Despite his mother's Jewish ancestry, Lom's parents survived to join him in England.

Despite Lom's accent, he managed to escape being typecast as a European heavy by securing a diverse range of casting, including as [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] in ''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' (1942), and again in the [[King Vidor]] version of ''[[War and Peace (1956 film)|War and Peace]]'' (1956). He secured a seven-picture Hollywood contract after [[World War II]], but was unable to obtain an American visa for "political reasons".<ref>[[BBC Radio 4]] Interview, 31 October 2008 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/filmprogramme/filmprogramme_20081031.shtml]</ref> In a rare starring role, Lom played twin trapeze artists in ''[[Dual Alibi]]'' (1946).

Lom starred as the King of Siam in the original London production of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s musical ''[[The King and I]].'' Opening at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] on 8{{nbsp}}October 1953, it ran for 926 performances.<ref>Stanley Green, ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre,'' (New York, 1976: Dodd, Mead & Company, rpt. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press, 1980), p. 233.</ref> He can be heard on the cast recording.
A few years later, he appeared opposite [[Alec Guinness]] and [[Peter Sellers]] in ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955); and with [[Robert Mitchum]], [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Rita Hayworth]] in ''[[Fire Down Below (1957 film)|Fire Down Below]]'' (1957). He went on to more film success in the 1960s with a wide range of parts, including ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' (1960); ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'' (1961); ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (also 1961), as Captain Nemo; and [[Hammer Films]]' remake of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1962), in which Lom had the leading role, wearing a full-face Phantom mask. "It was wonderful to play such a part," he said, "but I was disappointed with the picture... This version of the famous [[Gaston Leroux]] story dragged. The Phantom wasn't given enough to do, but at least I wasn't the villain, for a change. [[Michael Gough]] was the villain." {{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}

During this period, Lom starred in his only regular TV series, the British drama ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]'' (1963–64), playing a [[Harley Street]] [[psychiatrist]] for two series. He starred in another low-budget horror film, the witch-hunting story ''[[Mark of the Devil (1970 film)|Mark of the Devil]]'' (''Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält'', 1970), with unusually graphic torture scenes. Cinemas reportedly handed out sick bags at screenings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esplatter.com/reviewshton/markofthedevil.htm |title=Esplatter.com |publisher=Esplatter.com |access-date=16 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116084720/http://esplatter.com/reviewshton/markofthedevil.htm |archive-date=16 November 2011 }}</ref> Lom appeared in other horror films made in both the US and UK, including ''[[Asylum (1972 horror film)|Asylum]]'', ''[[And Now the Screaming Starts!]]'', ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' and ''[[The Dead Zone (film)|The Dead Zone]]''.

Lom was perhaps best known for his portrayal of Chief Inspector [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Charles Dreyfus]], [[Inspector Clouseau]]'s long-suffering superior, in most of [[Blake Edwards]]' ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' films, beginning with the second in the series, ''[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]'' (1964). He also appeared in two screen versions of the [[Agatha Christie]] novel ''[[And Then There Were None]]''—as Dr. Armstrong in the 1975 version, and as General Romensky in the 1989 version.

Lom wrote two historical novels: one on the playwright [[Christopher Marlowe]] (''Enter a Spy: The Double Life of Christopher Marlowe'', 1978), and the other on the [[French Revolution]] (''Dr Guillotine: The Eccentric Exploits of an Early Scientist'', 1992). The film rights to the latter have been purchased, but no film has yet been produced.

==Personal life==
Lom married Dina Schea in 1948. They had two children before they divorced after separating between 1961 and 1976. He had a child from a relationship with Brigitta Appleby. He later married Eve Lacik; they divorced in 1990.<ref name=DTObit/>

Lom died in his sleep at his home in [[Camden Town]], London<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=105645|title=Lom, Herbert (1917–2012)}}</ref> on 27 September 2012, at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite news|title=Herbert Lom, Pink Panther star, dies aged 95 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19745910 |access-date=27 September 2012 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=27 September 2012}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''Žena pod křížem'' (1937) as Gustav, Hodan's son
* ''Boží mlýny'' (1938) as Chasník
* ''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' (1942) as [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]
* ''[[Secret Mission]]'' (1942) as Medical Officer
* ''[[Tomorrow We Live (1943 film)|Tomorrow We Live]]'' (1943) as Kurtz
* ''[[The Dark Tower (1943 film)|The Dark Tower]]'' (1943) as Stephen Torg
* ''[[Hotel Reserve]]'' (1944) as Andre Roux
* ''[[The Seventh Veil]]'' (1945) as Dr. Larsen
* ''[[Night Boat to Dublin]]'' (1946) as Keitel
* ''[[Appointment with Crime]]'' (1946) as Gregory Lang
* ''[[Dual Alibi]]'' (1947) as Jules de Lisle / Georges de Lisle
* ''[[Snowbound (1948 film)|Snowbound]]'' (1948) as Keramikos
* ''[[Good-Time Girl]]'' (1948) as Max Vine
* ''[[Brass Monkey (film)|Brass Monkey]]'' (1948) as Peter Hobart
* ''[[Portrait from Life]]'' (1948) as Fritz Kottler Hendlmann
* ''[[The Lost People]]'' (1949) as Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[Golden Salamander (film)|Golden Salamander]]'' (1950) as Rankl
* ''[[Night and the City]]'' (1950) as Kristo
* ''[[State Secret (1950 film)|State Secret]]'' (1950) as Karl Theodor
* ''[[The Black Rose]]'' (1950) as Anthemus
* ''[[Cage of Gold]]'' (1950) as Rahman
* ''[[Hell Is Sold Out]]'' (1951) as Dominic Danges
* ''[[Two on the Tiles]]'' (1951) as Ford
* ''[[Mr. Denning Drives North]]'' (1952) as Mados
* ''[[Whispering Smith Hits London]]'' (1952) as Roger Ford
* ''[[The Ringer (1952 film)|The Ringer]]'' (1952) as Maurice Meister
* ''[[The Man Who Watched Trains Go By]]'' (1952) as Julius de Koster, Jr.
* ''[[The Net (1953 film)|The Net]]'' (1953) as Dr. Alex Leon
* ''[[Rough Shoot]]'' (1953) as Sandorski
* ''[[The Love Lottery]]'' (1954) as André Amico
* ''[[Star of India (film)|Star of India]]'' (1954) as Vicomte de Narbonne
* ''[[Twist of Fate (1954 film)|Beautiful Stranger]]'' (1954) as Emile Landosh
* ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955) as Louis
* ''[[War and Peace (1956 film)|War and Peace]]'' (1956) as [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]
* ''[[Fire Down Below (1957 film)|Fire Down Below]]'' (1957) as Harbour Master
* ''[[Hell Drivers (film)|Hell Drivers]]'' (1957) as Gino Rossi
* ''[[Action of the Tiger]]'' (1957) as Trifon
* ''[[Chase a Crooked Shadow]]'' (1958) as Police Commissar Vargas
* ''[[I Accuse!]]'' (1958) as [[Armand du Paty de Clam|Major du Paty de Clam]]
* ''[[Intent to Kill (1958 film)|Intent to Kill]]'' (1958) as Juan Menda
* ''[[The Roots of Heaven (film)|The Roots of Heaven]]'' (1958) as Orsini
* ''[[Passport to Shame]]'' (1958) as Nick Biaggi
* ''[[No Trees in the Street]]'' (1959) as Wilkie
* ''[[The Big Fisherman]]'' (1959) as [[Herod Antipas]]
* ''[[North West Frontier (film)|North West Frontier]]'' (US: ''Flame Over India'', 1959) as Peter van Leyden
* ''[[Third Man on the Mountain]]'' (1959) as Emil Saxo
* ''[[I Aim at the Stars]]'' (1960) as Anton Reger
* ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' (1960) as Tigranes Levantus (pirate envoy)
* ''[[Mr. Topaze]]'' (1961) as Castel Benac
* ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1961) as [[Captain Nemo]]
* ''[[The Frightened City]]'' (1961) as Waldo Zhernikov
* ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'' (1961) as [[Yusuf ibn Tashfin|Ben Yusuf]]
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1962) as [[Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)|The Phantom]]
* ''[[Tiara Tahiti]]'' (1962) as Chong Sing
* ''[[Treasure of the Silver Lake]]'' (1962) as Colonel Brinkley
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|The Horse Without a Head|fr|3=L'Affaire du cheval sans tête|lt=|WD=}}'' (1963, TV film) as Schiapa
* ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]'' (1963–1964, TV series, 26 episodes) as Dr. Roger Corder
* ''[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]'' (1964) as [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Police Commissioner Charles Dreyfus]]
* ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' (1965) as [[Simon Legree]]
* ''[[Return from the Ashes]]'' (1965) as Dr. Charles Bovard
* ''[[Our Man in Marrakesh]]'' (1966) as Mr. Casimir
* ''[[Gambit (1966 film)|Gambit]]'' (1966) as Ahmad Shahbandar
* ''[[The Karate Killers]]'' (1967) as Randolph
* ''[[Die Nibelungen (1966/1967 film)|Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge]]'' (1967) as King Etzel ([[Attila]])
* ''[[Villa Rides]]'' (1968) as [[Victoriano Huerta|General Huerta]]
* ''[[Eve (1968 film)|Eve]]'' (1968) as Diego
* ''[[Assignment to Kill]]'' (1968) as Matt Wilson
* ''[[99 Women]]'' (1969) as Governor Santos
* ''[[Doppelgänger (1969 film)|Doppelgänger]]'' (1969) as Dr Kurt Hassler
* ''[[Mark of the Devil (1970 film)|Mark of the Devil]]'' (1970) as Lord Cumberland
* ''[[Mister Jerico]]'' (1970, TV film) as Rosso
* ''[[Count Dracula (1970 film)|Count Dracula]]'' (1970) as [[Abraham Van Helsing|Van Helsing]]
* ''[[Dorian Gray (1970 film)|Dorian Gray]]'' (1970) as [[The Picture of Dorian Gray#Characters|Henry Wotton]]
* ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' (1971) as René Marot
* ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' ("Highest Castle, Deepest Grave", 1971, TV) as Mondrago
* ''[[Asylum (1972 horror film)|Asylum]]'' (1972) as Dr. Byron (segment: "Mannikins of Horror")
* ''[[Dark Places (1973 film)|Dark Places]]'' (1972) as Prescott
* ''[[And Now the Screaming Starts!]]'' (1973) as Sir Henry Fengriffin
* ''[[And Then There Were None (1974 film)|And Then There Were None]]'' (1974) as [[And Then There Were None#Characters|Dr. Edward Armstrong]]
* ''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'' (1975) as [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus]]
* ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976) as [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus]]
* ''[[Charleston (1977 film)|Charleston]]'' (1977) as Inspector Watkins
* ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' (1978) as [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus]]
* ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1979 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1979) as Dr. Hartz
* ''[[The Man with Bogart's Face]]'' (1980) as Mr. Zebra
* ''[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]'' (1980) as Yaskov
* ''[[Peter and Paul (film)|Peter and Paul]]'' (1981) as [[Barnabas]]
* ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' (1982) as [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus]]
* ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' (1983) as [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus]]
* ''[[The Dead Zone (film)|The Dead Zone]]'' (1983) as Dr. Sam Weizak
* ''[[Lace (miniseries)|Lace]]'' (1984, TV miniseries) as Monsieur Chardin
* ''[[Memed, My Hawk (film)|Memed, My Hawk]]'' (1984) as Ali Safa Bey
* ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1985) as Colonel Bockner
* ''[[Scoop (1987 film)|Scoop]]'' (TV film, 1987) as Mr. Baldwin
* ''[[Master of Dragonard Hill]]'' (1987) as Le Farge
* ''[[Going Bananas (film)|Going Bananas]]'' (1987) as Captain Mackintosh
* ''[[Skeleton Coast (film)|Skeleton Coast]]'' (1988) as Elia
* ''[[Whoops Apocalypse (film)|Whoops Apocalypse]]'' (1988) as General Mosquera
* ''[[River of Death (film)|River of Death]]'' (1989) as Colonel Ricardo Diaz
* ''[[Masque of the Red Death (1989 Alan Birkinshaw film)|Masque of the Red Death]]'' (1989) as Ludwig
* ''[[Ten Little Indians (1989 film)|Ten Little Indians]]'' (1989) as General Romensky
* ''[[The Devil's Daughter (1991 film)|The Devil's Daughter]]'' (1991) as Moebius Kelly
* ''[[The Pope Must Die]]'' (US: ''The Pope Must Diet!'', 1991) as Vittorio Corelli
* ''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'' (1993) as [[List of The Pink Panther characters|Police Commissioner Charles Dreyfus]]
* ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'', episode "Murder at the Vicarage" (2002), as Augustin Dufosse (final role) {{div col end}}

==Voice work==
*[[Agatha Christie's Marple#Series Three .282007.E2.80.9309.29|"Nemesis"]] (2007) in ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' series, as Jason Rafiel (voice, uncredited)

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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=3982 Photographs and Literature related to Lom]

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Bryan Forbes

2022-07-09T05:33:00Z

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{{Short description|English film director, screenwriter and actor (1926–2013)}}
{{For|the American basketball player|Bryn Forbes}}
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'''Bryan Forbes''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ({{IPAc-en|f|ɔr|b|z}}; born '''John Theobald Clarke'''; 22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as a "Renaissance man"<ref name=Falk>Falk Q.{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/learning/a-tribute-to-bryan-forbes,171,BA.html |title=Bryan Forbes: Renaissance man |access-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826184515/http://www.bafta.org/learning/a-tribute-to-bryan-forbes%2C171%2CBA.html |archive-date=26 August 2009 }} . BAFTA. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> and "one of the most important figures in the British film industry".<ref name=guardian_batty>Batty D. [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/08/bryan-forbes-dies Bryan Forbes, acclaimed film director, dies aged 86]. ''The Guardian''. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref>

He directed the film ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]'' (1975) and wrote and directed several other critically acclaimed films, including ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (film)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'' (1961), ''[[Séance on a Wet Afternoon]]'' (1964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' (1960), ''[[The Angry Silence]]'' (1960) and ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962).

== Early life ==
Forbes was born John Theobald Clarke on 22 July 1926<ref name="bbc_20040612">{{cite news|publisher=[[BBC]]|title=Director Bryan Forbes made CBE|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3799227.stm|date=12 June 2004|access-date=8 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=nytimes /> in Queen Mary's Hospital,<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=106804|title=Forbes, Bryan [real name John Theobald Clarke] (1926–2013)}}</ref> [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], [[County Borough of West Ham|West Ham]], London. His father was a salesman and he grew up at 43 Cranmer Road, [[Forest Gate]], where he attended West Ham Secondary School and [[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle|Horncastle Grammar School]] after he was evacuated during the [[Second World War]] to [[Porthleven]] in [[Cornwall]] to the vicar Canon Edward Thornton Gotto and his wife.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-bryan-forbes-film-director-writer-and-actor-1106462.html |title = Passed/Failed: An Education in the Life of Bryan Forbes, Film|date = 15 July 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/10046665/Bryan-Forbes.html | title=Bryan Forbes| date=9 May 2013}}</ref> A schoolfriend at West Ham was artist [[Albert Herbert]].<ref>Macdonald R. [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/jun/11/art Albert Herbert: A visionary artist, he found a path from abstraction to religious imagery via etching]. ''The Guardian''. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> [[Lionel Gamlin]] of the BBC took him on as the host of ''Junior [[The Brains Trust|Brains Trust]]'', and invented Clarke's pseudonym of Bryan Forbes.<ref name="Tel o" />

== Career ==

=== Actor and screenwriter ===
Forbes trained as an actor at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] from age 17, but completed only three terms.<ref name=bfi /><ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf /> He completed four years of military service in the [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] and Combined Forces Entertainment Unit, during which time he started to write short stories.<ref name=bfi /><ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf /> After completing his military service in 1948, following [[British Actors Equity Association|British Equity]] rules, he was obliged to change his name to avoid confusion with actor [[John Clark (actor/director)|John Clark]].<ref name=guardian_barker /> Forbes began to act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1954) and ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' (1955).<ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name="bbc_20040612" /><ref name=bbc />

He published a short story collection in the early 1950s, which induced producer [[Albert R. Broccoli|"Cubby" Broccoli]] to offer him screenwriting work on ''[[The Black Knight (film)|The Black Knight]]'' (1954).<ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf /> He received his first credit for Second World War film ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (1955),<ref name=nytimes /><ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf /> while other early screenplays include ''[[I Was Monty's Double (film)|I Was Monty's Double]]'' (1958),<ref name=guardian_batty /> and ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' (1960), his breakthrough. Directed by [[Basil Dearden]], Forbes also starred. The film recounted a bank heist carried out by ex-army officers, and gained critical success, including his first [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] nomination.<ref name=Falk /><ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name="bbc_20040612" />

In 1959, he formed a production company, Beaver Films, with his frequent collaborator [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref name=bbc /> Beaver Films made ''[[The Angry Silence]]'' (1960), a controversial screenplay by Forbes in which Attenborough took the lead role, and the two men shared production responsibilities.<ref name="bbc_20040612" /><ref name=bbc />

=== Film director ===
Forbes's directorial debut came with ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (film)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'' (1961), again produced by Attenborough, a critically acclaimed film about three northern children who conceal a criminal in their barn, believing him to be a reincarnated Jesus Christ.<ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name=bfi>British Film Institute: [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/491680 Profile at screenline.org]. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref><ref name=bbc /> It starred child actor [[Hayley Mills]]<ref name="bbc_20040612" /> and [[Alan Bates]], in one of his earliest film roles. The film was nominated for four [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA awards]], including [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]].<ref name=BAFTA_1962>BAFTA Awards: [http://awards.bafta.org/award/1962/film/film-and-british-film Film And British Film in 1962]. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> It was the basis for a [[Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)|1996 musical]] by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]].<ref name="bbc_20040612" /><ref name=nytimes /> ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962), his next film as director, with [[Leslie Caron]] in the female lead, led to her gaining a nomination for an Oscar, and winning the [[BAFTA Award for Best British Actress|BAFTA (Best British Actress)]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama|Golden Globe]] awards.<ref>Matthew Kennedy [https://archive.today/20130616112222/http://brightlightsfilm.com/67/67bookscaron.php "'''Thank Heaven: A Memoir'', by Leslie Caron"], Brightlights.com, issue 67, February 2010</ref> Comments Phil Wickham: "It feels like half a new wave film – a mid-point between the innovation of the Woodfall Films and the mainstream of the British film industry."<ref>Phil Wickham [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440753 ''The L-Shaped Room'' profile at screenonline.org]</ref>

Forbes wrote and directed ''[[Séance on a Wet Afternoon]]'' (1964),<ref name=bbc /> and the same year he wrote the third screen adaptation of the [[Somerset Maugham]] novel ''[[Of Human Bondage (1964 film)|Of Human Bondage]]''. In 1965, he went to Hollywood to make ''[[King Rat (1965 film)|King Rat]]'', a successful prisoner-of-war story.<ref name=guardian_batty /> He followed this with ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966) and ''[[The Whisperers]]'' (1967), the latter featuring [[Edith Evans]].<ref name=bbc /> A caper film, ''[[Deadfall (1968 film)|Deadfall]]'' (1968), starred [[Michael Caine]].<ref name=bfi />

=== Head of EMI Films ===
In 1969, Forbes was appointed chief of production and managing director of the [[film studio]] [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British]] (soon to become [[EMI Films]]). [[Dennis Barker]], in his obituary of Forbes for ''[[The Guardian]]'', states, 'This amounted virtually to an attempt to revive the ailing British film industry by instituting a traditional studio system with a whole slate of films in play.' <ref name=guardian_barker /> Under Forbes's leadership, the studio produced ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970), ''[[The Tales of Beatrix Potter]]'' (1971) and ''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]'' (1971), all successful.<ref name=bfi /><ref name="Roberts">Andrew Roberts [http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/bryan-forbes-1926-2013 "Bryan Forbes profile at British Film Institute website]</ref><ref name="Walker">Alexander Walker ''National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties'', London: Harrap, 1985, p. 114</ref> His tenure, though, was marked by financial problems and failed projects, and he resigned in 1971.<ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name=bbc /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-film-studios/110791-bryan-forbes-interview-abpc-elstree-studios.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224210511/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-film-studios/110791-bryan-forbes-interview-abpc-elstree-studios.html |archive-date=24 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=Cold Streaks: The Studio Stewardship of Bryan Forbes at EMI|date=10 October 2021|website=Filmink Magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/cold-streaks-the-studio-stewardship-of-bryan-forbes-at-emi/}}</ref>

Coinciding with his time at EMI Films,<ref name="Roberts" /> he resumed directorial work with ''[[The Raging Moon]]'' (1971), starring his wife, [[Nanette Newman]], and [[Malcolm McDowell]].<ref name=bbc />

=== Later career ===
From the early 1970s, Forbes divided his energies between cinema, television, theatre, and writing. In 1972 he started work on the documentary ''Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things'' (1973),<ref name="BFI credits">[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/491680/credits.html "Forbes, Bryan (1926–[2013]) – Film and TV credits"], BFI screenonline</ref> which chronicled the life of the young [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]].<ref>Barnes, M. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stepford-wives-director-bryan-forbes-dies-519645 "'Stepford Wives' director Bryan Forbes dies at 86"], ''The Hollywood Reporter''. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> Taking a full year to complete, the project gave a behind-the-scenes look at the writing and recording of ''[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]''. Besides footage of John's 1973 [[Hollywood Bowl]] concert, the film included interviews with John, Taupin, and band members, including [[Nigel Olsson]] and [[Dee Murray]], as well as John's mother, Sheila, DJM label chief [[Dick James]], and James's son, Stephen. (Some of the concert footage was later licensed for the Eagle Vision Classic Albums series ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' documentary.) During filming, Forbes formed a close friendship with John and Taupin, which led to other collaborations with them, including photography on the ''[[Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player]]'' and ''[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]'' album sleeves. [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] broadcast the documentary in the UK on 4 December 1973,<ref name="BFI credits" /> and it was later briefly issued on [[VHS]]. It was shown in the U.S. on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].

Forbes returned to Hollywood to direct ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]'' (1975), based on [[Ira Levin]]'s [[The Stepford Wives|novel of the same name]].<ref name=bbc /> The thriller about the backlash against the Women's Liberation Movement in the U.S., in which Newman had a supporting role, was to become Forbes's best-known film, partly because of the protests against it.<ref name="bbc_20040612" /><ref name=nytimes>Fox M. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/movies/bryan-forbes-stepford-wives-director-dies-at-86.html Bryan Forbes, 'Stepford Wives' Director, is dead at 86]. ''The New York Times''. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> Forbes clashed with screenwriter [[William Goldman]] over casting decisions and changes to the film's ending made by Forbes, causing Goldman to drop out of the project (while retaining the screenplay credit). Despite its notoriety, ''The Stepford Wives'' received mixed reviews and performed weakly at the box office. His subsequent films as a director were less successful: ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976), with [[David Frost]] as executive producer;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=frostdavid|title=The Museum of Broadcast Communications – Encyclopedia of Television|work=museum.tv}}</ref> ''[[International Velvet (film)|International Velvet]]'' (1978), intended as a continuation of ''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' (1944), with Newman in the same role as [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in the earlier film;<ref name="bbc_20040612" /> ''[[Better Late Than Never (1983 film)|Better Late than Never]]'' (1983); and ''[[The Naked Face (film)|The Naked Face]]'' (1984).<ref name="Tel o" /> His final film as a screenwriter was ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]'' in 1992.

He served as president of the [[National Youth Theatre]], [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain]] and the [[Beatrix Potter Society]].<ref name="Tel o" />

For a time Forbes owned a bookshop in [[Virginia Water]], Surrey.<ref>Bill Bryson, ''The Road to Little Dribbling'' (New York: Anchor Books/Penguin Random House, 2015), p. 82.</ref>

=== Author ===
Forbes wrote two volumes of autobiography and several successful novels, the last of which, ''The Soldier's Story'', was published in 2012.<ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name=bbc /> He was a regular contributor to ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine.

== Awards and honours ==
Forbes's 1960 screenplay, ''[[The Angry Silence]]'', won a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA award]], and was nominated for an Oscar.<ref name=guardian_barker>Barker, D. [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/09/bryan-forbes-obituary Bryan Forbes: film director, actor and writer]. ''The Guardian''. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' won Best British Comedy Screenplay of the [[Writers Guild of Great Britain]] in 1962.<ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf /> ''[[Séance on a Wet Afternoon]]'' won a 1965 [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] for Best Foreign Film and the 1964 Best British Dramatic Screenplay of the Writers Guild of Great Britain.<ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf /><ref>Search at [http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php Edgar Awards Database]. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> ''[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]'' won the Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium of the [[Writers Guild of America]] in 1980.<ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf />

Forbes's directorial debut, ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (film)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'', was nominated for several BAFTA awards, including [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]] and Best British Film in 1962.<ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf>British Academy of Film and Television Arts: [http://static.bafta.org/files/bryanforbes-tribute-87.pdf A tribute to Bryan Forbes CBE: 25 May 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815172739/http://static.bafta.org/files/bryanforbes-tribute-87.pdf |date=15 August 2011 }}. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref><ref name=BAFTA_1962 /> Four of his other films were also nominated for BAFTA awards: ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' (1960), ''Only Two Can Play'' (1962), ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965).<ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf />

In 2004, Forbes was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] for his services to the arts.<ref name="bbc_20040612" /> In 2006, he received the Dilys Powell Award for outstanding contribution to cinema of the [[London Film Critics' Circle Awards]].<ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name=bbc /> In May 2007, he was the recipient of a BAFTA tribute, celebrating his 'outstanding achievement in filmmaking'.<ref name=BAFTA_tribute_pdf />

== Personal life ==
In 1951 he married Irish actress [[Constance Smith]], and the couple travelled to Hollywood in the early 1950s.<ref name="Tel o">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/10046665/Bryan-Forbes.html Bryan Forbes]. ''The Telegraph''. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref><ref name=guardian_barker /> Forbes soon returned to the UK;<ref name=guardian_barker /> he and Smith divorced in 1955. Forbes went on to marry actress [[Nanette Newman]] the same year.<ref name="Tel o" /> It was popularly believed that [[Roger Moore]] was their [[best man]],<ref name="bbc_20040612" /> but Newman denied this on the ''[[Alan Titchmarsh Show]]'' in 2011. The couple had two daughters: journalist [[Sarah Standing]],<ref>Sarah Standing [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608094022/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/fatherhood/10049421/Bryan-Forbes-was-a-giant-of-a-husband-and-father.html "Bryan Forbes was a giant of a husband and father"], 10 May 2013, ''The Daily Telegraph''.</ref> who is married to actor [[John Standing]], and television presenter [[Emma Forbes]].<ref name=bbc />

Forbes was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 1975, while working on ''The Slipper and the Rose''; he remained in remission which he attributed to cutting out [[gluten]] and taking vitamins and oil of primrose, together with Newman's care.<ref name=nytimes /><ref name="Tel o" /> However, he revealed in a 2012 interview that it had been a misdiagnosis. He continued his acting, directing and screenwriting career into the early 1990s, and was still publishing novels in the 2010s.<ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name="bbc_20040612" /><ref name=bbc />

Forbes died at his home in [[Virginia Water]], Surrey, on 8 May 2013 at the age of 86, following a long illness.<ref name=guardian_batty /><ref name=nytimes /><ref name=bbc>{{cite news|title=Stepford Wives film director Bryan Forbes dies aged 86|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22459886|work=BBC News|date=8 May 2013}}</ref> Newman-Forbes survives him.

Journalist and former ''Spectator'' editor, [[Matthew D'Ancona]], a friend of the Forbes family, said: "Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the film and theatre industries, and known in other fields, including politics. He is simply irreplaceable and it is wholly apt that he died surrounded by his family." Film critic [[Mark Kermode]] wrote: "Once had the fan-boyish pleasure of telling Bryan Forbes how much I loved ''[The] Stepford Wives''. He was charming and self-effacing. A great loss."<ref name=bbc />

== Select filmography ==

=== As actor ===
* ''[[The Small Back Room]]'' (1949) as Peterson, dying gunner
* ''[[All Over the Town]]'' (1949) as Trumble
* ''[[Dear Mr. Prohack]]'' (1949) as Tony
* ''[[The Wooden Horse]]'' (1950) as Paul
* ''[[Green Grow the Rushes (film)|Green Grow the Rushes]]'' (1951) as Fred Starling – Biddle crew member
* ''[[Flesh and Fury]]'' (1952) as Fighter (uncredited)
* ''[[The World in His Arms]]'' (1952) as William Cleggett
* ''[[Appointment in London]]'' (1953) as The Brat
* ''[[Sea Devils (1953 film)|Sea Devils]]'' (1953) as Willie
* ''[[Wheel of Fate (film)|Wheel of Fate]]'' (1953) as Ted Reid
* ''[[The Million Pound Note]]'' (1954) as Todd
* ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1954) as Eric
* ''[[Up to His Neck]]'' (1954) as Subby
* ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' (1955) as Jimmy Winslow
* ''[[Passage Home]]'' (1955) as Shorty
* ''[[Now and Forever (1956 film)|Now and Forever]]'' (1956) as Frisby
* ''Mabrouka'' (1956) as Dying Soldier (scenes deleted)
* ''[[The Baby and the Battleship]]'' (1956) as Prof. Evans
* ''[[Satellite in the Sky]]'' (1956) as Jimmy
* ''[[It's Great to Be Young (1956 film)|It's Great to Be Young]]'' (1956) as Mr. Parkes, Organ Salesman.
* ''[[The Extra Day]]'' (1956) as Harry
* ''[[Quatermass 2]]'' (1957) as Marsh
* ''[[The Key (1958 film)|The Key]]'' (1958) as Weaver
* ''[[I Was Monty's Double (film)|I Was Monty's Double]]'' (1958) as Young Lieutenant
* ''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (1959) as Dawson
* ''[[The Angry Silence]]'' (1960) as Journalist (uncredited)
* ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' (1960) as Martin Porthill
* ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' (1961) as Cohn
* ''[[Of Human Bondage (1964 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' (1964) (uncredited)
* ''[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]'' (1964, credited as Turk Thrust) as Camp Attendant
* ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965) as Radio (voice, uncredited)
* ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976) as Herald (uncredited)
* ''[[International Velvet (film)|International Velvet]]'' (1978) as Awards Presenter (uncredited)
* ''[[Restless Natives]]'' (1985) as Driver

=== As screenwriter ===

* ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Man in the Moon (film)|Man in the Moon]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Station Six-Sahara]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]'' (1992)

=== As director ===

* ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (film)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Séance on a Wet Afternoon]]'' (1964)
* ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965)
* ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Whisperers]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Deadfall (1968 film)|Deadfall]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot (film)|The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (1969)
* ''[[The Raging Moon]]'' (1971)
* ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]'' (1975)
* ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976)
* ''[[International Velvet (film)|International Velvet]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Better Late Than Never (1983 film)|Better Late Than Never]]'' (1983)
* ''[[The Naked Face (film)|The Naked Face]]'' (1984)
* ''[[The Endless Game]]'' (1989)

=== As head of EMI films ===
* ''[[And Soon the Darkness]]'' (1970)
*''[[The Breaking of Bumbo]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Hoffman (film)|Hoffman]]'' (1970)
*''[[Eyewitness (1970 film)|Eyewitness]]'' (1970)
* ''[[The Man Who Haunted Himself]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Spring and Port Wine]]'' (1970)
* ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970)
* ''[[A Fine and Private Place (film)|A Fine and Private Place]]'' (1970) (abandoned)
* ''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Mr. Forbush and the Penguins]]'' (1971)
* ''[[The Tales of Beatrix Potter]]'' (1971)
* ''[[The Raging Moon]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Dulcima]]'' (1971)

== Select writings ==

=== Novels ===

*''Truth Lies Sleeping and other stories'' (1950)
*''The Distant Laughter'' (1972)
*''Slipper and the Rose'' (1976)
*''International Velvet'' (1978)
*''Familiar Strangers'' (1979), published as ''Stranger'' in the USA in 1980
*''The Rewrite Man'' (1983)
*''The Endless Game'' (1986)
*''A Song At Twilight'' (1989)
*''The Twisted Playground'' (1993)
*''Partly Cloudy'' (1995)
*''Quicksand'' (1996)
*''The Memory of All That'' (1999)
*''The Choice'' (2007)
*''The Soldier's Story'' (2012)

=== Non fiction ===
*''Notes for a Life'' (1974)
*''Ned's Girl: The Life of Edith Evans'' (1977)
*''That Despicable Race: A History of the British Acting Tradition'' (1980)
*''A Divided Life'' (1992)

== References ==
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;General sources
*{{cite magazine|magazine=Kine Weekly|first=Derek|last=Todd|url=https://archive.org/details/kine-weekly-3256/page/n5/mode/1up|title=The Emperor of Elstree's First 300 Days|date=7 March 1970|pages=6–8, 19}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0285302}}
* {{Screenonline name|491680}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100910060518/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/directors/Bryan-Forbes Britmovie article]
* [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/197683/Bryan_Forbes Forbes at hollywood.com]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Bryan_Forbes.htm Bibliography of Forbes's fiction and non-fiction]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090918175409/http://www.bafta.org/learning/webcasts/a-tribute-to-bryan-forbes,170,BA.html A Tribute to Forbes], [[BAFTA]] webcast, May 2007
* [http://www.noelharing.co.uk/fine-art-galleries/bryan-forbes.htm Portrait by Noel Haring]
*[https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/9/resources/1571 The Papers of Bryan Forbes] held at [[Churchill Archives Centre]]
* {{cite web |title=Bryan Forbes |url=https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/bryan-forbes |website=[[The British Entertainment History Project]]}}

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