What is Bryan Forbes?
{{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Bryan Forbes [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] | caption = | birthname = John Theobald Clarke | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|7|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Stratford]], [[West Ham]], [[Essex]], [[England]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|5|8|1926|7|22|df=y}} | death_place = [[Virginia Water]], [[Surrey]], England | death_cause = Long illness | nationality = British | known_for = Directing ''[[The Stepford Wives]]'' (1975) | occupation = Actor, Screenwriter, Movie producer, Movie director, Author | alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts]] | years_active = 1945-2009 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Constance Smith]] |1951|1955}}<br />{{marriage|[[Nanette Newman]] |1955|2013}} | parents = | children = Sarah Standing<br>[[Emma Forbes]] }} '''Bryan Forbes''' ('''John Theobold Clarke'''; 22 July 1926 &ndash; 8 May 2013) was a [[British people|British]] actor, screenwriter, movie director and producer, and writer. He was known for directing the 1975 horror movie ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 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 [[divorce]]d in 1954. He was married to [[Nanette Newman]] from 1955 until his death 2013. They had two daughters. Forbes was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 1975. In 2012, Forbes said that he was misdiagnosed. Forbes died on 8 May 2013 in Virginia Water, [[Surrey]], England from a long [[illness]], aged 86.<ref>{{cite news | title = Stepford Wives film director Bryan Forbes dies aged 86 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22459886 | newspaper = [[BBC Online]] | date=8 May 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0285302}} * [http://www.screenonline