2 Quotes & Sayings By Bryan Forbes

Bryan Forbes was born in London in 1924 and grew up in Kent. His father, Montagu Forbes, was a civil servant who spent much of his life travelling the world and his mother, Beatrix, was a painter. After leaving school at fifteen, Forbes joined the army but on demobilisation returned to Kent to work as a clerk on a farm before becoming a journalist. In 1954 he married actress Peggy Ashcroft. In 1971 Forbes became the second husband of actress Jill Bennett when she famously walked out on her husband Richard Burton Read more

In 1973 they had a son, Alexander, who became a BAFTA-winning film director. In 1976 he married another actress, Susannah York. They had two children: the actress Sophie Dauran and the writer Julian Dauran. In 1980 Forbes began filming The Fourth Protocol with Dirk Bogarde and Dirk Bogarde's partner, Mia Farrow.

It was during this time that he developed an interest in psychic phenomena that would last until his death from cancer in 1996 aged 70. His wife Susannah had been diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and had been given only months to live before being given the all-clear two years later. Forbes made a number of contributions to popular culture including directing The Professionals (1966), which starred Richard Burton and Lee Marvin; The Eagle Has Landed (1976), which was based on Oliver Hardy's short film of the same name; and The Fourth Protocol (1980) starring Dirk Bogarde and Mia Farrow. He also directed episodes of The Persuaders!, The Buccaneers, Gormenghast, Wives & Daughters, Crown Court, Bergerac (TV series), "Holby City" (TV series), "The Bill" (TV series), "The Sweeney" (TV series), "The Champions" (TV series) and "Coronation Street" (TV series). Forbes began writing about spiritual subjects in the mid-1960s after receiving an inspiration while watching what he thought was an ordinary television program about astrology.

When it ended he wrote down his thoughts on astrology before returning to the TV set to see what it had been about. Upon returning he discovered that there had been an actual program on television but it was not about astrology but rather basic physics! This caused him to realise that his intuition was well worth investigating further so he began researching spiritual topics. With this inspiration in mind he began writing books about what he found but it wasn't