Bryan Forbes: Writer, actor and film director
Creative force in the British film industry whose work included The Stepford Wives and Whistle Down the WindThe director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes, who has died aged 86, was one of the most creative forces in the British film industry of the 1960s, and the Hollywood films he directed included the original version of The Stepford Wives (1974). In later life he turned to the writing of books, both fiction and memo…