Anthony Forwood
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Early life
Ernest Lytton Leslie Forwood was born on 3 October 1915 in Weymouth, Dorset.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Forwood family were landed gentry; Forwood's great-grandfather, Thomas Friend Brittain Peploe Forwood, resided in Thornton Manor in Cheshire and was the forefather of the Forwood Baronetcy. Forwood's great-uncles were English merchants, shipowners and politicians Sir Arthur Forwood, 1st Baronet and Sir William Bower Forwood; his father was Leslie Langton Forwood, a captain in the Royal Navy.[1]
Career
After years of theatre, including the revue This World of Ours in 1935; Forwood gained his first film acting role in 1949, when he starred in Ralph Thomas' Traveller's Joy.[2][3][4] That same year he appeared in the thriller The Man in Black with Sid James.
In 1952, he received a number of roles including Appointment in London with Dirk Bogarde; he eventually became his life partner and manager.[5] Ralph Thomas, who had directed Forwood in his first film role, directed Bogarde in Doctor in the House and several of its sequels.[6]
Forwood appeared with Boris Karloff in the mystery Colonel March Investigates and played Will Scarlet in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952).[4] One year later he acted in the Oscar-nominated Knights of the Round Table, a film starring such high-profile actors as Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner and Stanley Baker, and in Terence Fisher's Mantrap (1953).[7][8] His last role came in 1956 in Colonel March of Scotland Yard.[6]
Personal life
In 1942, Forwood married actress Glynis Johns, but they divorced in 1948. Their only child was actor Gareth Forwood (1945–2007).[9]
Forwood later lived with his long-term partner,[10] actor Dirk Bogarde, in Amersham, England, and then in France before the couple returned to England shortly before Forwood died in London in 1988.[11]
Death
By 1987, Forwood was dying of liver cancer and Parkinson's disease. At this time Bogarde, a heavy smoker, had a minor stroke. On 18 May 1988, Forwood died aged 72 in Kensington and Chelsea, London. His body was cremated.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Meet Simon Cherry | Alan Colville | ||
| 1949 | The Man in Black | Victor Harrington | ||
| 1950 | Traveller's Joy | Nick Rafferty | ||
| 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower | Lt. Woodford | Uncredited | |
| 1951 | Black Widow | Paul Kenton | ||
| 1952 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men | Will Scarlet | ||
| 1952 | The Gambler and the Lady | Lord Peter Willens | ||
| 1953 | Appointment in London | Navigation Officer | ||
| 1953 | Mantrap | Rex | ||
| 1953 | Knights of the Round Table | Gareth | ||
| 1954 | Five Days | Peter Glanville | ||
| 1954 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Jim Hartley | TV series - billed as Anthony Forward | |
| 1975 | Permission to Kill | Englishman | (final film role) |
References
Citations
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General and cited sources
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