Bryan Forbes aka John Theobald Clarke

Film director, screenwriter, actor, and author -- via the New York Times. He may be forever typed as the director of the first "Stepford Wives," but his achievements in all the categories he essayed reveal a very talented and innovative person.

As an actor, he was memorable in "The Guns of Navarone," "Qatermass 2," "The Colditz Story," and "The Small Back Room." He wrote the screenplays such as "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," "Hopscotch," and "Chaplin"; he directed innovative films like "Stepford" -- the hilarious "The Wrong Box" and the intriguing "Seance" among them.