Conrad Scott Forbes, popularly known as Scott Forbes, was a British film and television actor and screenwriter.
12 Facts About Scott Forbes
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Scott Forbes attended Repton, and then studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford.
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Scott Forbes worked for the Ministry of Defence before settling on a performing career.
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Scott Forbes appeared on the stage as Julian Dallas, spending a year with the Liverpool Old Vic, and in London under the direction of John Gielgud in The Cradle Song, among other plays.
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Scott Forbes was Maxim de Winter in "Rebecca" in a live performance for the Broadway Television Theatre in 1952.
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Scott Forbes played the Duke of Cornwall in Peter Brook's 1953 television adaptation of King Lear with Orson Welles as Lear.
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On Broadway, Scott Forbes appeared in two plays with Cedric Hardwicke, one of them directed by Hardwicke.
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In 1956, Scott Forbes starred in the title role of ABC's The Adventures of Jim Bowie.
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In preparation for the part Scott Forbes trained with a former Miss Alabama, Jeanne Moody, to perfect a convincing Southern accent.
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Scott Forbes was a guest star in Black Saddle TV show, which aired on March 21,1959, Season 1 Episode 10 titled "Client: Steele" as Bill Steele.
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Scott Forbes remained active as a screenwriter and television actor into the 1970s.
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Scott Forbes died in 1997 in Swindon, Wiltshire, at the age of 76.