Anthony Forwood

Anthony Forwood
File:Actor Anthony Forwood.jpg
Born	Ernest Lytton Leslie Forwood (1915-10-03)3 October 1915 Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died	London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1956
Spouse(s)	Glynis Johns (m. 1942; div. 1948)
Partner(s)	Dirk Bogarde (1949–1988)
Children	Gareth Forwood
Relatives	Sir Arthur Forwood, 1st Baronet (great-uncle) Sir William Bower Forwood (great-uncle)

Ernest Lytton Leslie Forwood (3 October 1915 – 18 May 1988), known professionally as Anthony Forwood, was an English actor.

Early life

Ernest Lytton Leslie Forwood was born on 3 October 1915 in Weymouth, England. 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.

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. 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 longtime partner and manager. Ralph Thomas, who had directed Forwood in his first film role, directed Bogarde in Doctor in the House and several of its sequels.

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). 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). His last role came in 1956 in Colonel March of Scotland Yard.

Personal life

In 1942, Forwood married actress Glynis Johns, but they divorced in 1948. Their only child was actor Gareth Forwood (1945–2007).

Anthony Forwood later lived with his long-term partner, actor Dirk Bogarde, in Amersham, England, and then in France until shortly before his death in London in 1988.

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.

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	The 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
1975	Permission to Kill	Englishman	(final film role)

References

General and cited sources

External links

• Anthony Forwood at the Internet Movie Database