Michael Forrest

Acting

Michael Forrest

Known for

Acting

Credits

6 titles

Michael Forrest is a British stage, film and television actor.

Known for

Theatre 625 poster
7.2

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Theatre 625

1964

Ackley Bridge poster
7.0

A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community

Ackley Bridge

2017

The Adventurer poster
6.3

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.

The Adventurer

1972

The Informer poster
NR

The Informer is a British crime drama series broadcast on ITV from August 1966 to December 1967. Created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman, it stars Ian Hendry as former barrister Alex Lambert, disgraced and disbarred, who has to rebuild his life. He utilises his former contacts on both sides of the law to become a paid informer. Living well from the rewards paid by insurance companies, Lambert still has to hide his activities from both his wife and others behind a new persona in the guise as a business consultant. Two seasons were produced, totalling 21 episodes. Only two episodes are known to exist, the remainder presumably wiped.

The Informer

1966

Mussolini: The Untold Story poster
5.3

The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini's eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce's tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.

Mussolini: The Untold Story

1985

Boy Called Bremner poster
NR

Boy Called Bremner is a comedy drama set on a notorious Leeds Estate. Home to a dodgy boxing coach, a fake vicar, an Elvis impersonator and a drunken football worshipping father. Bremner and his boxing mates are determined to have fun, cause mischief, make money and resurrect their faltering amateur boxing careers. Desperate to make a better life for his baby daughter, Bremner seeks the approval of others. Unemployment, family problems, drug dealers depression, crime and suicidal urges prove to be bigger opponents than anything faced in a boxing ring. On the edge between life and death Bremner's larger than life character masks these hidden demons. The only antidotes are focus drive dreams and the antics of the crazy residents and friends of his local boxing club. Boy Called Bremner is a gripping story about loyalty, passion, tragedy and comedy all the factors of a down to earth realistic film from the heart of Yorkshire's largest City.

Boy Called Bremner

2019

Film credits

Series credits

Theatre 625 poster
7.2

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Theatre 625

1964

Ackley Bridge poster
7.0

A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community

Ackley Bridge

2017

The Adventurer poster
6.3

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.

The Adventurer

1972

The Informer poster
NR

The Informer is a British crime drama series broadcast on ITV from August 1966 to December 1967. Created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman, it stars Ian Hendry as former barrister Alex Lambert, disgraced and disbarred, who has to rebuild his life. He utilises his former contacts on both sides of the law to become a paid informer. Living well from the rewards paid by insurance companies, Lambert still has to hide his activities from both his wife and others behind a new persona in the guise as a business consultant. Two seasons were produced, totalling 21 episodes. Only two episodes are known to exist, the remainder presumably wiped.

The Informer

1966

Mussolini: The Untold Story poster
5.3

The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini's eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce's tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.

Mussolini: The Untold Story

1985