---
name: "Andrew Forbes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-forbes"
fi1m_id: "andrew-forbes"
imdb_id: "nm0285291"
tmdb_id: 1230653
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 April 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:30:25.002599+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Andrew Forbes

## Identity

Andrew Forbes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-forbes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-forbes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0285291
- **TMDB ID:** 1230653
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230653

Actor. Born 20 April 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 April 1955
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230653

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bronson*](https://film.one/film/bronson.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Andrew Forbes is a British actor. His screen credits include the role of Charlie's Dad in the 2008 film *Bronson* and the part of Omril in the 1980 *Doctor Who* serial *Full Circle*.

He has appeared in numerous British television series, among them *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (as Professor Purdy), *Lovejoy*, *Bad Girls* and *Law & Order: UK*. Forbes has also worked as a writer on the series *Doctors* and performed in the stage play *The Real Thing* by Tom Stoppard at the Strand Theatre in London.

*Sources: imdb.com, tardis.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bronson* (2009), Fi1m 73, as Charlie's Dad — [page](https://film.one/film/bronson.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Remi Milligan: Lost Director* (2025), as Will Ashby
- *A Royal Christmas Manor* (2025), as King Jeffrey
- *Gra z Cieniem* (2024), series, as Colonel Sanders
- *Toxica* (2022), as Professor Senca
- *Clay's Redemption* (2020), as Dev
- *Starhunter ReduX* (2018), series, as Commander Cline
- *Lykke* (2011), series, as EMA chef
- *Bronson* (2009), as Charlie's Dad — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/bronson.md)
- *Bad Girls* (1999), series, as DI Barrow
- *Incognito* (1997), as Newsreader
- *Duel of Hearts* (1992), as James
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, as PC Phillips
- *Sitting Targets* (1989), as Enquiry Agent
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Professor Purdy
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as DI Burgess
- *Super Gran* (1985), series, as Hon. Bertrand Battenberg / Robot
- *Doctor Who: Full Circle* (1980), as Omril
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, as DJ
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Omril — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/andrew-forbes