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Steve Forrest

A ruggedly handsome action man of the 1960's and 70's, Steve Forrest began his screen career as a small part contract player with MGM. A brother of star Dana Andrews, he was born William Forrest Andrews, the youngest of thirteen children. His father was a Baptist minister in Huntsville, Texas. In 1942, Steve enlisted in the U.S. Army, rose to the rank of sergeant and saw action at the Battle of the Bulge. Following his demobilisation, he visited his brother in Hollywood and came to the conclusion that acting wasn't a bad way to make a living (having already done some work as a movie extra). He went on to study in college at UCLA, eventually graduating in 1950 with a B.A. Honours Degree in theatre arts. He then served a brief apprenticeship as a carpenter, prop boy and set builder at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse, where he was discovered by resident actor Gregory Peck and given a small part as a bellboy in the cast of the summer stock production of "Goddbye Again". A subsequent screen test led to a contract with MGM and resulting employment as second leads, brothers of the titular star, toughs and outlaws. His first proper recognition was being awarded 'New Star of the Year' by Golden Globe for his role in So Big (1953), a drama based on a Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Edna Ferber. From the mid-1950's, the rangy, 6-foot-3 actor became much in-demand on TV, beginning with classic early anthology and western series, interspersed with occasional appearances on the big screen (notably, in The Longest Day (1962) and as Joan Crawford's lover/attorney Greg Savitt in Mommie Dearest (1981)). In addition to numerous guest roles, he was regularly featured in series like Gunsmoke (1955), Dallas (1978) (as Wes Parmalee, who believes himself to be lost Ewing patriarch Jock) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). Already from the mid-60's, he decided to pick his assignments more carefully. In order to shed his image as the perpetual bad guy, he had relocated his family to England to star as antique-dealer-cum-undercover intelligence agent John Mannering in BBC's The Baron (1966). He followed this by another starring role as the stoic, tough Lieutenant Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson in the short-lived ABC police drama series S.W.A.T. (1975), possibly his best-remembered role. Steve later lampooned his screen personae in the satirical Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). In private life, Steve Forrest was known as a skilled golfer, lover of football and (according to 1970's newspaper articles) as a dedicated amateur beekeeper.


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Born:
Sep 29, 1924 In Huntsville, Texas, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
91
First Appeared:
In the series Lux Video Theatre 1950-10-02
Latest Project:
Movie Placebo: Rock im Pott 2012-08-24
Known For
Poster of Hollywood Wives
Poster of The Twilight Zone
Poster of Geisha Girl
Filmography
Movie Placebo: Rock im Pott Drums 2012-08-24
Movie Placebo: We Come In Pieces Drums 2011-11-01
Movie Placebo: Live at Area 4 Drummer 2010-08-20
Movie Placebo: Live at Rock Am Ring as himself 2009-06-05
Movie Miracle at St. Anna Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited) 2008-09-15
Movie Placebo: Live in Angkor Wat Drummer 2008-12-07
Movie Placebo: Soulmates Never Die: Live in Paris 2003 himself 2003-10-18
Movie Killer: A Journal of Murder Warden Charles Casey 1996-09-06
Movie Storyville Judge Quentin Murdoch 1992-08-26
Series Dream On Unknown 1990-07-08
Movie Amazon Women on the Moon Capt. Nelson 1987-09-18
Movie Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge Will Mannon 1987-09-27
Series Hollywood Wives Ross Conti 1985-02-17
Movie Spies Like Us General Sline 1985-12-06
Series Murder, She Wrote Unknown 1984-09-30
Movie Malibu Rich Bradley 1983-01-23
Movie Sahara Gordon 1983-12-01
Series Hotel Unknown 1982-08-21
Movie Hotline Tom Hunter 1982-10-16
Movie Mommie Dearest Greg Savitt 1981-09-16
Series The Manions of America James Kent 1981-09-30
Series A Rumor of War Col. Atherton 1980-09-24
Movie Captain America Lou Brackett 1979-01-19
Movie North Dallas Forty Conrad Hunter 1979-08-03
Movie Maneaters Are Loose! David Birk 1978-05-03
Movie The Deerslayer Hawkeye 1978-12-18
Movie Last Of The Mohicans Hawkeye 1977-11-23
Movie Wanted: The Sundance Woman Charlie Siringo 1976-10-01
Movie The Hatfields and the McCoys Randall McCoy 1975-01-15
Series S.W.A.T. Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson 1975-02-24
Movie The Hanged Man James Devlin 1974-03-13
Series The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Unknown 1973-09-14
Series The Sixth Sense Unknown 1972-01-15
Series The Rookies Unknown 1972-09-11
Series Ghost Story Unknown 1972-09-15
Series The Streets of San Francisco Unknown 1972-09-23
Series Alias Smith and Jones Unknown 1971-01-05
Series Cannon Unknown 1971-09-14
Movie The Late Liz Jim Hatch 1971-09-01
Series Night Gallery Unknown 1970-12-16
Movie The Wild Country Jim Tanner 1970-12-16
Series Medical Center Unknown 1969-09-24
Movie Rascal Willard North 1969-06-11
Series The Name of the Game Unknown 1968-09-20
Series Ironside Unknown 1967-03-28
Series Cimarron Strip Unknown 1967-09-07
Series The High Chaparral Unknown 1967-09-10
Series Mission: Impossible Unknown 1966-09-17
Series The Baron John Mannering 1966-09-28
Series The F.B.I. Unknown 1965-09-19
Movie The Yellow Canary Hubbard "Hub" Wiley 1963-05-15
Series Arrest and Trial Unknown 1963-09-15
Series Kraft Suspense Theatre Unknown 1963-10-10
Series Burke's Law Unknown 1963-09-20
Series The Fugitive Unknown 1963-09-17
Series The Virginian Unknown 1962-09-19
Movie The Longest Day Capt. Harding 1962-09-25
Series Kraft Mystery Theatre Unknown 1961-06-14
Series Target: The Corruptors! Unknown 1961-09-29
Movie The Second Time Around Dan Jones 1961-12-22
Series Bus Stop Unknown 1961-10-01
Movie Heller in Pink Tights Clint Mabry 1960-03-01
Movie Five Branded Women Paul Keller 1960-03-15
Movie Flaming Star Clint Burton 1960-12-20
Series Outlaws Unknown 1960-09-26
Movie It Happened to Jane Larry Hall 1959-05-24
Series The Twilight Zone Unknown 1959-10-02
Series The DuPont Show with June Allyson Unknown 1959-09-21
Series Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Unknown 1958-10-06
Movie The Living Idol Terry Matthews 1957-05-02
Movie Meet Me in Las Vegas Steve Forrest (uncredited) 1956-03-09
Series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Unknown 1956-10-05
Movie Bedevilled Gregory Fitzgerald 1955-04-28
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown 1955-10-02
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Movie Phantom of the Rue Morgue Prof. Paul Dupin 1954-03-27
Movie Prisoner of War Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton 1954-05-04
Series Climax! Unknown 1954-10-07
Movie Rogue Cop Eddie Kelvaney 1954-09-17
Movie Last of the Comanches Lt. Floyd (uncredited) 1953-02-01
Movie I Love Melvin Photographer on Crane (uncredited) 1953-03-20
Movie The Clown Young Man 1953-01-16
Movie So Big Dirk De Jong 1953-10-31
Movie The Band Wagon Passenger on Train (uncredited) 1953-08-07
Movie Take the High Ground! Lobo Nagalaski 1953-10-30
Series Letter to Loretta Unknown 1953-09-20
Movie Geisha Girl Rocky Wilson 1952-05-02
Movie The Bad and the Beautiful Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited) 1952-12-25
Series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Unknown 1951-10-05
Movie Sealed Cargo Holtz 1951-05-19
Series Lux Video Theatre Unknown 1950-10-02