Acting
119
Man
29 Sept 1924
18 May 2013 (88)
Huntsville, Texas, USA
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited) |
1996 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Warden Charles Casey |
1992 | Storyville | Judge Quentin Murdoch |
1990 | Dream On | Eden Pilott |
1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon") |
1987 | Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Will Mannon |
1985 | Spies Like Us | General Sline |
1985 | Hollywood Wives | Ross Conti |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Rev. Willie John Fargo |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Hank Masters |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Paul Stratton |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Captain Ned Larkin |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Max Teller |
1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | James Osborne |
1983 | Sahara | Gordon |
1983 | Malibu | Rich Bradley |
1982 | Hotel | |
1982 | Hotline | Tom Hunter |
1981 | Mommie Dearest | Greg Savitt |
1981 | The Manions of America | James Kent |
1980 | Condominium | Gus Garver |
1980 | Roughnecks | Paul Marshall |
1980 | A Rumor of War | Col. Atherton |
1979 | Captain America | Lou Brackett |
1979 | North Dallas Forty | Conrad Hunter |
1978 | Dallas | Ben Stivers |
1978 | Dallas | Wes Parmalee |
1978 | The Deerslayer | Hawkeye |
1978 | Maneaters Are Loose! | David Birk |
1977 | Last of the Mohicans | Hawkeye |
1976 | Wanted: The Sundance Woman | Charlie Siringo |
1975 | S.W.A.T. | Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson |
1975 | The Hatfields and the McCoys | Randall McCoy |
1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Quail |
1974 | The Hanged Man | James Devlin |
1974 | Dinah! | Self |
1974 | Kodiak | Samson Toey |
1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self |
1973 | A Chant of Silence | State Police Officer |
1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
1972 | The Rookies | |
1972 | Ghost Story | Andrew Alcott |
1972 | The Sixth Sense | |
1972 | The Magic of Walt Disney World | Narrator |
1972 | The Man in a Looking Glass | John Mannering 'The Baron' |
1971 | Columbo | Big Fred |
1971 | Cannon | |
1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
1971 | Nichols | Sam Yeager |
1971 | The Late Liz | Jim Hatch |
1970 | Night Gallery | Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest) |
1970 | The Wild Country | Jim Tanner |
1969 | Rascal | Willard North |
1969 | Love, American Style | Don Finletter |
1969 | Medical Center | |
1969 | Medical Center | Dr. Eric Canford |
1968 | The Name of the Game | A.J. Ward |
1968 | The Name of the Game | Walter Royce |
1968 | The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot | Jr. Narrator |
1967 | Ironside | |
1967 | The High Chaparral | Johnny Rondo |
1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
1967 | The Baron: The Island | John Mannering 'The Baron' |
1966 | Mission: Impossible | |
1966 | The Baron | John Mannering |
1965 | The F.B.I. | Lee Barrington |
1963 | The Fugitive | Barry Craft |
1963 | Burke's Law | Jocko Creighton |
1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | David Buchanan |
1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Mike Taggart |
1963 | Arrest and Trial | |
1963 | The Yellow Canary | Hubbard "Hub" Wiley |
1962 | The Longest Day | Capt. Harding |
1962 | The Virginian | Roger Layton |
1962 | The Virginian | James Templeton |
1961 | The Second Time Around | Dan Jones |
1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre | |
1961 | Bus Stop | |
1960 | Flaming Star | Clint Burton |
1960 | Heller in Pink Tights | Clint Mabry |
1960 | Five Branded Women | Paul Keller |
1960 | Outlaws | |
1959 | The Twilight Zone | Robert Gaines |
1959 | Bonanza | Dan Logan |
1959 | It Happened to Jane | Larry Hall |
1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Major Anderson |
1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
1957 | The Living Idol | Terry Matthews |
1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Steve Forrest (uncredited) |
1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Mike Bagley |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Steve Archer |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Joe Rogers |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Mannon |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Morgan |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Cord Wrecken |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Scott Coltrane |
1955 | Bedevilled | Gregory Fitzgerald |
1954 | Rogue Cop | Eddie Kelvaney |
1954 | Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Prof. Paul Dupin |
1954 | Climax! | Ben |
1954 | Climax! | Pete Mayer |
1954 | Climax! | Tom Gardener |
1954 | Prisoner of War | Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton |
1954 | Great Lady Has an Interview | Reporter (uncredited) |
1953 | The Band Wagon | Passenger on Train (uncredited) |
1953 | I Love Melvin | Photographer on Crane (uncredited) |
1953 | Last of the Comanches | Lt. Floyd (uncredited) |
1953 | So Big | Dirk De Jong |
1953 | Take the High Ground! | Lobo Nagalaski |
1953 | The Clown | Young Man |
1953 | Letter to Loretta | Mark Carter |
1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited) |
1952 | Geisha Girl | Rocky Wilson |
1951 | Sealed Cargo | Holtz |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Eddie Martin |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Sam Rayford |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Harpenning Brothers |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Matt Barker |