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Steve Forrest

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1924-09-29

Birth Place

Huntsville, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Chant of Silence

A Chant of Silence

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

A Rumor of War

1980

6.0

TV
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
poster

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

6.9

TV
Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

6.0

Movie
poster

Arrest and Trial

1963

7.0

TV
Bedevilled

Bedevilled

1955

4.7

Movie
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
poster

Bus Stop

1961

0.0

TV
poster

Cannon

1971

6.5

TV
Captain America

Captain America

1979

4.1

Movie
poster

Cimarron Strip

1967

5.0

TV
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
poster

Columbo

1971

8.1

TV
poster

Condominium

1980

3.7

TV
poster

Dallas

1978

6.8

TV
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
poster

Dinah!

1974

6.5

TV
poster

Dream On

1990

6.9

TV
poster

Finder of Lost Loves

1984

5.7

TV
Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women

1960

6.0

Movie
Flaming Star

Flaming Star

1960

6.4

Movie
Geisha Girl

Geisha Girl

1952

0.0

Movie
poster

Ghost Story

1972

7.1

TV
Great Lady Has an Interview

Great Lady Has an Interview

1954

0.0

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

1987

6.4

Movie
Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights

1960

5.7

Movie
poster

Hollywood Wives

1985

3.8

TV
poster

Hotel

1982

6.8

TV
Hotline

Hotline

1982

5.6

Movie
I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin

1953

6.2

Movie
poster

Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

1959

6.1

Movie
Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996

5.9

Movie
poster

Kodiak

1974

5.0

TV
poster

Kraft Mystery Theatre

1961

6.0

TV
poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

5.3

TV
Last of the Comanches

Last of the Comanches

1953

6.4

Movie
Last of the Mohicans

Last of the Mohicans

1977

6.0

Movie
poster

Letter to Loretta

1953

6.2

TV
poster

Love, American Style

1969

5.8

TV
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Malibu

Malibu

1983

3.0

Movie
Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose!

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Medical Center

1969

6.1

TV
Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

4.7

Movie
Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

6.1

Movie
poster

Mission: Impossible

1966

7.6

TV
Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

1981

6.4

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
poster

Nichols

1971

5.0

TV
poster

Night Gallery

1970

7.8

TV
North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

1979

6.6

Movie
poster

Outlaws

1960

6.2

TV
Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954

6.3

Movie
Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War

1954

3.9

Movie
Rascal

Rascal

1969

5.8

Movie
Rogue Cop

Rogue Cop

1954

5.3

Movie
Roughnecks

Roughnecks

1980

6.0

Movie
S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

2003

6.2

Movie
poster

S.W.A.T.

1975

7.0

TV
Sahara

Sahara

1983

5.3

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Sealed Cargo

Sealed Cargo

1951

6.4

Movie
So Big

So Big

1953

5.6

Movie
Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

1985

6.2

Movie
Storyville

Storyville

1992

5.3

Movie
Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground!

1953

5.7

Movie
poster

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

3.5

TV
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

7.3

Movie
The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

1953

7.1

Movie
poster

The Baron

1966

5.4

TV
The Baron: Mystery Island

The Baron: Mystery Island

1972

7.0

Movie
The Clown

The Clown

1953

5.4

Movie
poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

5.3

TV
The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1978

5.0

Movie
poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

6.3

TV
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
poster

The Fugitive

1963

7.2

TV
The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

1974

4.3

Movie
The Hatfields and the McCoys

The Hatfields and the McCoys

1975

10.0

Movie
poster

The High Chaparral

1967

6.5

TV
The Late Liz

The Late Liz

1971

0.0

Movie
The Living Idol

The Living Idol

1957

4.7

Movie
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962

7.6

Movie
The Magic of Walt Disney World

The Magic of Walt Disney World

1972

8.5

Movie
The Man in a Looking Glass

The Man in a Looking Glass

1972

7.0

Movie
poster

The Manions of America

1981

5.5

TV
poster

The Name of the Game

1968

6.8

TV
The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot

The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot

1968

0.0

Movie
poster

The Rookies

1972

6.9

TV
The Second Time Around

The Second Time Around

1961

6.2

Movie
poster

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974

7.2

TV
poster

The Sixth Sense

1972

6.3

TV
poster

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0

TV
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
The Wild Country

The Wild Country

1970

6.0

Movie
The Yellow Canary

The Yellow Canary

1963

0.0

Movie
Wanted: The Sundance Woman

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

1976

6.4

Movie
poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.3

TV