William Forrest

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Forrest (October 10, 1902 – January 26, 1989) was an American theatre, film, and television actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1939 and 1977. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and died in Santa Monica, California.

Known For: Acting

Born: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1902-10-10

Died: 1989-01-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1940	Alice in Movieland	2nd Director (uncredited)	63
2	1940	Gangs of Chicago		53
3	1940	The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady	Arthur Trent	65
4	1940	Women in Hiding	Investigator (uncredited)	70
5	1940	The Man Who Talked Too Much	Federal District Attorney F.R. Greene	60
6	1940	Fashion Horizons		30
7	1940	The Secret Seven	Mr. Brooks	0
8	1940	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Frederick Harper	62
9	1941	Respect the Law	Police Lieutenant Edward Macroy	60
10	1941	Flight from Destiny	Prentiss	52
11	1941	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance	Vic Hilton	60
12	1941	Meet John Doe	Governor's Associate (uncredited)	73
13	1941	Here Comes Mr. Jordan	Reporter (uncredited)	69
14	1941	Of Pups and Puzzles	Psychologist (uncredited)	64
15	1941	Doctors Don't Tell		49
16	1941	Sergeant York	Officer (uncredited)	72
17	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Adjutant (uncredited)	66
18	1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Colonel	59
19	1942	A Date with the Falcon	Ward (uncredited)	65
20	1942	Pardon My Stripes	Prosecutor (uncredited)	60
21	1942	Joe Smith, American	August 'Gus' Stoffen	57
22	1942	Spy Smasher	Thornton (uncredited)	58
23	1942	Hello, Annapolis	Lt. Burns	100
24	1942	Tarzan's New York Adventure	Inspector at Airport (uncredited)	64
25	1942	In This Our Life	Forest Ranger	68
26	1942	Meet the Stewarts	Country Club Lunch Guest (uncredited)	60
27	1942	Moontide	Well-Dressed Man in Bar (uncredited)	64
28	1942	Spy Ship	Martin Oster	60
29	1942	My Favorite Spy	Captain Green	52
30	1942	Priorities on Parade	Col. Reeves	0
31	1942	Wake Island		56
32	1942	Mug Town	District Attorney	70
33	1943	The Adventures of Smilin' Jack	Secretary of Internal Affairs [Chs. 8-12]	50
34	1943	The Hard Way	'Uncle Edward Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)	66
35	1943	Reconnaissance Pilot	Colonel Henry	0
36	1943	It Ain't Hay	Banker (uncredited)	64
37	1943	Air Force	Group Commander Jack Harper (uncredited)	64
38	1943	Flight for Freedom	Vice-Consul (uncredited)	52
39	1943	Mission to Moscow	American Newsman (uncredited)	52
40	1943	For God and Country	Commander at New Guinea	0
41	1943	Action in the North Atlantic	Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)	71
42	1943	Good Luck, Mr. Yates	Thurston	58
43	1943	Du Barry was a Lady	Guard Captain	61
44	1943	So Proudly We Hail	Major at San Francisco Dock (Uncredited)	55
45	1943	Corvette K-225	Commander Manning (uncredited)	62
46	1943	Corvette K-225	Commander Manning	62
47	1943	The Masked Marvel	Martin Crane	47
48	1944	The Fighting Seabees	Lt. Tom Kerrick	62
49	1944	Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts	Colonel	0
50	1944	The Case of the Tremendous Trifle	Major	0
51	1944	Four Jills in a Jeep	Officer (uncredited)	57
52	1944	It Happened Tomorrow		67
53	1944	Mr. Skeffington	Clinton (uncredited)	67
54	1944	Wilson	Minor Role (uncredited)	55
55	1944	Abroad with Two Yanks	Col. Hart	60
56	1944	Strange Affair	Superintendent Reynolds (Uncredited)	62
57	1944	Laura	Important Client (uncredited)	76
58	1944	The Doughgirls	Forbes	70
59	1944	Here Come the Waves	Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)	50
60	1945	Adventures of Kitty O'Day	Sauter (as Bill Forrest)	48
61	1945	Salty O'Rourke	Racing Secretary	52
62	1945	God Is My Co-Pilot	Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)	70
63	1945	The Caribbean Mystery	Col. Lane	50
64	1945	Gangs of the Waterfront	Dist. Atty. Brady	60
65	1945	Road to Alcatraz	Charles Cantrell	0
66	1945	Anchors Aweigh	Movie Director (uncredited)	68
67	1945	Girls of the Big House	District Attorney	60
68	1945	Purity Squad	Dr. Cooper (uncredited)	0
69	1946	Meet Me on Broadway	Dwight Ferris (uncredited)	70
70	1946	The Well Groomed Bride	James Smith	40
71	1946	Nobody Lives Forever	Mr. Johnson, District Attorney's Aide (uncredited)	62
72	1946	Dead Reckoning	Lt. Col. Simpson	67
73	1947	Doctor Jim	Major	0
74	1947	Blind Spot	Henry Small	42
75	1947	The Devil On Wheels	Judge Roger Tanner	43
76	1947	The Guilt of Janet Ames	(uncredited)	56
77	1947	Sarge Goes to College	Col. Winters	40
78	1947	The Corpse Came C.O.D.	Lance Fowler	57
79	1947	Miracle on 34th Street	Dr. Rogers at Bellevue (uncredited)	74
80	1947	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer	Mr. Baldwin (uncredited)	69
81	1947	The Spirit of West Point	Dr. Felix Blanchard	0
82	1947	Blondie in the Dough	Robert " Bob " Dixon	65
83	1947	The Senator Was Indiscreet	U.S. Officer	54
84	1948	Alias a Gentleman	Carruthers	65
85	1948	Three Daring Daughters	Ship Captain (uncredited)	57
86	1948	Who Killed Doc Robbin?	Reporter (uncredited)	40
87	1948	Trapped by Boston Blackie	Mason Carter	65
88	1948	Fort Apache	Reporter (uncredited)	70
89	1948	Mystery in Mexico	Insurance Company Boss	58
90	1948	The Gentleman from Nowhere	Henry Thompson	60
91	1948	Race Street	Nick Walters	58
92	1949	Arson, Inc.	Deputy Fire Chief / Narrator	59
93	1949	In the Good Old Summertime	Announcer (uncredited)	66
94	1949	Trail of the Yukon	Dawson	60
95	1949	The Devil's Henchman	Anderson	60
96	1949	The Story of Seabiscuit	Thomas Milford	58
97	1950	The Good Humor Man	Mr. Lankford (uncredited)	60
98	1950	Hunt the Man Down	J.P. Knight (uncredited)	62
99	1951	Gasoline Alley	Hacker	55
100	1951	Smuggler's Gold	Arthur Rayburn	60
101	1951	The Racket	Head of Crime Commission (uncredited)	63
102	1951	The Sea Hornet	Lt. Commander	50
103	1951	Flight to Mars	General (uncredited)	53
104	1951	I'll See You in My Dreams	Florenz Ziegfeld	47
105	1952	Belles on Their Toes	Col. Putnam (uncredited)	73
106	1952	The Rose Bowl Story	James Otis	35
107	1952	Night Without Sleep	Mr. Carter (Uncredited)	58
108	1953	Winning of the West	Editor John Randolph	55
109	1953	Invaders from Mars	Col. Mayberry	59
110	1953	Private Eyes	John Graham	75
111	1953	The Eddie Cantor Story	Florenz Ziegfeld	50
112	1955	New York Confidential	Paul Williamson	58
113	1955	Rage at Dawn	Wiilliam Peterson	61
114	1955	Ain't Misbehavin'	Mr. Dullaby (uncredited)	50
115	1955	Francis in the Navy	Admiral	55
116	1955	The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing	Simpson (uncredited)	62
117	1955	Meet the Governor	Mr. Green	0
118	1956	Pardners	Hocker (uncredited)	67
119	1956	Walk the Proud Land	Mr. Dennison (uncredited)	61
120	1956	You Can't Run Away from It	Captain (replaced by Russell Hicks) (scenes deleted)	43
121	1957	The Monster That Challenged the World	Admiral Greenhouse	56
122	1957	Sweet Smell of Success	Sen. Harvey Walker (uncredited)	76
123	1957	Loving You	Mr. Jessup	61
124	1957	Band of Angels	Aaron Starr, Amantha's father	62
125	1958	The Toughest Gun in Tombstone	Governor	60
126	1958	The Last Hurrah	Dr. Tom (uncredited)	71
127	1958	The Last Hurrah	Tom - The Doctor (uncredited)	71
128	1959	The Horse Soldiers	Gen. Steve Hurlburt	70
129	1961	One-Eyed Jacks	Banker	67
130	1964	Good Neighbor Sam	Millard Mellner	63
131	1964	Cheyenne Autumn	Senator (uncredited)	67
132	1966	Sakima and the Masked Marvel	Martin Crane	60
133	1966	Spy Smasher Returns	Gerald Douglas (uncredited)	80
134	1966	Billy the Kid Versus Dracula	James Underhill	42
135	1971	The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker	Mr. Wylie	35
136	1977	The November Plan	Noel Crosman, Sr.	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Wells Fargo Chief	70
2	1952	Chevron Theatre		100
3	1952	My Little Margie		30
4	1952	Adventures of Superman	Mr. Crane	67
5	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Wilke	61
6	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Sam Rogers	61
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Charlie	61
8	1952	Four Star Playhouse		61
9	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Judge	61
10	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Colter	61
11	1952	Cavalcade of America	Dr. Sam Halleck	35
12	1952	The Ford Television Theatre		70
13	1953	I'm the Law		50
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Judge	62
15	1953	Letter to Loretta	Mr. Bruckner	62
16	1954	Public Defender	Mr. Berger	60
17	1954	December Bride	Harry Howard	55
18	1954	December Bride		55
19	1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin		69
20	1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	Major Swanson	69
21	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Doctor (uncredited)	76
22	1955	The Millionaire	Quimby	50
23	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
24	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Mr. Green	65
25	1957	M Squad	Mr. Manning	52
26	1957	Maverick	Laramie Banker	68
27	1957	Maverick	Roland	68
28	1957	26 Men		42
29	1958	Bronco		48
30	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
31	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Graham	67
32	1959	Bonanza	Mine Owner	75
33	1960	Coronado 9		60
34	1960	My Three Sons	Ed Hoffman	65
35	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	John Canady	69