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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Huntsville, Texas, USA, 1924-09-29

Died: 2013-05-18

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Sealed Cargo	Holtz	64
2	1952	Geisha Girl	Rocky Wilson	0
3	1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)	73
4	1953	The Clown	Young Man	56
5	1953	Last of the Comanches	Lt. Floyd (uncredited)	64
6	1953	I Love Melvin	Photographer on Crane (uncredited)	62
7	1953	The Band Wagon	Passenger on Train (uncredited)	71
8	1953	Take the High Ground!	Lobo Nagalaski	57
9	1953	So Big	Dirk De Jong	56
10	1954	Great Lady Has an Interview	Reporter (uncredited)	20
11	1954	Phantom of the Rue Morgue	Prof. Paul Dupin	63
12	1954	Prisoner of War	Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton	39
13	1954	Rogue Cop	Eddie Kelvaney	53
14	1955	Bedevilled	Gregory Fitzgerald	47
15	1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Steve Forrest (uncredited)	45
16	1957	The Living Idol	Terry Matthews	50
17	1959	It Happened to Jane	Larry Hall	61
18	1960	Heller in Pink Tights	Clint Mabry	57
19	1960	Five Branded Women	Paul Keller	60
20	1960	Flaming Star	Clint Burton	65
21	1961	The Second Time Around	Dan Jones	62
22	1962	The Longest Day	Capt. Harding	76
23	1963	The Yellow Canary	Hubbard "Hub" Wiley	0
24	1968	The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot	Jr. Narrator	0
25	1969	Rascal	Willard North	58
26	1970	The Wild Country	Jim Tanner	60
27	1971	The Late Liz	Jim Hatch	0
28	1972	The Man in a Looking Glass	John Mannering 'The Baron'	70
29	1972	The Baron: Mystery Island	John Mannering 'The Baron'	70
30	1972	The Magic of Walt Disney World	Narrator	85
31	1973	A Chant of Silence	State Police Officer	0
32	1974	The Hanged Man	James Devlin	40
33	1975	The Hatfields and the McCoys	Randall McCoy	100
34	1976	Wanted: The Sundance Woman	Charlie Siringo	64
35	1977	Last of the Mohicans	Hawkeye	60
36	1978	Maneaters Are Loose!	David Birk	0
37	1978	The Deerslayer	Hawkeye	50
38	1979	Captain America	Lou Brackett	40
39	1979	North Dallas Forty	Conrad Hunter	67
40	1980	Roughnecks	Paul Marshall	60
41	1981	Mommie Dearest	Greg Savitt	64
42	1982	Hotline	Tom Hunter	56
43	1983	Malibu	Rich Bradley	30
44	1983	Sahara	Gordon	54
45	1985	Spies Like Us	General Sline	62
46	1987	Amazon Women on the Moon	Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")	59
47	1987	Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge	Will Mannon	64
48	1992	Storyville	Judge Quentin Murdoch	50
49	1996	Killer: A Journal of Murder	Warden Charles Casey	59
50	2003	S.W.A.T.	S.W.A.T. Truck Driver	62
51	2008	Miracle at St. Anna	Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)	61

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Matt Barker	63
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Eddie Martin	73
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Sam Rayford	73
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Harpenning Brothers	73
5	1953	Letter to Loretta	Mark Carter	65
6	1954	Climax!	Ben	33
7	1954	Climax!	Pete Mayer	33
8	1954	Climax!	Tom Gardener	33
9	1955	Gunsmoke	Mannon	66
10	1955	Gunsmoke	Morgan	66
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Cord Wrecken	66
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Scott Coltrane	66
13	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Steve Archer	77
14	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Joe Rogers	77
15	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Mike Bagley	55
16	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
17	1959	Bonanza	Dan Logan	75
18	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Major Anderson	63
19	1959	The Twilight Zone	Robert Gaines	84
20	1960	Outlaws		62
21	1961	Kraft Mystery Theatre		60
22	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
23	1961	Bus Stop		0
24	1962	The Virginian	Roger Layton	65
25	1962	The Virginian	James Templeton	65
26	1963	Arrest and Trial		77
27	1963	The Fugitive	Barry Craft	72
28	1963	Burke's Law	Jocko Creighton	60
29	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	David Buchanan	53
30	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Mike Taggart	53
31	1965	The F.B.I.	Lee Barrington	55
32	1966	Mission: Impossible		76
33	1966	The Baron	John Mannering	54
34	1967	Ironside		68
35	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
36	1967	The High Chaparral	Johnny Rondo	65
37	1968	The Name of the Game	A.J. Ward	68
38	1968	The Name of the Game	Walter Royce	68
39	1969	Medical Center		61
40	1969	Medical Center	Dr. Eric Canford	61
41	1969	Love, American Style	Don Finletter	61
42	1970	Night Gallery	Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)	78
43	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
44	1971	Cannon		65
45	1971	Columbo	Big Fred	81
46	1971	Nichols	Sam Yeager	50
47	1972	The Sixth Sense		63
48	1972	The Rookies		68
49	1972	Ghost Story	Andrew Alcott	71
50	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
51	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54
52	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Quail	73
53	1974	Kodiak	Samson Toey	50
54	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
55	1975	S.W.A.T.	Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson	70
56	1977	Testimony of Two Men	Martin Eaton	50
57	1978	Dallas	Ben Stivers	69
58	1978	Dallas	Wes Parmalee	69
59	1980	Condominium	Gus Garver	37
60	1980	A Rumor of War	Col. Atherton	60
61	1981	The Manions of America	James Kent	55
62	1982	Hotel		68
63	1984	Finder of Lost Loves	James Osborne	57
64	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Rev. Willie John Fargo	75
65	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Sheriff Hank Masters	75
66	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Paul Stratton	75
67	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Captain Ned Larkin	75
68	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Max Teller	75
69	1985	Hollywood Wives	Ross Conti	47
70	1990	Dream On	Eden Pilott	69

Steve Forrest

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