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Steve Forrest‌

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Birthday

calendar1924-09-29

Popularity

star7.2

Steve Forrest

Huntsville, Texas, USA

Steve Forrest

Huntsville, Texas, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1924-09-29

Popularity

star7.2

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Roughnecks

Roughnecks‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Rogue Cop

Rogue Cop‌
star5.3
calendar 1954

Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose!‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us‌
star6.2
calendar 1985

The Longest Day

The Longest Day‌
star7.6
calendar 1962

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon‌
star7.1
calendar 1953

Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights‌
star5.7
calendar 1960

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue‌
star6.3
calendar 1954

Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Storyville

Storyville‌
star5.2
calendar 1992

Sahara

Sahara‌
star5.4
calendar 1983

Flaming Star

Flaming Star‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

So Big

So Big‌
star5.6
calendar 1953

Rascal

Rascal‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Captain America

Captain America‌
star4.0
calendar 1979

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge‌
star6.4
calendar 1987

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man‌
star4.3
calendar 1974

The Second Time Around

The Second Time Around‌
star6.1
calendar 1961

Bedevilled

Bedevilled‌
star4.7
calendar 1955

The Living Idol

The Living Idol‌
star4.7
calendar 1957

The Hatfields and the McCoys

The Hatfields and the McCoys‌
star10.0
calendar 1975

The Wild Country

The Wild Country‌
star6.0
calendar 1970

Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War‌
star3.9
calendar 1954

I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Geisha Girl

Geisha Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Man in a Looking Glass

The Man in a Looking Glass‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

The Baron: The Island

The Baron: The Island‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

A Chant of Silence

A Chant of Silence‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful‌
star7.3
calendar 1952

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty‌
star6.6
calendar 1979

The Magic of Walt Disney World

The Magic of Walt Disney World‌
star8.5
calendar 1972

The Yellow Canary

The Yellow Canary‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas‌
star4.7
calendar 1956

Last of the Comanches

Last of the Comanches‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

The Clown

The Clown‌
star5.4
calendar 1953

The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot

The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground!‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

The Late Liz

The Late Liz‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Hotline

Hotline‌
star5.6
calendar 1982

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

Wanted: The Sundance Woman‌
star6.4
calendar 1976

Malibu

Malibu‌
star3.0
calendar 1983

Last of the Mohicans

Last of the Mohicans‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Sealed Cargo

Sealed Cargo‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna‌
star6.1
calendar 2008

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder‌
star5.9
calendar 1996

Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon‌
star5.9
calendar 1987

Great Lady Has an Interview

Great Lady Has an Interview‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.‌
star6.2
calendar 2003

Tv Credits

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

Dream On

Dream On‌
star6.9
calendar 1990

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Medical Center

Medical Center‌
star6.1
calendar 1969

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Night Gallery

Night Gallery‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

The Baron

The Baron‌
star5.4
calendar 1966

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Target: The Corruptors!

Target: The Corruptors!‌
star3.5
calendar 1961

Outlaws

Outlaws‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Bus Stop

Bus Stop‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star4.3
calendar 1958

Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Ghost Story

Ghost Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1972

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Kraft Mystery Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Hollywood Wives

Hollywood Wives‌
star3.8
calendar 1985

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

The Manions of America

The Manions of America‌
star5.5
calendar 1981

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Nichols

Nichols‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Dinah!

Dinah!‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Condominium

Condominium‌
star3.7
calendar 1980

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Kodiak

Kodiak‌
star5.0
calendar 1974

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

A Rumor of War

A Rumor of War‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Finder of Lost Loves

Finder of Lost Loves‌
star5.7
calendar 1984

Medical Center

Medical Center‌
star6.1
calendar 1969

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Columbo

Columbo‌
star8.1
calendar 1971