Steve Forrest
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 29, 1925
- Died
- May 18, 2013 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Huntsville, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie · as Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
S.W.A.T.
Movie · as S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Movie · as Warden Charles Casey
Storyville
Movie · as Judge Quentin Murdoch
Dream On
TV · as Eden Pilott · 1 ep
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Movie · as Will Mannon
Amazon Women on the Moon
Movie · as Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
L.A. Law
TV · as Leonard Bey · 1 ep
Spies Like Us
Movie · as General Sline
Hollywood Wives
TV · as Ross Conti · 3 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Rev. Willie John Fargo, Sheriff Hank Masters, Lt. Paul Stratton, Captain Ned Larkin, Max Teller · 1 ep
Finder of Lost Loves
TV · as James Osborne · 1 ep
Sahara
Movie · as Gordon
Malibu
Movie · as Rich Bradley
Hotline
Movie · as Tom Hunter
Hotel
TV · as Gil Strider · 1 ep
Mommie Dearest
Movie · as Greg Savitt
The Manions of America
TV · as James Kent · 3 eps
Roughnecks
Movie · as Paul Marshall
Condominium
TV · as Gus Garver · 2 eps
A Rumor of War
TV · as Col. Atherton · 2 eps
Captain America
Movie · as Lou Brackett
North Dallas Forty
Movie · as Conrad Hunter
Maneaters Are Loose!
Movie · as David Birk
The Deerslayer
Movie · as Hawkeye
Dallas
TV · as Ben Stivers, Wes Parmalee · 3 eps
Fantasy Island
TV · as Jordan Montgomery · 1 ep
Last of the Mohicans
Movie · as Hawkeye
Testimony of Two Men
TV · as Martin Eaton · 3 eps
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Movie · as Charlie Siringo
The Hatfields and the McCoys
Movie · as Randall McCoy
S.W.A.T.
TV · as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson · 37 eps
The Hanged Man
Movie · as James Devlin
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Quail · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Kodiak
TV · as Samson Toey · 1 ep
A Chant of Silence
Movie · as State Police Officer
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
Movie · as John Mannering 'The Baron'
The Baron: Mystery Island
Movie · as John Mannering 'The Baron'
The Magic of Walt Disney World
Movie · as Narrator
The Rookies
TV · 2 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
The Sixth Sense
TV · 1 ep
Ghost Story
TV · as Andrew Alcott · 1 ep
The Late Liz
Movie · as Jim Hatch
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
Nichols
TV · as Sam Yeager · 1 ep
Columbo
TV · as Big Fred McCain · 1 ep
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Mark Erickson · 1 ep
The Wild Country
Movie · as Jim Tanner
Night Gallery
TV · as Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest) · 2 eps
Rascal
Movie · as Willard North
Wild Geese Calling
Movie · as Narrator
Medical Center
TV · as Dr. Eric Canford · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Don Finletter · 1 ep
The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
Movie · as Jr. Narrator
The Name of the Game
TV · as A.J. Ward, Walter Royce · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 2 eps
Cimarron Strip
TV · 2 eps
The High Chaparral
TV · as Johnny Rondo · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · 1 ep
The Baron
TV · as John Mannering · 30 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · as Lee Barrington · 1 ep
The Yellow Canary
Movie · as Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
Burke's Law
TV · as Jocko Creighton · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as David Buchanan, Mike Taggart · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Barry Craft · 1 ep
The Longest Day
Movie · as Capt. Harding
The Virginian
TV · as Roger Layton, James Templeton · 1 ep
The Second Time Around
Movie · as Dan Jones
Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep
Bus Stop
TV · 1 ep
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Heller in Pink Tights
Movie · as Clint Mabry
Flaming Star
Movie · as Clint Burton
Five Branded Women
Movie · as Paul Keller
Outlaws
TV · 1 ep
It Happened to Jane
Movie · as Larry Hall
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Robert Gaines · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Major Anderson · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Dan Logan · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Living Idol
Movie · as Terry Matthews
Clipper Ship
Movie · as Matt Bowers
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie · as Steve Forrest (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Mike Bagley · 1 ep
Bedevilled
Movie · as Gregory Fitzgerald
Gunsmoke
TV · as Mannon, Morgan, Cord Wrecken, Scott Coltrane · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Steve Archer, Joe Rogers · 1 ep
Rogue Cop
Movie · as Eddie Kelvaney
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Movie · as Prof. Paul Dupin
Prisoner of War
Movie · as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
Great Lady Has an Interview
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Climax!
TV · as Ben, Pete Mayer, Tom Gardener · 1 ep
The Band Wagon
Movie · as Passenger on Train (uncredited)
So Big
Movie · as Dirk De Jong
I Love Melvin
Movie · as Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
Last of the Comanches
Movie · as Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
The Clown
Movie · as Young Man
Take the High Ground!
Movie · as Lobo Nagalaski
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Mark Carter · 1 ep
Geisha Girl
Movie · as Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie · as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Sealed Cargo
Movie · as Holtz
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Eddie Martin, Sam Rayford, Harpenning Brothers · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Matt Barker · 1 ep