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Born · September 29, 1924
Died · May 18, 2013 (88 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Huntsville, Texas, USA
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.
Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.1
2008
S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
6.2
2003
Warden Charles Casey
5.9
1996
Judge Quentin Murdoch
5.3
1992
Eden Pilott · (1 episode)
6.9
1990
Will Mannon
6.4
1987
Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
5.9
1987
General Sline
6.2
1985
Ross Conti · (3 episodes)
3.8
1985
Rev. Willie John Fargo · (2 episodes)
7.5
1984
Sheriff Hank Masters · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Lt. Paul Stratton · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Captain Ned Larkin · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Max Teller · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
James Osborne · (1 episode)
5.7
1984
Gordon
5.3
1983
Rich Bradley
3.0
1983
Tom Hunter
5.6
1982
(1 episode)
6.8
1982
James Kent · (3 episodes)
5.5
1981
Greg Savitt
6.4
1981
Col. Atherton · (2 episodes)
6.0
1980
Paul Marshall
6.0
1980
Gus Garver · (2 episodes)
3.7
1980
Conrad Hunter
6.6
1979
Lou Brackett
4.1
1979
Hawkeye
5.0
1978
David Birk
0.0
1978
Ben Stivers · (3 episodes)
6.8
1978
Wes Parmalee · (12 episodes)
6.8
1978
Hawkeye
6.0
1977
Charlie Siringo
6.4
1976
Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson · (37 episodes)
7.0
1975
Randall McCoy
10.0
1975
Self · (2 episodes)
6.5
1974
Samson Toey · (1 episode)
5.0
1974
James Devlin
4.3
1974
Quail · (1 episode)
7.2
1974
Self · (1 episode)
5.3
1973
State Police Officer
0.0
1973
Narrator
8.5
1972
John Mannering 'The Baron'
7.0
1972
John Mannering 'The Baron'
7.0
1972
(1 episode)
7.0
1972
Andrew Alcott · (1 episode)
7.1
1972
(2 episodes)
6.9
1972
(1 episode)
6.3
1972
Sam Yeager · (1 episode)
5.0
1971
Big Fred · (1 episode)
8.1
1971
(1 episode)
6.5
1971
Jim Hatch
0.0
1971
(1 episode)
6.9
1971
Jim Tanner
6.0
1970
Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest) · (2 episodes)
7.8
1970
Don Finletter · (1 episode)
5.8
1969
(1 episode)
6.1
1969
Dr. Eric Canford · (1 episode)
6.1
1969
Willard North
5.8
1969
Jr. Narrator
0.0
1968
A.J. Ward · (1 episode)
6.8
1968
Walter Royce · (1 episode)
6.8
1968
Johnny Rondo · (1 episode)
6.5
1967
(2 episodes)
5.0
1967
(2 episodes)
6.9
1967
John Mannering · (30 episodes)
5.4
1966
(1 episode)
7.6
1966
Lee Barrington · (1 episode)
5.4
1965
David Buchanan · (1 episode)
5.3
1963
Mike Taggart · (1 episode)
5.3
1963
Jocko Creighton · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Barry Craft · (1 episode)
7.2
1963
(1 episode)
7.0
1963
Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
0.0
1963
Capt. Harding
7.6
1962
Roger Layton · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
James Templeton · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
Dan Jones
6.2
1961
(1 episode)
0.0
1961
(1 episode)
3.5
1961
(1 episode)
6.0
1961
Clint Burton
6.4
1960
(1 episode)
6.2
1960
Paul Keller
6.0
1960
Clint Mabry
5.7
1960
Robert Gaines · (1 episode)
8.4
1959
Major Anderson · (1 episode)
6.3
1959
Dan Logan · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Larry Hall
6.1
1959
(1 episode)
5.3
1958
Terry Matthews
4.7
1957
Mike Bagley · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Steve Forrest (uncredited)
4.7
1956
Steve Archer · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Joe Rogers · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Mannon · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Morgan · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Cord Wrecken · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Scott Coltrane · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gregory Fitzgerald
4.7
1955
Ben · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Pete Mayer · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Tom Gardener · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Eddie Kelvaney
5.3
1954
Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
3.9
1954
Prof. Paul Dupin
6.3
1954
Reporter (uncredited)
0.0
1954
Dirk De Jong
5.6
1953
Lobo Nagalaski
5.7
1953
Mark Carter · (1 episode)
6.2
1953
Passenger on Train (uncredited)
7.1
1953
Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
6.2
1953
Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
6.4
1953
Young Man
5.4
1953
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
7.3
1952
Rocky Wilson
0.0
1952
Eddie Martin · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Sam Rayford · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Harpenning Brothers · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Holtz
6.4
1951
Matt Barker · (1 episode)
6.0
1950