Steve Forrest (actor)
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Steve Forrest | |
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Born | William Forrest Andrews September 29, 1925 Huntsville, Texas, U.S. |
Died | May 18, 2013 | (aged 87)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1943–2003 |
Spouse(s) | Christine Carilas (1948-2013; his death); three children |
Steve Forrest (September 29, 1925 – May 18, 2013) was an American actor who was well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in the short-lived television series S.W.A.T. which ran from 1975 to 1976.[1]
Life and career
He was born William Forrest Andrews in Huntsville, Texas. He was the son of Annis (née Speed) and Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister. Forrest was the 12th of 13 children. One of his older brothers was film star Dana Andrews. Forrest enlisted into the United States Army at age 18 and fought at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. In 1950 he earned a bachelor's degree with honors from UCLA, majoring in theater with a minor in psychology.[1][2][3]
He worked as a stagehand at the La Jolla Playhouse outside San Diego. There Gregory Peck discovered him, cast him in La Jolla's production of Goodbye Again, and then arranged for Forrest's first screen test with MGM, which signed him to a contract.[1]
Among Forrest's notable films were So Big, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, The Longest Day, North Dallas Forty, and Mommie Dearest. He had cameo roles in the comedies Spies Like Us and Amazon Women on the Moon, and the movie version of S.W.A.T.
Forrest was also a trained vocalist, and he made his debut on Broadway as prizefighter Bob Stanton in the 1958 production of The Body Beautiful opposite Mindy Carson, Jack Warden and Brock Peters.[1]
In 1965, Forrest and his family moved to London where he starred as John Mannering in the title role of the British crime drama The Baron. His other television credits included The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Storefront Lawyers, S.W.A.T., Hollywood Wives, and Rod Serling's hour-long Twilight Zone episode "The Parallel" (as well as Serling's Night Gallery segment "The Waiting Room").
On a 1973 episode of Gunsmoke titled "Mannon" he portrayed Will Mannon (one of the very few men ever to outdraw Matt Dillon), then reprised the character 14 years later for the 1987 television film Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge with James Arness.
In the 1986-87 season of Dallas, Forrest played Wes Parmalee, an impostor pretending to be Jock Ewing.
Personal life
Forrest married Christine Carilas on December 23, 1948. They had three sons: Michael, Forrest and Stephen Andrews.
A very accomplished golfer, Forrest often played in charity tournaments, including, on the American team, at the Bing Crosby Great Britain vs. U.S.A. Tournament at Gleneagles course.[1]
Death
Forrest died on May 18, 2013 in Thousand Oaks, California, aged 87, from undisclosed causes.[4]
Partial filmography
- Battle Circus (1953)
- Dream Wife (1953)
- So Big (1953)
- Take the High Ground! (1953)
- Prisoner of War (1954)
- Rogue Cop (1954)
- Bedevilled (1955)
- It Happened to Jane (1959)
- Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
- Flaming Star (1960)
- The Second Time Around (1961)
- The Longest Day (1962)
- The Twilight Zone (1963) (TV)
- The Virginian (1963–64) (TV)
- Burke's Law (1965) (TV)
- Twelve O'Clock High (1965) (TV)
- Rawhide (TV series) (1965) (TV)
- The Fugitive (TV series) (1965) (TV)
- The Baron (1966) (TV)
- Cimarron Strip (1967–68) (TV)
- Bonanza (1969) (TV)
- Rascal (1969)
- Gunsmoke (1970, 1972–73) (TV)
- The High Chaparral (1970) (TV)
- The Wild Country (1971)
- Mission: Impossible (1971) (TV)
- Nichols (1971) (TV)
- Hec Ramsey (1972) (TV)
- Alias Smith and Jones (1972) (TV)
- Night Gallery (1972) (TV)
- The Sixth Sense (1972) (TV)
- Ghost Story (1972) (TV)
- The Streets of San Francisco (1973) (TV)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (TV)
- Cannon (1974) (TV)
- The Hanged Man (1974) (TV pilot)
- S.W.A.T. (1975) (TV)
- Testimony of Two Men (1977) (TV)
- North Dallas Forty (1979)
- Captain America (1979) (TV)
- Mommie Dearest (1981)
- Hotline (1982) (TV)
- Malibu (1983) (TV)
- Sahara (1983)
- Spies Like Us (1985)
- Dallas (1986) (TV)
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
- Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) (TV)
- Columbo: A Bird in the Hand (1992)
- Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
- S.W.A.T. (2003) (cameo)
References
- ^ a b c d e Barnes, Mike. "'S.W.A.T' Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (May 23, 2013). "Steve Forrest, Performer on Film and TV's 'S.W.A.T.', Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- ^ "NOTABLE ALUMNI ACTORS". UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "S.W.A.T. star dies at 87". UPI. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
External links
- 1925 births
- 2013 deaths
- Male actors from Texas
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American male stage actors
- Baptists from the United States
- People from Walker County, Texas
- American military personnel of World War II
- New Star of the Year (Actor) Golden Globe winners
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players
- UCLA Film School alumni
- 20th-century American male actors
- United States Army personnel
- 21st-century American male actors