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
Credits
- 2008 · Miracle at St. Anna as Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003 · S.W.A.T. as S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
- 1996 · Killer: A Journal of Murder as Warden Charles Casey
- 1992 · Storyville as Judge Quentin Murdoch
- 1990 · Dream On as Eden Pilott
- 1987 · Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge as Will Mannon
- 1987 · Amazon Women on the Moon as Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
- 1985 · Spies Like Us as General Sline
- 1985 · Hollywood Wives as Ross Conti
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Rev. Willie John Fargo
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Hank Masters
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Paul Stratton
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Captain Ned Larkin
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Max Teller
- 1984 · Finder of Lost Loves as James Osborne
- 1983 · Sahara as Gordon
- 1983 · Malibu as Rich Bradley
- 1982 · Hotline as Tom Hunter
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · The Manions of America as James Kent
- 1981 · Mommie Dearest as Greg Savitt
- 1980 · A Rumor of War as Col. Atherton
- 1980 · Roughnecks as Paul Marshall
- 1980 · Condominium as Gus Garver
- 1979 · North Dallas Forty as Conrad Hunter
- 1979 · Captain America as Lou Brackett
- 1978 · The Deerslayer as Hawkeye
- 1978 · Maneaters Are Loose! as David Birk
- 1978 · Dallas as Wes Parmalee
- 1978 · Dallas as Ben Stivers
- 1977 · Last of the Mohicans as Hawkeye
- 1976 · Wanted: The Sundance Woman as Charlie Siringo
- 1975 · S.W.A.T. as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
- 1975 · The Hatfields and the McCoys as Randall McCoy
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Kodiak as Samson Toey
- 1974 · The Hanged Man as James Devlin
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Quail
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · A Chant of Silence as State Police Officer
- 1972 · The Magic of Walt Disney World as Narrator
- 1972 · The Man in a Looking Glass as John Mannering 'The Baron'
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Andrew Alcott
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1972 · The Sixth Sense as
- 1971 · Nichols as Sam Yeager
- 1971 · Columbo as Big Fred
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · The Late Liz as Jim Hatch
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
- 1970 · The Wild Country as Jim Tanner
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Don Finletter
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1969 · Medical Center as Dr. Eric Canford
- 1969 · Rascal as Willard North
- 1968 · The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot as Jr. Narrator
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as A.J. Ward
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Walter Royce
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Johnny Rondo
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · The Baron: The Island as John Mannering 'The Baron'
- 1966 · The Baron as John Mannering
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Lee Barrington
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as David Buchanan
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Mike Taggart
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Jocko Creighton
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Barry Craft
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as
- 1963 · The Yellow Canary as Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
- 1962 · The Longest Day as Capt. Harding
- 1962 · The Virginian as Roger Layton
- 1962 · The Virginian as James Templeton
- 1961 · The Second Time Around as Dan Jones
- 1961 · Bus Stop as
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1961 · Kraft Mystery Theatre as
- 1960 · Flaming Star as Clint Burton
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1960 · Five Branded Women as Paul Keller
- 1960 · Heller in Pink Tights as Clint Mabry
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Robert Gaines
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Major Anderson
- 1959 · Bonanza as Dan Logan
- 1959 · It Happened to Jane as Larry Hall
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1957 · The Living Idol as Terry Matthews
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Mike Bagley
- 1956 · Meet Me in Las Vegas as Steve Forrest (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Steve Archer
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Joe Rogers
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Mannon
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Morgan
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Cord Wrecken
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Scott Coltrane
- 1955 · Bedevilled as Gregory Fitzgerald
- 1954 · Climax! as Ben
- 1954 · Climax! as Pete Mayer
- 1954 · Climax! as Tom Gardener
- 1954 · Rogue Cop as Eddie Kelvaney
- 1954 · Prisoner of War as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
- 1954 · Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Prof. Paul Dupin
- 1954 · Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1953 · So Big as Dirk De Jong
- 1953 · Take the High Ground! as Lobo Nagalaski
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Mark Carter
- 1953 · The Band Wagon as Passenger on Train (uncredited)
- 1953 · I Love Melvin as Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
- 1953 · Last of the Comanches as Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Clown as Young Man
- 1952 · The Bad and the Beautiful as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
- 1952 · Geisha Girl as Rocky Wilson
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Eddie Martin
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sam Rayford
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Harpenning Brothers
- 1951 · Sealed Cargo as Holtz
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Matt Barker