Steve Forrest
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 29, 1925
- Died
- May 18, 2013 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- Huntsville, Texas, USA
- Credits
- 109
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
Filmography
Miracle at St. Anna
2008Movie
Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
S.W.A.T.
2003Movie
S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996Movie
Warden Charles Casey
Storyville
1992Movie
Judge Quentin Murdoch
Dream On
1990TV
Eden Pilott
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987Movie
Will Mannon
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987Movie
Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
L.A. Law
1986TV
Leonard Bey
Spies Like Us
1985Movie
General Sline
Hollywood Wives
1985TV
Ross Conti
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Rev. Willie John Fargo, Sheriff Hank Masters, Lt. Paul Stratton, Captain Ned Larkin, Max Teller
Finder of Lost Loves
1984TV
James Osborne
Sahara
1983Movie
Gordon
Malibu
1983Movie
Rich Bradley
Hotline
1982Movie
Tom Hunter
Hotel
1982TV
Gil Strider
The Manions of America
1981TV
James Kent
Mommie Dearest
1981Movie
Greg Savitt
A Rumor of War
1980TV
Col. Atherton
Roughnecks
1980Movie
Paul Marshall
Condominium
1980TV
Gus Garver
North Dallas Forty
1979Movie
Conrad Hunter
Captain America
1979Movie
Lou Brackett
The Deerslayer
1978Movie
Hawkeye
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978Movie
David Birk
Dallas
1978TV
Ben Stivers, Wes Parmalee
Fantasy Island
1978TV
Jordan Montgomery
Last of the Mohicans
1977Movie
Hawkeye
Testimony of Two Men
1977TV
Martin Eaton
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976Movie
Charlie Siringo
S.W.A.T.
1975TV
Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
The Hatfields and the McCoys
1975Movie
Randall McCoy
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
Kodiak
1974TV
Samson Toey
The Hanged Man
1974Movie
James Devlin
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974TV
Quail
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973TV
Self
A Chant of Silence
1973Movie
State Police Officer
The Magic of Walt Disney World
1972Movie
Narrator
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
1972Movie
John Mannering 'The Baron'
The Baron: Mystery Island
1972Movie
John Mannering 'The Baron'
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Ghost Story
1972TV
Andrew Alcott
The Rookies
1972TV
The Sixth Sense
1972TV
McMillan & Wife
1971TV
Mark Erickson
Nichols
1971TV
Sam Yeager
Columbo
1971TV
Big Fred McCain
Cannon
1971TV
The Late Liz
1971Movie
Jim Hatch
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
The Wild Country
1970Movie
Jim Tanner
Night Gallery
1970TV
Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
Love, American Style
1969TV
Don Finletter
Medical Center
1969TV
Dr. Eric Canford
Wild Geese Calling
1969Movie
Narrator
Rascal
1969Movie
Willard North
The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
1968Movie
Jr. Narrator
The Name of the Game
1968TV
A.J. Ward, Walter Royce
The High Chaparral
1967TV
Johnny Rondo
Cimarron Strip
1967TV
Ironside
1967TV
The Baron
1966TV
John Mannering
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Lee Barrington
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
David Buchanan, Mike Taggart
Burke's Law
1963TV
Jocko Creighton
The Fugitive
1963TV
Barry Craft
Arrest and Trial
1963TV
The Yellow Canary
1963Movie
Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
The Longest Day
1962Movie
Capt. Harding
The Virginian
1962TV
Roger Layton, James Templeton
The Second Time Around
1961Movie
Dan Jones
Bus Stop
1961TV
Target: The Corruptors!
1961TV
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961TV
Flaming Star
1960Movie
Clint Burton
Outlaws
1960TV
Five Branded Women
1960Movie
Paul Keller
Heller in Pink Tights
1960Movie
Clint Mabry
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Robert Gaines
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959TV
Major Anderson
Bonanza
1959TV
Dan Logan
It Happened to Jane
1959Movie
Larry Hall
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
The Living Idol
1957Movie
Terry Matthews
Clipper Ship
1957Movie
Matt Bowers
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Mike Bagley
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956Movie
Steve Forrest (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Steve Archer, Joe Rogers
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Mannon, Morgan, Cord Wrecken, Scott Coltrane
Bedevilled
1955Movie
Gregory Fitzgerald
Climax!
1954TV
Ben, Pete Mayer, Tom Gardener
Rogue Cop
1954Movie
Eddie Kelvaney
Prisoner of War
1954Movie
Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954Movie
Prof. Paul Dupin
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
So Big
1953Movie
Dirk De Jong
Take the High Ground!
1953Movie
Lobo Nagalaski
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Mark Carter
The Band Wagon
1953Movie
Passenger on Train (uncredited)
I Love Melvin
1953Movie
Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
Last of the Comanches
1953Movie
Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
The Clown
1953Movie
Young Man
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952Movie
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Geisha Girl
1952Movie
Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Eddie Martin, Sam Rayford, Harpenning Brothers
Sealed Cargo
1951Movie
Holtz
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Matt Barker