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.
Fotos
Películas (53)
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
S.W.A.T.
2003 · S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996 · Warden Charles Casey
Storyville
1992 · Judge Quentin Murdoch
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987 · Will Mannon
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Spies Like Us
1985 · General Sline
Sahara
1983 · Gordon
Malibu
1983 · Rich Bradley
Hotline
1982 · Tom Hunter
Mommie Dearest
1981 · Greg Savitt
Roughnecks
1980 · Paul Marshall
North Dallas Forty
1979 · Conrad Hunter
Captain America
1979 · Lou Brackett
The Deerslayer
1978 · Hawkeye
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978 · David Birk
Last of the Mohicans
1977 · Hawkeye
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976 · Charlie Siringo
The Hatfields and the McCoys
1975 · Randall McCoy
The Hanged Man
1974 · James Devlin
A Chant of Silence
1973 · State Police Officer
The Magic of Walt Disney World
1972 · Narrator
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
1972 · John Mannering 'The Baron'
The Baron: Mystery Island
1972 · John Mannering 'The Baron'
The Late Liz
1971 · Jim Hatch
The Wild Country
1970 · Jim Tanner
Wild Geese Calling
1969 · Narrator
Rascal
1969 · Willard North
The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
1968 · Jr. Narrator
The Yellow Canary
1963 · Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
The Longest Day
1962 · Capt. Harding
The Second Time Around
1961 · Dan Jones
Flaming Star
1960 · Clint Burton
Five Branded Women
1960 · Paul Keller
Heller in Pink Tights
1960 · Clint Mabry
It Happened to Jane
1959 · Larry Hall
The Living Idol
1957 · Terry Matthews
Clipper Ship
1957 · Matt Bowers
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Steve Forrest (uncredited)
Bedevilled
1955 · Gregory Fitzgerald
Rogue Cop
1954 · Eddie Kelvaney
Prisoner of War
1954 · Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · Prof. Paul Dupin
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954 · Reporter (uncredited)
So Big
1953 · Dirk De Jong
Take the High Ground!
1953 · Lobo Nagalaski
The Band Wagon
1953 · Passenger on Train (uncredited)
I Love Melvin
1953 · Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
Last of the Comanches
1953 · Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
The Clown
1953 · Young Man
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Geisha Girl
1952 · Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews)
Sealed Cargo
1951 · Holtz
Series (56)
Dream On
1990 · Eden Pilott
L.A. Law
1986 · Leonard Bey
Hollywood Wives
1985 · Ross Conti
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Rev. Willie John Fargo, Sheriff Hank Masters, Lt. Paul Stratton, Captain Ned Larkin, Max Teller
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · James Osborne
Hotel
1982 · Gil Strider
The Manions of America
1981 · James Kent
A Rumor of War
1980 · Col. Atherton
Condominium
1980 · Gus Garver
Dallas
1978 · Ben Stivers, Wes Parmalee
Fantasy Island
1978 · Jordan Montgomery
Testimony of Two Men
1977 · Martin Eaton
S.W.A.T.
1975 · Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Kodiak
1974 · Samson Toey
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Quail
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Ghost Story
1972 · Andrew Alcott
The Rookies
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Mark Erickson
Nichols
1971 · Sam Yeager
Colombo
1971 · Big Fred McCain
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
1970 · Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
Love, American Style
1969 · Don Finletter
Medical Center
1969 · Dr. Eric Canford
The Name of the Game
1968 · A.J. Ward, Walter Royce
The High Chaparral
1967 · Johnny Rondo
Cimarron Strip
1967
Ironside
1967
The Baron
1966 · John Mannering
Mission: Impossible
1966
The F.B.I.
1965 · Lee Barrington
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · David Buchanan, Mike Taggart
Burke's Law
1963 · Jocko Creighton
The Fugitive
1963 · Barry Craft
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Virginian
1962 · Roger Layton, James Templeton
Bus Stop
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Outlaws
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Robert Gaines
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Major Anderson
Bonanza
1959 · Dan Logan
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Mike Bagley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Steve Archer, Joe Rogers
Gunsmoke
1955 · Mannon, Morgan, Cord Wrecken, Scott Coltrane
Climax!
1954 · Ben, Pete Mayer, Tom Gardener
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Mark Carter
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Eddie Martin, Sam Rayford, Harpenning Brothers
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Matt Barker