Forrest Tucker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker described himself as a farm boy. He was born in Plainfield, Indiana, on February 12, 1919, a son of Forrest A. Tucker and his wife, Doris Heringlake. His mother has been described as an alcoholic. Tucker began his performing career at age 14 at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, pushing the big wicker tourist chairs by day and singing "Throw Money" at night. After his family moved to Washington, D.C., Tucker attracted the attention of Jimmy Lake, the owner of the Old Gaiety Burlesque Theater, by winning its Saturday night amateur contest on consecutive weeks. After his second win, Tucker was hired there at full time as Master of Ceremonies, but left when it was soon discovered that he was underage. He graduated from Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., in 1938, and, joining the United States Cavalry, was stationed at Fort Myer in Arlington County, Virginia, but discharged for, once again, being underage. He returned to work at the Old Gaiety after his 18th birthday. When Lake's theatre closed for the summer in 1939, Tucker was helped by a wealthy mentor to travel to California and try to break into film acting. He made a successful screen test, and began auditioning for movie roles. In his own estimation, Tucker was in the mold of large "ugly guys" such as Wallace Beery, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen, rather than a matinee idol. His debut was as a powerfully built farmer who clashes with the hero in The Westerner (1940), which starred Gary Cooper. Like many other movie actors at the time, Tucker enlisted in the United States Army during World War II; he earned a commission as a second lieutenant. Tucker married four times: Sandra Jolley (1919–1986) in 1940, divorced in 1950, daughter of the character actor I. Stanford Jolley (who also died of emphysema) and the sister of the Academy Award-winning art director Stan Jolley. They had a daughter, Pamela "Brooke" Tucker. Marilyn Johnson on March 28, 1950 (died on July 19, 1960). Marilyn Fisk on October 23, 1961. They had a daughter, Cindy Tucker, and son, Forrest Sean Tucker. Sheila Forbes on April 15, 1986. Tucker, who had battled lung cancer for more than a year, as well as having a series of minor illnesses, collapsed and was hospitalized, for the second time in a week, on his way to the ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 21, 1986. He died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital on October 25, 1986, a few months after the theatrical release of Thunder Run and Outtakes. He was interred in Forest Lawn–Hollywood Hills Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. CLR
Rage at Dawn
(Frank Reno)
Barquero
(Mountain Phil)
Keeper of the Flame
(Geoff Midford)
My Sister Eileen
(Sandhog (uncredited))
Hoodlum Empire
(Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli)
Jarrett
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The Spirit of Stanford
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The Night They Raided Minsky's
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The Westerner
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Coroner Creek
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Pony Express
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The Trollenberg Terror
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Never Say Goodbye
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The Abominable Snowman
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Auntie Mame
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Chisum
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The Nevadan
(Tom Tanner)
Finger Man
(Dutch Becker)
Crosswinds
('Jumbo' Johnson)
Sands of Iwo Jima
(PFC Al J. Thomas)
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
(Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited))
The Yearling
(Lem Forrester)
Timestalkers
(Texas John Cody)
Thunder Run
(Charlie Morrison)
The Strange World of Planet X
(Gil Graham)
Gunfighters
(Ben Orcutt)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
(Wagonmaster Callahan)
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
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Fort Massacre
(McGurney)
Bugles in the Afternoon
(Donavan)
Submarine Raider
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Montana Belle
(Mac)
The Deerslayer
(Harry March)
A Real American Hero
(Carl Pusser)
Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
(Mike Fink)
Cancel My Reservation
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Emergency Landing
(Jerry Barton)
Trouble in the Glen
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Jubilee Trail
(John Ives)
The Wild Blue Yonder
(Maj. Tom West)
The Big Cat
(Gil Hawks)
Counterplot
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The Plunderers
(Whit Lacey)
Blood Feud
(Lyndon B. Johnson)
Warpath
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Stagecoach To Fury
(Frank Townsend)
The Vanishing American
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The Quiet Gun
(Sheriff Carl Brandon)
Renegades
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Brimstone
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Break in the Circle
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The Man Who Dared
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Laughing Anne
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Three Violent People
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Flight Nurse
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Two Guys from Texas
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The Big Moment
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Oh! Susanna
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Hurricane Smith
(Dan McGuire)
Fighting Coast Guard
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The Wild McCullochs
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Talk About a Lady
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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
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Gunsmoke in Tucson
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Rock Island Trail
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Ride the Man Down
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California Passage
(Mike Prescott)
The Rebels
(Angus Fletcher)
Parachute Nurse
(Lt. Tucker)
Shut My Big Mouth
(Red)
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(Mike Peters)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
(Blond Bomber)
Counter-Espionage
(Anton Schugg)
Honolulu Lu
(Barney)
Hellfire
(Marshall Bucky McLean)
Canal Zone
(Recruit Madigan)
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
(Whipper)
Outtakes
(Himself)
Adventures in Silverado
(Zeke Butler)
The Last Bandit
(Jim Plummer)
Footsteps
(Bradford Emmons)
New Wine
(Moritz)
Paris Follies of 1956
(Dan Bradley)
Rare Breed
A Boy Called Nuthin’
(Turkeyneck)
La Classe américaine
(The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited))
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(Steve Cory)
Cat Ballou
(Kid Sheleen)
Doc
(Dr. Jason Fillmore)
Alice
Burke's Law
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The Ghost Busters
Flo
F Troop
(Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke)
Little House on the Prairie
The Bionic Woman
Alias Smith and Jones
Kojak
(Det. Paul Zachary)
Dusty's Trail
(Wagonmaster Callahan)
Gunsmoke
(Brad McClain)
Night Gallery
(Dr. Ernest Stringfellow)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
General Electric Theater
(Frank Marlowe)
Filthy Rich
Ironside
Rawhide
(Dan Carlock)
Police Woman
Daniel Boone
(Joe Snag)
S.W.A.T.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
The Virginian
(Martin Evers)
Lux Video Theatre
(William Patterson)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Steve MacGregor)
Climax!
(Chips Murphy)
Hondo
Robert Montgomery Presents
(Bob Slater)
Grizzly Adams
Dr. Kildare
(Max Beemis)
Channing
(Major Don Landon)
The Love Boat
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Gunsmoke
(Adam Benteen)
Gunsmoke
(John Charron)
Gunsmoke
(Sergeant Holly)
Gunsmoke
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Gunsmoke
(Will Donavan)
Columbo
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Lux Video Theatre
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Murder, She Wrote
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Bonanza
(Frank Ryan)
The Ford Television Theatre
(Red Healey)
Wagon Train
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Ellery Queen
(Clint McGraw)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
The Love Boat
(Tex)
The Love Boat
(Tom Preston)
Matt Houston
(Buck Turley)
Once an Eagle
(Col. Avery)
Medical Center
(Ollie Wayne)