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