Steve Forrest
Acting
Born: September 29, 1925 · Huntsville, Texas, USA
Died: May 18, 2013 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
S.W.A.T.
2003
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Longest Day
1962
Columbo
1971
Spies Like Us
1985
Bonanza
1959
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Photos (4)
Movies (53)
S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
The Longest Day
Capt. Harding
Spies Like Us
General Sline
Sahara
Gordon
Amazon Women on the Moon
Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Miracle at St. Anna
Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Mommie Dearest
Greg Savitt
The Band Wagon
Passenger on Train (uncredited)
Flaming Star
Clint Burton
Captain America
Lou Brackett
Last of the Comanches
Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
North Dallas Forty
Conrad Hunter
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Prof. Paul Dupin
The Second Time Around
Dan Jones
It Happened to Jane
Larry Hall
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Steve Forrest (uncredited)
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Warden Charles Casey
Five Branded Women
Paul Keller
Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye
Heller in Pink Tights
Clint Mabry
Storyville
Judge Quentin Murdoch
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Will Mannon
I Love Melvin
Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
The Wild Country
Jim Tanner
Bedevilled
Gregory Fitzgerald
Rascal
Willard North
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Charlie Siringo
The Hatfields and the McCoys
Randall McCoy
Take the High Ground!
Lobo Nagalaski
So Big
Dirk De Jong
The Deerslayer
Hawkeye
The Hanged Man
James Devlin
The Yellow Canary
Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
Geisha Girl
Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews)
Sealed Cargo
Holtz
Rogue Cop
Eddie Kelvaney
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
John Mannering 'The Baron'
Malibu
Rich Bradley
The Baron: Mystery Island
John Mannering 'The Baron'
Hotline
Tom Hunter
Prisoner of War
Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
Maneaters Are Loose!
David Birk
The Late Liz
Jim Hatch
The Clown
Young Man
Roughnecks
Paul Marshall
Wild Geese Calling
Narrator
A Chant of Silence
State Police Officer
The Living Idol
Terry Matthews
Clipper Ship
Matt Bowers
Great Lady Has an Interview
Reporter (uncredited)
The Magic of Walt Disney World
Narrator
The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
Jr. Narrator
TV Shows (70)
Columbo
Big Fred McCain · 1 eps
Dallas
Wes Parmalee · 12 eps
Dallas
Ben Stivers · 3 eps
Ironside
2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Rev. Willie John Fargo · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Sheriff Hank Masters · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Paul Stratton · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Captain Ned Larkin · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Max Teller · 1 eps
Bonanza
Dan Logan · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Barry Craft · 1 eps
L.A. Law
Leonard Bey · 1 eps
The Virginian
Roger Layton · 1 eps
The Virginian
James Templeton · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Robert Gaines · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Jordan Montgomery · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Don Finletter · 1 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
Quail · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
1 eps
Hotel
Gil Strider · 1 eps
Climax!
Ben · 1 eps
Climax!
Pete Mayer · 1 eps
Climax!
Tom Gardener · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
The Name of the Game
A.J. Ward · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Walter Royce · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Lee Barrington · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest) · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
Mannon · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Morgan · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Cord Wrecken · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Scott Coltrane · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Johnny Rondo · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Jocko Creighton · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Archer · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Joe Rogers · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Mike Bagley · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Eric Canford · 1 eps
The Rookies
2 eps
McMillan & Wife
Mark Erickson · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Dream On
Eden Pilott · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
David Buchanan · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mike Taggart · 1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Major Anderson · 1 eps
Cimarron Strip
2 eps
Arrest and Trial
1 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
James Osborne · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
Ghost Story
Andrew Alcott · 1 eps
Nichols
Sam Yeager · 1 eps
S.W.A.T.
Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson · 37 eps
Bus Stop
1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
1 eps
The Sixth Sense
1 eps
The Baron
John Mannering · 30 eps
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1 eps
The Manions of America
James Kent · 3 eps
Hollywood Wives
Ross Conti · 3 eps
Letter to Loretta
Mark Carter · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Eddie Martin · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sam Rayford · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Harpenning Brothers · 1 eps
Kodiak
Samson Toey · 1 eps
A Rumor of War
Col. Atherton · 2 eps
Condominium
Gus Garver · 2 eps
Testimony of Two Men
Martin Eaton · 3 eps
