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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 12, 1919
Died
October 25, 1986
Place of Birth
Plainfield, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- Forrest Meredith Tucker
- فارست تاکر
Forrest Tucker
0.6 Popularity
Biography
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
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
7.6
The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Classe américaine
1993
1.0
Himself
Outtakes
1987
5.3
Texas John Cody
Timestalkers
1987
4.1
Charlie Morrison
Thunder Run
1985
0.0
Rare Breed
1984
7.5
Tom Cassidy
Murder, She Wrote
1984
🎬
0.0
Narrator
Ringstealer
1984
0.0
Lyndon B. Johnson
Blood Feud
1983
6.2
Buck Turley
Matt Houston
1982
Credits
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
La Classe américaine
as The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
7.6
Outtakes
as Himself
1987
1.0
Timestalkers
as Texas John Cody
1987
5.3
Thunder Run
as Charlie Morrison
1985
4.1
Rare Breed
1984
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Tom Cassidy
1984
7.5
🎬
Ringstealer
as Narrator
1984
0.0
Blood Feud
as Lyndon B. Johnson
1983
0.0
Matt Houston
as Buck Turley
1982
6.2
Filthy Rich
1982
5.0
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Duke
1981
6.0
Flo
1980
5.0
The Rebels
as Angus Fletcher
1979
0.0
A Real American Hero
as Carl Pusser
1978
3.0
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
as Mike Fink
1977
3.0
The Love Boat
as Sam Zachary
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Tex
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Tom Preston
1977
6.3
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
as Carl
1977
5.1
Grizzly Adams
as Ernie
1977
7.1
Once an Eagle
as Col. Avery
1976
6.8
Alice
1976
7.1
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
as Wagonmaster Callahan
1976
4.8
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Ellery Queen
as Clint McGraw
1975
7.4
The Ghost Busters
1975
7.0
The Wild McCullochs
as J. J. McCulloch
1975
3.7
S.W.A.T.
1975
7.0
Police Woman
as O'Malley
1974
6.2
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Kojak
as Det. Paul Zachary
1973
7.0
Dusty's Trail
as Wagonmaster Callahan
1973
5.0
Jarrett
as Rev. Vocal Simpson
1973
3.5
Footsteps
as Bradford Emmons
1972
0.0
Cancel My Reservation
as Reese
1972
5.3
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Harry McMartin
1972
8.0
Columbo
as Bo Williamson
1971
8.1
Cat Ballou
as Kid Sheleen
1971
0.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Night Gallery
as Dr. Ernest Stringfellow
1970
7.8
Barquero
as Mountain Phil
1970
6.2
Chisum
as Lawrence Murphy
1970
6.7
Love, American Style
as John
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Horton
1969
6.1
Medical Center
as Ollie Wayne
1969
6.1
Doc
as Dr. Jason Fillmore
1969
0.0
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Trim Houlihan
1968
5.5
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
A Boy Called Nuthin’
as Turkeyneck
1967
5.0
Hondo
1967
6.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited)
1966
3.5
F Troop
as Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke
1965
6.2
Daniel Boone
as Joe Snag
1964
7.0
Burke's Law
as Cyrus Smuts
1963
6.0
Channing
as Major Don Landon
1963
7.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Virginian
as Martin Evers
1962
6.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Max Beemis
1961
5.5
Counterplot
as Brock Miller
1959
4.7
Bonanza
as Frank Ryan
1959
7.5
Rawhide
as Dan Carlock
1959
7.2
Gunsmoke in Tucson
as John Brazos
1958
5.3
Auntie Mame
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
1958
7.0
The Crawling Eye
as Alan Brooks
1958
4.7
Girl in the Woods
as Steve Cory
1958
0.0
Fort Massacre
as McGurney
1958
6.1
The Strange World of Planet X
as Gil Graham
1958
4.2
Wagon Train
as Rex Montana
1957
6.6
The Deerslayer
as Harry March
1957
6.0
The Abominable Snowman
as Tom Friend
1957
6.2
The Quiet Gun
as Sheriff Carl Brandon
1957
6.4
Stagecoach To Fury
as Frank Townsend
1956
5.0
Three Violent People
as Deputy Commissioner Cable
1956
5.9
Paris Follies of 1956
as Dan Bradley
1955
0.0
The Vanishing American
as Morgan
1955
4.0
Gunsmoke
as Brad McClain
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Adam Benteen
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as John Charron
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Sergeant Holly
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Sgt. Emmett Holly
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Will Donavan
1955
6.6
Night Freight
as Mike Peters
1955
0.0
Finger Man
as Dutch Becker
1955
5.3
Rage at Dawn
as Frank Reno
1955
6.1
Break in the Circle
as Baron Keller
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Chips Murphy
1954
3.3
Trouble in the Glen
as Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
1954
5.7
Jubilee Trail
as John Ives
1954
4.8
The Big Moment
as Uri
1954
0.0
Flight Nurse
as Capt. Bill Eaton
1953
5.5
Laughing Anne
as Jem Farrell
1953
4.3
Pony Express
as James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
1953
5.6
San Antone
as Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
1953
5.0
General Electric Theater
as Frank Marlowe
1953
6.4
Ride the Man Down
as Sam Danfelser
1952
6.5
Montana Belle
as Mac
1952
5.9
The Ford Television Theatre
as Red Healey
1952
7.3
Hurricane Smith
as Dan McGuire
1952
6.2
Hoodlum Empire
as Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli
1952
6.1
Bugles in the Afternoon
as Donavan
1952
5.2
Flaming Feather
as Lt. Tom Blaine
1952
5.8
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Tom West
1951
6.0
Warpath
as Sgt. O'Hara
1951
5.8
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Steve MacGregor
1951
7.2
Crosswinds
as 'Jumbo' Johnson
1951
5.6
Fighting Coast Guard
as Bill Rourk
1951
6.5
Oh! Susanna
as Lt. Col. Unger
1951
5.0
California Passage
as Mike Prescott
1950
4.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as William Patterson
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Ken
1950
6.3
Rock Island Trail
as Reed Loomis
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Bob Slater
1950
5.6
The Nevadan
as Tom Tanner
1950
5.8
Sands of Iwo Jima
as PFC Al J. Thomas
1950
6.4
Brimstone
as Sheriff Henry McIntyre
1949
6.3
Hellfire
as Marshall Bucky McLean
1949
6.1
The Big Cat
as Gil Hawks
1949
3.5
The Last Bandit
as Jim Plummer
1949
6.0
The Plunderers
as Whit Lacey
1948
5.6
Two Guys from Texas
as 'Tex' Bennett
1948
6.0
Coroner Creek
as Ernie Combs
1948
6.1
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Adventures in Silverado
as Zeke Butler
1948
5.0
Gunfighters
as Ben Orcutt
1947
5.6
The Yearling
as Lem Forrester
1946
6.6
Never Say Goodbye
as Fenwick Lonkowski
1946
6.2
Dangerous Business
as Clayton Russell
1946
0.0
Renegades
as Frank Dembrow
1946
5.2
The Man Who Dared
as Larry James
1946
3.0
Talk About a Lady
as Bart Manners
1946
3.0
Keeper of the Flame
as Geoff Midford
1943
6.6
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
as Whipper
1942
5.0
The Spirit of Stanford
as Buzz Costello (uncredited)
1942
0.0
My Sister Eileen
as Sandhog (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Counter-Espionage
as Anton Schugg
1942
6.2
Parachute Nurse
as Lt. Tucker
1942
5.0
Submarine Raider
as Pulaski
1942
5.0
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
as Blond Bomber
1942
3.5
Canal Zone
as Recruit Madigan
1942
5.5
Shut My Big Mouth
as Red
1942
8.5
Honolulu Lu
as Barney
1941
4.2
New Wine
as Moritz
1941
0.0
Emergency Landing
as Jerry Barton
1941
5.8
The Westerner
as Wade Harper
1940
7.1