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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 29, 1925
Died
May 18, 2013
Place of Birth
Huntsville, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- William Forrest Andrews
- William Andrews
- Stephen Forrest
- Steven Forrest
- 스티브 포레스트
- Стив Форрест
Steve Forrest
1.2 Popularity
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
6.1
Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
6.2
S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
S.W.A.T.
2003
5.8
Warden Charles Casey
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
4.8
Judge Quentin Murdoch
Storyville
1992
6.9
Eden Pilott
Dream On
1990
6.4
Will Mannon
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987
5.9
Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
6.2
General Sline
Spies Like Us
1985
4.4
Ross Conti
Hollywood Wives
1985
7.5
Rev. Willie John Fargo
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Credits
Miracle at St. Anna
as Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
6.1
S.W.A.T.
as S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
2003
6.2
Killer: A Journal of Murder
as Warden Charles Casey
1996
5.8
Storyville
as Judge Quentin Murdoch
1992
4.8
Dream On
as Eden Pilott
1990
6.9
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
as Will Mannon
1987
6.4
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
1987
5.9
Spies Like Us
as General Sline
1985
6.2
Hollywood Wives
as Ross Conti
1985
4.4
Murder, She Wrote
as Rev. Willie John Fargo
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Sheriff Hank Masters
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Paul Stratton
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Captain Ned Larkin
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Max Teller
1984
7.5
Finder of Lost Loves
as James Osborne
1984
5.7
Sahara
as Gordon
1983
5.7
Malibu
as Rich Bradley
1983
2.3
Hotline
as Tom Hunter
1982
5.2
Hotel
1982
6.8
The Manions of America
as James Kent
1981
5.5
Mommie Dearest
as Greg Savitt
1981
6.3
A Rumor of War
as Col. Atherton
1980
6.0
Roughnecks
as Paul Marshall
1980
6.0
Condominium
as Gus Garver
1980
3.0
North Dallas Forty
as Conrad Hunter
1979
6.6
Captain America
as Lou Brackett
1979
4.0
The Deerslayer
as Hawkeye
1978
5.0
Maneaters Are Loose!
as David Birk
1978
0.0
Dallas
as Ben Stivers
1978
6.8
Dallas
as Wes Parmalee
1978
6.8
Last of the Mohicans
as Hawkeye
1977
6.0
Testimony of Two Men
as Martin Eaton
1977
5.0
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Charlie Siringo
1976
6.4
S.W.A.T.
as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
1975
7.0
The Hatfields and the McCoys
as Randall McCoy
1975
10.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Kodiak
as Samson Toey
1974
5.0
The Hanged Man
as James Devlin
1974
4.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Quail
1974
7.3
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
A Chant of Silence
as State Police Officer
1973
0.0
The Magic of Walt Disney World
as Narrator
1972
8.5
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The Baron: Mystery Island
as John Mannering 'The Baron'
1972
7.0
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The Man in a Looking Glass
as John Mannering 'The Baron'
1972
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
Ghost Story
as Andrew Alcott
1972
7.1
The Rookies
1972
6.8
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.9
Nichols
as Sam Yeager
1971
5.0
Columbo
as Big Fred
1971
8.1
Cannon
1971
6.6
The Late Liz
as Jim Hatch
1971
0.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Night Gallery
as Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
1970
7.8
The Wild Country
as Jim Tanner
1970
6.0
Love, American Style
as Don Finletter
1969
6.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Medical Center
as Dr. Eric Canford
1969
6.1
Wild Geese Calling
as Narrator
1969
0.0
Rascal
as Willard North
1969
5.8
The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
as Jr. Narrator
1968
0.0
The Name of the Game
as A.J. Ward
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Walter Royce
1968
6.8
The High Chaparral
as Johnny Rondo
1967
6.6
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Baron
as John Mannering
1966
5.4
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.6
The F.B.I.
as Lee Barrington
1965
5.4
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as David Buchanan
1963
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Mike Taggart
1963
5.3
Burke's Law
as Jocko Creighton
1963
6.0
The Fugitive
as Barry Craft
1963
7.2
Arrest and Trial
1963
7.7
The Yellow Canary
as Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
1963
0.0
The Longest Day
as Capt. Harding
1962
7.6
The Virginian
as Roger Layton
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as James Templeton
1962
6.4
The Second Time Around
as Dan Jones
1961
6.2
Bus Stop
1961
0.0
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
6.0
Flaming Star
as Clint Burton
1960
6.5
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Five Branded Women
as Paul Keller
1960
6.0
Heller in Pink Tights
as Clint Mabry
1960
5.7
The Twilight Zone
as Robert Gaines
1959
8.5
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Major Anderson
1959
6.3
Bonanza
as Dan Logan
1959
7.5
It Happened to Jane
as Larry Hall
1959
6.1
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
The Living Idol
as Terry Matthews
1957
5.0
Clipper Ship
as Matt Bowers
1957
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Mike Bagley
1956
6.0
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Steve Forrest (uncredited)
1956
4.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Steve Archer
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Joe Rogers
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Mannon
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Morgan
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cord Wrecken
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Scott Coltrane
1955
6.6
Bedevilled
as Gregory Fitzgerald
1955
4.7
Climax!
as Ben
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Pete Mayer
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Tom Gardener
1954
3.3
Rogue Cop
as Eddie Kelvaney
1954
5.3
Prisoner of War
as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
1954
3.9
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Prof. Paul Dupin
1954
6.4
Great Lady Has an Interview
as Reporter (uncredited)
1954
2.0
So Big
as Dirk De Jong
1953
5.3
Take the High Ground!
as Lobo Nagalaski
1953
5.9
Letter to Loretta
as Mark Carter
1953
6.5
The Band Wagon
as Passenger on Train (uncredited)
1953
7.2
I Love Melvin
as Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
1953
6.0
Last of the Comanches
as Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
1953
6.4
The Clown
as Young Man
1953
5.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
1952
7.3
Geisha Girl
as Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews)
1952
4.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eddie Martin
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sam Rayford
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Harpenning Brothers
1951
7.2
Sealed Cargo
as Holtz
1951
6.4
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Lux Video Theatre
as Matt Barker
1950
6.3