
Steve Forrest
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.
Acting (51 movies)

Roughnecks
1980

Rogue Cop
1954

Maneaters Are Loose!
1978

Spies Like Us
1985

The Longest Day
1962

The Band Wagon
1953

Heller in Pink Tights
1960

Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954

Mommie Dearest
1981

Storyville
1992

Sahara
1983

Flaming Star
1960

So Big
1953

Rascal
1969

Captain America
1979

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987

The Hanged Man
1974

The Second Time Around
1961

Bedevilled
1955

The Living Idol
1957

The Hatfields and the McCoys
1975

The Wild Country
1970

Prisoner of War
1954

I Love Melvin
1953

Five Branded Women
1960

Geisha Girl
1952

A Chant of Silence
1973

The Bad and the Beautiful
1952

North Dallas Forty
1979

The Magic of Walt Disney World
1972

The Yellow Canary
1963

Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956

Last of the Comanches
1953

It Happened to Jane
1959

The Clown
1953

The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
1968

Take the High Ground!
1953

The Late Liz
1971

Hotline
1982

Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976

Malibu
1983

Last of the Mohicans
1977

The Deerslayer
1978

Sealed Cargo
1951

Miracle at St. Anna
2008

Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996

Amazon Women on the Moon
1987

Great Lady Has an Interview
1954

S.W.A.T.
2003

Wild Geese Calling
1969

Clipper Ship
1957
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