1924-09-29 ( 100 years old ) in Huntsville, Texas, USA
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.
Movies
Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15
S.W.A.T.
2003-08-08
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996-09-06
Storyville
1992-08-26
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987-09-27
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Spies Like Us
1985-12-06
Sahara
1983-12-01
Malibu
1983-01-23
Hotline
1982-10-16
Mommie Dearest
1981-09-16
Roughnecks
1980-07-15
North Dallas Forty
1979-08-03
Captain America
1979-01-19
The Deerslayer
1978-12-18
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978-05-03
Last of the Mohicans
1977-11-23
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976-10-01
The Hatfields and the McCoys
1975-01-15
The Hanged Man
1974-03-13
A Chant of Silence
1973-05-09
The Magic of Walt Disney World
1972-12-20
The Man in a Looking Glass
1972-10-20
The Baron: Mystery Island
1972-10-20
The Late Liz
1971-09-01
The Wild Country
1970-12-16
Rascal
1969-06-11
The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
1968-12-15
The Yellow Canary
1963-05-15
The Longest Day
1962-09-25
The Second Time Around
1961-12-22
Flaming Star
1960-12-20
Five Branded Women
1960-03-15
Heller in Pink Tights
1960-03-01
It Happened to Jane
1959-05-24
The Living Idol
1957-05-02
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956-03-09
Bedevilled
1955-04-28
Rogue Cop
1954-09-17
Prisoner of War
1954-05-04
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954-03-27
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954-02-14
So Big
1953-10-31
Take the High Ground!
1953-10-30
The Band Wagon
1953-08-07
I Love Melvin
1953-03-20
Last of the Comanches
1953-02-01
The Clown
1953-01-16
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
Geisha Girl
1952-05-02
Sealed Cargo
1951-05-19
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