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Aliases: William Forrest Andrews , William Andrews , Stephen Forrest , Steven Forrest , 스티브 포레스트 , Стив Форрест

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Huntsville, Texas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 44


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Night Gallery
Average
8

Night Gallery

(1970) Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
The Six Million Dollar Man
Average
7
The Fugitive
Average
7

The Fugitive

(1963) Barry Craft
Columbo
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8

Columbo

(1971) Big Fred
Dallas
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7

Dallas

(1978) Wes Parmalee
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
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6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(1956) Mike Bagley
Ghost Story
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7

Ghost Story

(1972) Andrew Alcott
The Virginian
Average
6

The Virginian

(1962) James Templeton

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2008 Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996 Warden Charles Casey
1992 Judge Quentin Murdoch
1990 N/A
1987 Will Mannon
Capt. Nelson
1985 General Sline
Ross Conti
1984 Rev. Willie John Fargo
Sheriff Hank Masters
Lt. Paul Stratton
Captain Ned Larkin
James Osborne
1983 Gordon
Rich Bradley
1982 Tom Hunter
N/A
1981 James Kent
Greg Savitt
1980 Col. Atherton
Paul Marshall
Gus Garver
1979 Conrad Hunter
Lou Brackett
1978 Hawkeye
David Birk
Ben Stivers
Wes Parmalee
1977 Hawkeye
1976 Charlie Siringo
1975 Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
Randall McCoy
1974 Self
Samson Toey
James Devlin
Quail
1973 Self
N/A
1972 Narrator
John Mannering 'The Baron'
N/A
Andrew Alcott
N/A
N/A
1971 Sam Yeager
Big Fred
N/A
Jim Hatch
N/A
1970 Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
Jim Tanner
1969 Don Finletter
N/A
Dr. Eric Canford
Willard North
1968 Jr. Narrator
Sheriff A.J. Ward
Colonel Walter Royce
1967 Johnny Rondo
N/A
N/A
John Mannering 'The Baron'
1966 John Mannering
N/A
1965 Lee Barrington
1963 David Buchanan
Mike Taggart
Jocko Creighton
Barry Craft
N/A
Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
1962 Capt. Harding
Roger Layton
James Templeton
1961 Dan Jones
N/A
N/A
N/A
1960 Clint Burton
N/A
Paul Keller
Clint Mabry
1959 Robert Gaines
Major Anderson
Larry Hall
1958 N/A
1957 Terry Matthews
1956 Mike Bagley
Steve Forrest (uncredited)
1955 Steve Archer
Joe Rogers
Mannon
Morgan
Cord Wrecken
Scott Coltrane
Gregory Fitzgerald
1954 Ben
Pete Mayer
Tom Gardener
Eddie Kelvaney
Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
Prof. Paul Dupin
1953 Dirk De Jong
Lobo Nagalaski
Mark Carter
Passenger on Train (uncredited)
Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
Young Man
1952 Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Rocky Wilson
1951 Eddie Martin
Sam Rayford
Harpenning Brothers
Holtz
1950 Matt Barker
Year Character Movie/Tv

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