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Amazon Women on the Moon

as Capt. Nelson

1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

as Will Mannon

1987
Spies Like Us

as General Sline

1985
Hollywood Wives

as Ross Conti

1985
Sahara

as Gordon

1984
Mommie Dearest

as Greg Savitt

1981
North Dallas Forty

as Conrad Hunter

1979
Wanted: The Sundance Woman

as Charlie Siringo

1976
S.W.A.T.

as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson

1975
The Hatfields and the McCoys

as Randall McCoy

1975
The Hanged Man

as James Devlin

1974
The Wild Country

as Jim Tanner

1970
The Baron

as John Mannering

1966
The Yellow Canary

as Hubbard "Hub" Wiley

1963
The Second Time Around

as Dan Jones

1961
Flaming Star

as Clint Burton

1960
Heller in Pink Tights

as Clint Mabry

1960
Five Branded Women

as Paul Keller

1960
It Happened to Jane

as Larry Hall

1959
The Living Idol

as Terry Matthews

1957
Rogue Cop

as Eddie Kelvaney

1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue

as Prof. Paul Dupin

1954
Prisoner of War

as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton

1954
So Big

as Dirk De Jong

1953
Take the High Ground!

as Lobo Nagalaski

1953
Steve Forrest Steve Forrest

Birthday

1924-09-29

Place of Birth

Huntsville, Texas, USA

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.
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