From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaForrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films.Tucker described himself as a farm boy. He was born in Plainfield, Indiana, on February 12, 1919, a son of Forrest A. Tucker and his wife, Doris Heringlake. His mother has been described as an alcoholic. Tucker began his performing career at age 14 at the 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair, pushing the big wicker tourist chairs by day and singing Throw Money at night. After his family moved to Washington, D.C., Tucker attracted the attention of Jimmy Lake, the owner of the Old Gaiety Burlesque Theater, by winning its Saturday night amateur contest on consecutive weeks. After his second win, Tucker was hired there at full time as Master of Ceremonies, but left when it was soon discovered that he was underage. He graduated from Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., in 1938, and, joining the United States Cavalry, was stationed at Fort Myer in Arlington County, Virginia, but discharged for, once again, being underage. He returned to work at the Old Gaiety after his 18th birthday.When Lakes theatre closed for the summer in 1939, Tucker was helped by a wealthy mentor to travel to California and try to break into film acting. He made a successful screen test, and began auditioning for movie roles. In his own estimation, Tucker was in the mold of large ugly guys such as Wallace Beery, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen, rather than a matinee idol. His debut was as a powerfully built farmer who clashes with the hero in The Westerner (1940), which starred Gary Cooper.Like many other movie actors at the time, Tucker enlisted in the United States Army during World War II; he earned a commission as a second lieutenant.Tucker married four timesSandra Jolley (1919–1986) in 1940, divorced in 1950, daughter of the character actor I. Stanford Jolley (who also died of emphysema) and the sister of the Academy Award-winning art director Stan Jolley. They had a daughter, Pamela Brooke Tucker.Marilyn Johnson on March 28, 1950 (died on July 19, 1960).Marilyn Fisk on October 23, 1961. They had a daughter, Cindy Tucker, and son, Forrest Sean Tucker.Sheila Forbes on April 15, 1986.Tucker, who had battled lung cancer for more than a year, as well as having a series of minor illnesses, collapsed and was hospitalized, for the second time in a week, on his way to the ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 21, 1986. He died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital on October 25, 1986, a few months after the theatrical release of Thunder Run and Outtakes. He was interred in Forest Lawn–Hollywood Hills Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. CLR
Frank Reno
Film 1955
Geoff Midford
Film 1943
Sandhog (uncredited)
Film 1942
Rev. Vocal Simpson
Film 1973
Buzz Costello (uncredited)
Film 1942
Wade Harper
Film 1940
Ernie Combs
Film 1948
James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
Film 1953
Alan Brooks
Film 1958
Fenwick Lonkowski
Film 1946
Tom Friend
Film 1957
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Film 1958
Lawrence Murphy
Film 1970
Tom Tanner
Film 1950
Dutch Becker
Film 1955
'Jumbo' Johnson
Film 1951
PFC Al J. Thomas
Film 1950
Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited)
Film 1966
Lem Forrester
Film 1946
Gil Graham
Film 1958
Ben Orcutt
Film 1947
Wagonmaster Callahan
Film 1976
Carl
Film 1977
McGurney
Film 1958
Pulaski
Film 1942
Mac
Film 1952
Harry March
Film 1957
Carl Pusser
Film 1978
Mike Fink
Film 1977
Reese
Film 1972
Duke
Film 1981
Jerry Barton
Film 1941
Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
Film 1954
John Ives
Film 1954
Maj. Tom West
Film 1951
Gil Hawks
Film 1949
Brock Miller
Film 1959
Lyndon B. Johnson
Film 1983
Frank Townsend
Film 1956
Morgan
Film 1955
Sheriff Carl Brandon
Film 1957
Frank Dembrow
Film 1946
Sheriff Henry McIntyre
Film 1949
Baron Keller
Film 1955
Larry James
Film 1946
Jem Farrell
Film 1953
Deputy Commissioner Cable
Film 1956
Capt. Bill Eaton
Film 1953
Uri
Film 1954
Bill Rourk
Film 1951
J. J. McCulloch
Film 1975
Bart Manners
Film 1946
Harry McMartin
Film 1972
Lt. Tom Blaine
Film 1952
Clayton Russell
Film 1946
John Brazos
Film 1958
Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
Film 1953
Mike Prescott
Film 1950
Angus Fletcher
Film 1979
Lt. Tucker
Film 1942
Red
Film 1942
Mike Peters
Film 1955
Blond Bomber
Film 1942
Anton Schugg
Film 1942
Barney
Film 1941
Marshall Bucky McLean
Film 1949
Recruit Madigan
Film 1942
Whipper
Film 1942
Himself
Film 1987
Zeke Butler
Film 1948
Jim Plummer
Film 1949
Moritz
Film 1941
Dan Bradley
Film 1955
Film 1984
Turkeyneck
Film 1967
The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1993
Steve Cory
Film 1958
Kid Sheleen
Film 1971
Dr. Jason Fillmore
Film 1969
Tv 1976
Tv 1975
Tv 1980
Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke
Tv 1965
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Tv 1976
Tv 1971
Wagonmaster Callahan
Tv 1973
Self
Tv 1948
Frank Marlowe
Tv 1953
Tv 1982
Tv 1967
Tv 1974
Tv 1975
Self
Tv 1967
William Patterson
Tv 1950
Tv 1967
Tv 1977
Ken
Tv 1950
Red Healey
Tv 1952
Self
Tv 1961
Buck Turley
Tv 1982