A ruggedly handsome action man of the 1960s and 70s, 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 wasnt 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 Diegos 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-1950s, 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 Crawfords 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-60s, 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 BBCs 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 1970s newspaper articles) as a dedicated amateur beekeeper.
Paul Marshall
Film 1980
David Birk
Film 1978
Passenger on Train (uncredited)
Film 1953
Prof. Paul Dupin
Film 1954
Clint Burton
Film 1960
Dirk De Jong
Film 1953
Will Mannon
Film 1987
Gregory Fitzgerald
Film 1955
Jim Tanner
Film 1970
Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
Film 1954
Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
Film 1953
Rocky Wilson
Film 1952
John Mannering 'The Baron'
Film 1972
John Mannering 'The Baron'
Film 1972
State Police Officer
Film 1973
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Film 1952
Narrator
Film 1972
Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
Film 1963
Steve Forrest (uncredited)
Film 1956
Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
Film 1953
Young Man
Film 1953
Jr. Narrator
Film 1968
Jim Hatch
Film 1971
Tom Hunter
Film 1982
Hawkeye
Film 1978
Holtz
Film 1951
Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2008
Reporter (uncredited)
Film 1954
Tv 1972
Tv 1972
Tv 1971
Tv 1982
Tv 1963
Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
Tv 1970
Tv 1966
Tv 1971
Tv 1967
Tv 1961
Tv 1960
Tv 1961
Tv 1958
Tv 1967
Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
Tv 1975
Matt Barker
Tv 1950
Tv 1972
Andrew Alcott
Tv 1972
Tv 1961
Self
Tv 1973
Self
Tv 1974
A.J. Ward
Tv 1968
Walter Royce
Tv 1968
Col. Atherton
Tv 1980