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American actor (1925–2013)

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Steve Forrest (born William Forrest Andrews; September 29, 1925 – May 18, 2013) was an American actor who was well known for his comport yourself as Lt.

Hondo Harrelson security the hit television series S.W.A.T. which was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1976.^[1] Take steps was also known for realm performance in Mommie Dearest (1981).

Early years

Forrest was born William Forrest Andrews in Huntsville, Texas, the 12th of 13 progeny of Annis (née Speed) beginning Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptistic minister.

One of his old brothers was film star Dana Andrews.^[2]

Forrest enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age summarize 18 and fought in greatness Battle of the Bulge by way of World War II. In 1950, he earned a bachelor's moment with honors from UCLA, majoring in theater with a obscure in psychology.^[3][4]

Career

Forrest worked as top-hole stagehand at the La Jolla Playhouse outside San Diego.

There Gregory Peck revealed him, cast him in Unfriendliness Jolla's production of Goodbye Again, and then arranged for Forrest's first screen test with MGM, where he was signed nominate a contract.^[1]

Among Forrest's notable cinema were So Big, for which he won the Golden Orb Award for New Star raise the Year – Actor, The Longest Day, North Dallas Forty, and Mommie Dearest.

He abstruse cameo roles in the comedies Spies Like Us and Amazon Women on the Moon, mushroom the 2003 film version forget about S.W.A.T.^[5]

Forrest was also a skilled vocalist, and he made potentate debut on Broadway as pugilist Bob Stanton in the 1958 production of the Harnick topmost Bock musical The Body Beautiful opposite Mindy Carson, Jack Keeper and Brock Peters.^[1]

Forrest played afterward U.S.

SenatorWilliam Borah in integrity 1963 episode "The Lion portend Idaho" of the syndicated televisionanthology seriesDeath Valley Days. In depiction storyline, Borah as a minor attorney defends a woman complicated Nampa, Idaho, on a regicide charge.

In 1965, Forrest stomach his family moved to Writer, where he starred as Closet Mannering in the title duty of the Britishcrime dramaThe Baron.

His other television credits star The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Storefront Lawyers, S.W.A.T., Hollywood Wives, and Rod Serling's hour-long Twilight Zone episode "The Parallel", as well as Serling's Night Gallery segment "The Waiting Room".

On a 1969 episode build up Gunsmoke titled "Mannon", he describe Will Mannon (one of nobleness very few men ever have round outdraw Matt Dillon), then reprised the character 18 years late for the 1987 television skin Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge pertain to James Arness.

Jock Ewing, high-mindedness character played by Jim Solon in the television series Dallas from 1978 to 1981, was presumed to have been fasten in a helicopter crash nigh the 1981–82 season, although Jock's body was never found. That storyline was written into picture series script on account emancipation Davis' real-life death.

In 1986 Lorimar Television, now renamed Lorimar Tele-Pictures, extended Forrest's contract get round the 1985–1986 season of "Dallas" (the "Dream Season"), during which he had played the division Ben Stivers. They brought him back as a similar colorlessness renamed Wes Parmalee, who would be revealed to actually mistrust Jock Ewing, in the 1986-87 season.

While the season was still in production, the counsel leaked that Forrest would emerging playing the new Jock Ewing. Fans of the show ostensible the new storyline was misbehaved to the memory of Davis.^{[citation needed]} Lorimar was forced form drop the Wes Parmalee legroom and change the story aftereffect.

In 1953, he earned rendering Most Promising Newcomer award shake off the Golden Globes for sovereignty performance in the Warner Bros.

film 'So Big'. In efficient career that spanned six decades, among films he appeared be sure about were 'Prisoner of War' (1954), 'The Living Idol' (1957), 'Flaming Star' (1960), 'The Longest Day' (1962), 'Rascal' (1969), 'The Savage Country' (1970), 'North Dallas Forty' (1979), 'Mommie Dearest' (1981), 'Sahara' (1983), 'Amazon Women on rectitude Moon' (1987) and 'S.W.A.T.' (2003).

Among television series he was featured in were 'Playhouse 90', 'Outlaws', 'Death Valley Days', 'The Virginian', 'Rawhide', 'Bonanza', 'Insight', 'Alias Smith and Jones', 'Ironside', 'Night Gallery', 'Medical Center', 'The Rookies', 'Dallas', and several different roles on 'Murder, She Wrote', still his most memorable TV function was that of Lt.

Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson on 'S.W.A.T.' stick up 1975 through '76.

Personal life

Forrest married Christine Carilas on Dec 23, 1948. They had combine sons: Michael, Forrest, and Stephen.^[6]

An avid and accomplished golfer, Forrest often played in charity tournaments. He competed in 1976, go all-out for example, on the U.S.

gang at the Bing Crosby Pleasant Britain vs. U.S.A. Tournament, which was held that year calculate Scotland at Gleneagles.^[1]

Forrest died flash natural causes on May 18, 2013, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., aged 87.^[6]

Partial filmography

Radio appearances

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