Acting · Huntsville, Texas, USA · Born September 29, 1925
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.
MovieMiracle at St. Anna
2008
as Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieS.W.A.T.
2003
as S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
MovieKiller: A Journal of Murder
1996
as Warden Charles Casey
MovieStoryville
1992
as Judge Quentin Murdoch
TVDream On
1990
as Eden Pilott
MovieGunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987
as Will Mannon
MovieAmazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Leonard Bey
MovieSpies Like Us
1985
as General Sline
TVHollywood Wives
1985
as Ross Conti
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Rev. Willie John Fargo
TVFinder of Lost Loves
1984
as James Osborne
MovieSahara
1983
as Gordon
MovieMalibu
1983
as Rich Bradley
MovieHotline
1982
as Tom Hunter
TVHotel
1982
as Gil Strider
TVThe Manions of America
1981
as James Kent
MovieMommie Dearest
1981
as Greg Savitt
TVA Rumor of War
1980
as Col. Atherton
MovieRoughnecks
1980
as Paul Marshall
TVCondominium
1980
as Gus Garver
MovieNorth Dallas Forty
1979
as Conrad Hunter
MovieCaptain America
1979
as Lou Brackett
MovieThe Deerslayer
1978
as Hawkeye
MovieManeaters Are Loose!
1978
as David Birk
TVDallas
1978
as Wes Parmalee
TVFantasy Island
1978
as Jordan Montgomery
MovieLast of the Mohicans
1977
as Hawkeye
TVTestimony of Two Men
1977
as Martin Eaton
MovieWanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
as Charlie Siringo
TVS.W.A.T.
1975
as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
MovieThe Hatfields and the McCoys
1975
as Randall McCoy
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
TVKodiak
1974
as Samson Toey
MovieThe Hanged Man
1974
as James Devlin
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Quail
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MovieA Chant of Silence
1973
as State Police Officer
MovieThe Magic of Walt Disney World
1972
as Narrator
MovieThe Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
1972
as John Mannering 'The Baron'
MovieThe Baron: Mystery Island
1972
as John Mannering 'The Baron'
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVGhost Story
1972
as Andrew Alcott
TVThe Rookies
1972
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
TVNichols
1971
as Sam Yeager
TVColumbo
1971
as Big Fred McCain
TVCannon
1971
MovieThe Late Liz
1971
as Jim Hatch
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieThe Wild Country
1970
as Jim Tanner
TVNight Gallery
1970
as Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Don Finletter
TVMedical Center
1969
MovieWild Geese Calling
1969
as Narrator
MovieRascal
1969
as Willard North
MovieThe Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot
1968
as Jr. Narrator
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as A.J. Ward
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Johnny Rondo
TVCimarron Strip
1967
TVIronside
1967
TVThe Baron
1966
as John Mannering
TVMission: Impossible
1966
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Lee Barrington
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as David Buchanan
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Jocko Creighton
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Barry Craft
TVArrest and Trial
1963
MovieThe Yellow Canary
1963
as Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
MovieThe Longest Day
1962
as Capt. Harding
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Roger Layton
MovieThe Second Time Around
1961
as Dan Jones
TVBus Stop
1961
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVKraft Mystery Theatre
1961
MovieFlaming Star
1960
as Clint Burton
TVOutlaws
1960
MovieFive Branded Women
1960
as Paul Keller
MovieHeller in Pink Tights
1960
as Clint Mabry
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Robert Gaines
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Major Anderson
TVBonanza
1959
as Dan Logan
MovieIt Happened to Jane
1959
as Larry Hall
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MovieThe Living Idol
1957
as Terry Matthews
MovieClipper Ship
1957
as Matt Bowers
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Mike Bagley
MovieMeet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Steve Forrest (uncredited)
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Steve Archer
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Mannon
MovieBedevilled
1955
as Gregory Fitzgerald
TVClimax!
1954
as Ben
MovieRogue Cop
1954
as Eddie Kelvaney
MoviePrisoner of War
1954
as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
MoviePhantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
as Prof. Paul Dupin
MovieGreat Lady Has an Interview
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
MovieSo Big
1953
as Dirk De Jong
MovieTake the High Ground!
1953
as Lobo Nagalaski
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Mark Carter
MovieThe Band Wagon
1953
as Passenger on Train (uncredited)
MovieI Love Melvin
1953
as Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
MovieLast of the Comanches
1953
as Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
MovieThe Clown
1953
as Young Man
MovieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
MovieGeisha Girl
1952
as Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews)
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Eddie Martin
MovieSealed Cargo
1951
as Holtz
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Matt Barker
