Personal Info
Birth date
1924-09-29 (100 Years)
Day of death
2013-05-18
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Huntsville, Texas, USA
Also known as
William Forrest Andrews
William Andrews
Stephen Forrest
Steven Forrest
스티브 포레스트
Стив Форрест
Steve Forrest
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.
Filmography
Columbo
8.094
Overview:
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.Bonanza
7.512
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.The Virginian
6.344
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Dallas
6.845
Overview:
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.The Fugitive
7.207
Overview:
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.Climax!
3.273
Overview:
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.Mission: Impossible
7.6
Overview:
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.The Six Million Dollar Man
7.257
Overview:
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.Medical Center
6.1
Overview:
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.The Twilight Zone
8.452
Overview:
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.The F.B.I.
5.455
Overview:
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.Cannon
6.5
Overview:
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.Hotel
6.8
Overview:
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.Gunsmoke
6.558
Overview:
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.Love, American Style
6.056
Overview:
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.The Name of the Game
6.8
Overview:
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Overview:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.Kraft Suspense Theatre
5.3
Overview:
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.Alias Smith and Jones
6.9
Overview:
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.Night Gallery
7.797
Overview:
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.The Rookies
6.8
Overview:
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.Cimarron Strip
5
Overview:
Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown, the series was produced by the creators of Gunsmoke. Reruns of the original show were aired in the summer of 1971. Cimarron Strip was one of only three 90-minute weekly Western series that aired during the 1960s, and the only 90-minute series of any kind to be centered primarily around one lead character. Cimarron Strip was set in the Oklahoma Panhandle, which comprises, east to west, Beaver, Texas, and Cimarron counties in Oklahoma. The show is set in 1888, just as the continuous frontier of the West, which once ran from the Canadian to the Mexican border, was closing. In less than five years there would no longer be that "continuous frontier," only pockets of undeveloped land. This was the late "Wild West" that Marshall Jim Crown was called to defend.Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
5.8
Overview:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.The High Chaparral
6.5
Overview:
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.Dinah!
6.667
Overview:
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.Dream On
6.938
Overview:
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.S.W.A.T.
6.164
Overview:
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.Acting
2008Miracle at St. Anna as Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003S.W.A.T. as S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
1996Killer: A Journal of Murder as Warden Charles Casey
1992Storyville as Judge Quentin Murdoch
1990Dream On (1 Episode) as Eden Pilott
1987Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge as Will Mannon
1987Amazon Women on the Moon as Captain Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")
1985Spies Like Us as General Sline
1985Hollywood Wives (3 Episodes) as Ross Conti
1984Murder, She Wrote (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Rev. Willie John Fargo, Sheriff Hank Masters, Lt. Paul Stratton, Captain Ned Larkin, Max Teller
1984Finder of Lost Loves (1 Episode) as James Osborne
1983Sahara as Gordon
1983Malibu as Rich Bradley
1982Hotline as Tom Hunter
1982Hotel (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981The Manions of America (3 Episodes) as James Kent
1981Mommie Dearest as Greg Savitt
1980A Rumor of War (2 Episodes) as Col. Atherton
1980Roughnecks as Paul Marshall
1980Condominium (2 Episodes) as Gus Garver
1979North Dallas Forty as Conrad Hunter
1979Captain America as Lou Brackett
1978The Deerslayer as Hawkeye
1978Maneaters Are Loose! as David Birk
1978Dallas (3, 12 Episode) as Ben Stivers, Wes Parmalee
1977Last of the Mohicans as Hawkeye
1977Testimony of Two Men (3 Episodes) as Martin Eaton
1976Wanted: The Sundance Woman as Charlie Siringo
1975S.W.A.T. (37 Episodes) as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
1975The Hatfields and the McCoys as Randall McCoy
1974Dinah! (2 Episodes) as Self
1974Kodiak (1 Episode) as Samson Toey
1974The Hanged Man as James Devlin
1974The Six Million Dollar Man (1 Episode) as Quail
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1 Episode) as Self
1973A Chant of Silence as State Police Officer
1972The Magic of Walt Disney World as Narrator
1972The Man in a Looking Glass as John Mannering 'The Baron'
1972The Baron: Mystery Island as John Mannering 'The Baron'
1972The Streets of San Francisco (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Ghost Story (1 Episode) as Andrew Alcott
1972The Rookies (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1972The Sixth Sense (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Nichols (1 Episode) as Sam Yeager
1971Columbo (1 Episode) as Big Fred
1971Cannon (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971The Late Liz as Jim Hatch
1971Alias Smith and Jones (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970The Wild Country as Jim Tanner
1970Night Gallery (2 Episodes) as Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") (as Stephen Forrest)
1969Love, American Style (1 Episode) as Don Finletter
1969Medical Center (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Dr. Eric Canford
1969Rascal as Willard North
1968The Owl That Didn't Give a Hoot as Jr. Narrator
1968The Name of the Game (1, 1 Episode) as A.J. Ward, Walter Royce
1967The High Chaparral (1 Episode) as Johnny Rondo
1967Cimarron Strip (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1967Ironside (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1966The Baron (30 Episodes) as John Mannering
1966Mission: Impossible (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965The F.B.I. (1 Episode) as Lee Barrington
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as David Buchanan, Mike Taggart
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Jocko Creighton
1963The Fugitive (1 Episode) as Barry Craft
1963Arrest and Trial (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963The Yellow Canary as Hubbard "Hub" Wiley
1962The Longest Day as Capt. Harding
1962The Virginian (1, 1 Episode) as Roger Layton, James Templeton
1961The Second Time Around as Dan Jones
1961Bus Stop (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Target: The Corruptors! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Kraft Mystery Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Flaming Star as Clint Burton
1960Outlaws (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Five Branded Women as Paul Keller
1960Heller in Pink Tights as Clint Mabry
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Robert Gaines
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1 Episode) as Major Anderson
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Dan Logan
1959It Happened to Jane as Larry Hall
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957The Living Idol as Terry Matthews
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 Episode) as Mike Bagley
1956Meet Me in Las Vegas as Steve Forrest (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1 Episode) as Steve Archer, Joe Rogers
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Mannon, Morgan, Cord Wrecken, Scott Coltrane
1955Bedevilled as Gregory Fitzgerald
1954Climax! (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Ben, Pete Mayer, Tom Gardener
1954Rogue Cop as Eddie Kelvaney
1954Prisoner of War as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
1954Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Prof. Paul Dupin
1954Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)
1953So Big as Dirk De Jong
1953Take the High Ground! as Lobo Nagalaski
1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Mark Carter
1953The Band Wagon as Passenger on Train (uncredited)
1953I Love Melvin as Photographer on Crane (uncredited)
1953Last of the Comanches as Lt. Floyd (uncredited)
1953The Clown as Young Man
1952The Bad and the Beautiful as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
1952Geisha Girl as Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews)
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Eddie Martin, Sam Rayford, Harpenning Brothers
1951Sealed Cargo as Holtz
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Matt Barker