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.
Movie | Placebo: A New Tomorrow | 2025 | |
Movie | Placebo: Alt.Russia | Himself | 2016-11-18 |
Movie | Placebo: Rock im Pott | Drums | 2012-08-24 |
Movie | Placebo: We Come In Pieces | Drums | 2011-11-01 |
Movie | Placebo: Live at Area 4 | Drummer | 2010-08-20 |
Movie | Placebo: Live at Rock Am Ring | as himself | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | Placebo: Live in Angkor Wat | Drummer | 2008-12-07 |
Movie | Miracle at St. Anna | Capt. Harding in The Longest Day (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2008-09-15 |
Movie | Placebo: Soulmates Never Die: Live in Paris 2003 | himself | 2003-10-18 |
Movie | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Warden Charles Casey | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Storyville | Judge Quentin Murdoch | 1992-08-26 |
Series | Dream On | Unknown | 1990-07-08 |
Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Capt. Nelson | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Will Mannon | 1987-09-27 |
Series | Hollywood Wives | Ross Conti | 1985-02-17 |
Movie | Spies Like Us | General Sline | 1985-12-06 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Sahara | Gordon | 1983-12-01 |
Movie | Malibu | Rich Bradley | 1983-01-23 |
Movie | Hotline | Tom Hunter | 1982-10-16 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Series | The Manions of America | James Kent | 1981-09-30 |
Movie | Mommie Dearest | Greg Savitt | 1981-09-16 |
Series | A Rumor of War | Col. Atherton | 1980-09-24 |
Series | Condominium | Gus Garver | 1980-04-06 |
Movie | North Dallas Forty | Conrad Hunter | 1979-08-03 |
Movie | Captain America | Lou Brackett | 1979-01-19 |
Movie | Maneaters Are Loose! | David Birk | 1978-05-03 |
Movie | The Deerslayer | Hawkeye | 1978-12-18 |
Movie | Last Of The Mohicans | Hawkeye | 1977-11-23 |
Movie | Wanted: The Sundance Woman | Charlie Siringo | 1976-10-01 |
Series | S.W.A.T. | Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson | 1975-02-24 |
Movie | The Hatfields and the McCoys | Randall McCoy | 1975-01-15 |
Movie | The Hanged Man | James Devlin | 1974-03-13 |
Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Unknown | 1973-09-14 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | The Magic of Walt Disney World | Narrator | 1972-12-20 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | The Late Liz | Jim Hatch | 1971-09-01 |
Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | The Wild Country | Jim Tanner | 1970-12-16 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Movie | Rascal | Willard North | 1969-06-11 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Series | The Baron | John Mannering | 1966-09-28 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Movie | The Yellow Canary | Hubbard "Hub" Wiley | 1963-05-15 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Movie | The Longest Day | Capt. Harding | 1962-09-25 |
Series | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Unknown | 1961-06-14 |
Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1961-10-01 |
Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
Movie | The Second Time Around | Dan Jones | 1961-12-22 |
Movie | Five Branded Women | Paul Keller | 1960-03-15 |
Movie | Heller in Pink Tights | Clint Mabry | 1960-03-01 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Movie | Flaming Star | Clint Burton | 1960-12-20 |
Movie | It Happened to Jane | Larry Hall | 1959-05-24 |
Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Movie | The Living Idol | Terry Matthews | 1957-05-02 |
Movie | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Steve Forrest (uncredited) | 1956-03-09 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | Bedevilled | Gregory Fitzgerald | 1955-04-28 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Prof. Paul Dupin | 1954-03-27 |
Movie | Rogue Cop | Eddie Kelvaney | 1954-09-17 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | Prisoner of War | Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton | 1954-05-04 |
Movie | Last of the Comanches | Lt. Floyd (uncredited) | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The Clown | Young Man | 1953-01-16 |
Movie | I Love Melvin | Photographer on Crane (uncredited) | 1953-03-20 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | So Big | Dirk De Jong | 1953-10-31 |
Movie | Take the High Ground! | Lobo Nagalaski | 1953-10-30 |
Movie | The Band Wagon | Passenger on Train (uncredited) | 1953-08-07 |
Movie | Geisha Girl | Rocky Wilson | 1952-05-02 |
Movie | The Bad and the Beautiful | Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited) | 1952-12-25 |
Movie | Sealed Cargo | Holtz | 1951-05-19 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |