Forrest Tucker
Known for Acting · 139 credits
- Born
- 1919-02-12
- Died
- 1986-10-25
- Place of birth
- Plainfield, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Forrest Meredith Tucker · فارست تاکر
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films.
Tucker described himself as a farm boy. He was born in Plainfield, Indiana, on February 12, 1919, a son of Forrest A. Tucker and his wife, Doris Heringlake. His mother has been described as an alcoholic. Tucker began his performing career at age 14 at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, pushing the big wicker tourist chairs by day and singing "Throw Money" at night. After his family moved to Washington, D.C., Tucker attracted the attention of Jimmy Lake, the owner of the Old Gaiety Burlesque Theater, by winning its Saturday night amateur contest on consecutive weeks. After his second win, Tucker was hired there at full time as Master of Ceremonies, but left when it was soon discovered that he was underage. He graduated from Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., in 1938, and, joining the United States Cavalry, was stationed at Fort Myer in Arlington County, Virginia, but discharged for, once again, being underage. He returned to work at the Old Gaiety after his 18th birthday.
When Lake's theatre closed for the summer in 1939, Tucker was helped by a wealthy mentor to travel to California and try to break into film acting. He made a successful screen test, and began auditioning for movie roles. In his own estimation, Tucker was in the mold of large "ugly guys" such as Wallace Beery, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen, rather than a matinee idol. His debut was as a powerfully built farmer who clashes with the hero in The Westerner (1940), which starred Gary Cooper.
Like many other movie actors at the time, Tucker enlisted in the United States Army during World War II; he earned a commission as a second lieutenant.
Known For
TV Shows (46)
Ironside
1967
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Sam Zachary / Tex / Tom Preston
Columbo
1971
as Bo Williamson
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Tom Cassidy
Bonanza
1959
as Frank Ryan
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Bob Slater
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Jim Tyler
Wagon Train
1957
as Rex Montana
Love, American Style
1969
as John / Horton
Fantasy Island
1978
as Jake Gordon
Alice
1976
Climax!
1954
as Chips Murphy
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Cyrus Smuts
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Max Beemis
Daniel Boone
1964
as Joe Snag
The Virginian
1962
as Martin Evers
Gunsmoke
1955
as Brad McClain / Adam Benteen / John Charron / Sergeant Holly / Sgt. Emmett Holly / Will Donavan
Rawhide
1959
as Dan Carlock
Police Woman
1974
as O'Malley
The Bionic Woman
1976
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Kojak
1973
as Det. Paul Zachary
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Ernest Stringfellow
Medical Center
1969
as Ollie Wayne
Matt Houston
1982
as Buck Turley
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
as Deputy Harker Wilkins
Ellery Queen
1975
as Clint McGraw
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as William Patterson / Ken
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Red Healey
Grizzly Adams
1977
as Ernie
F Troop
1965
as Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke
Channing
1963
as Major Don Landon
S.W.A.T.
1975
Hondo
1967
Filthy Rich
1982
Once an Eagle
1976
as Col. Avery
Flo
1980
The Ghost Busters
1975
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Steve MacGregor
Dusty's Trail
1973
as Wagonmaster Callahan
The Rebels
1979
as Angus Fletcher
General Electric Theater
1953
as Frank Marlowe
Movies (93)
Chisum
1970
as Lawrence Murphy
Canal Zone
1942
as Recruit Madigan
Pony Express
1953
as James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
Gunfighters
1947
as Ben Orcutt
Three Violent People
1956
as Deputy Commissioner Cable
The Westerner
1940
as Wade Harper
La Classe américaine
1993
as The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942
as Whipper
A Real American Hero
1978
as Carl Pusser
The Yearling
1946
as Lem Forrester
The Abominable Snowman
1957
as Tom Friend
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as PFC Al J. Thomas
Barquero
1970
as Mountain Phil
Cancel My Reservation
1972
as Reese
The Deerslayer
1957
as Harry March
Doc
1969
as Dr. Jason Fillmore
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Bill Rourk
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Red
Fort Massacre
1958
as McGurney
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952
as Donavan
Timestalkers
1987
as Texas John Cody
Warpath
1951
as Sgt. O'Hara
The Crawling Eye
1958
as Alan Brooks
Keeper of the Flame
1943
as Geoff Midford
Montana Belle
1952
as Mac
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968
as Trim Houlihan
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
as Carl
Talk About a Lady
1946
as Bart Manners
Auntie Mame
1958
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
A Boy Called Nuthin’
1967
as Turkeyneck
Coroner Creek
1948
as Ernie Combs
Counter-Espionage
1942
as Anton Schugg
Trouble in the Glen
1954
as Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Frank Reno
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Sandhog (uncredited)
New Wine
1941
as Moritz
Thunder Run
1985
as Charlie Morrison
The Spirit of Stanford
1942
as Buzz Costello (uncredited)
The Strange World of Planet X
1958
as Gil Graham
Flaming Feather
1952
as Lt. Tom Blaine
Girl in the Woods
1958
as Steve Cory
Parachute Nurse
1942
as Lt. Tucker
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
1977
as Mike Fink
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Fenwick Lonkowski
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
as Duke
Crosswinds
1951
as 'Jumbo' Johnson
Adventures in Silverado
1948
as Zeke Butler
Hurricane Smith
1952
as Dan McGuire
Oh! Susanna
1951
as Lt. Col. Unger
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976
as Wagonmaster Callahan
The Big Cat
1949
as Gil Hawks
The Vanishing American
1955
as Morgan
Outtakes
1987
as Himself
Finger Man
1955
as Dutch Becker
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951
as Maj. Tom West
Renegades
1946
as Frank Dembrow
California Passage
1950
as Mike Prescott
Hellfire
1949
as Marshall Bucky McLean
The Nevadan
1950
as Tom Tanner
A Rare Breed
1984
The Quiet Gun
1957
as Sheriff Carl Brandon
Footsteps
1972
as Bradford Emmons
Jubilee Trail
1954
as John Ives
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
as Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited)
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli
Rock Island Trail
1950
as Reed Loomis
Submarine Raider
1942
as Pulaski
The Last Bandit
1949
as Jim Plummer
Flight Nurse
1953
as Capt. Bill Eaton
Laughing Anne
1953
as Jem Farrell
The Plunderers
1948
as Whit Lacey
The Wild McCullochs
1975
as J. J. McCulloch
Two Guys from Texas
1948
as 'Tex' Bennett
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942
as Blond Bomber
The Man Who Dared
1946
as Larry James
The Big Moment
1954
as Uri
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Sam Danfelser
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Harry McMartin
Emergency Landing
1941
as Jerry Barton
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Frank Townsend
Gunsmoke in Tucson
1958
as John Brazos
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Barney
Break in the Circle
1955
as Baron Keller
San Antone
1953
as Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
Dangerous Business
1946
as Clayton Russell
Brimstone
1949
as Sheriff Henry McIntyre
Paris Follies of 1956
1955
as Dan Bradley
Blood Feud
1983
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Jarrett
1973
as Rev. Vocal Simpson
Night Freight
1955
as Mike Peters
Counterplot
1959
as Brock Miller
Ringstealer
1984
as Narrator
Cat Ballou
1971
as Kid Sheleen
About Forrest Tucker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker described himself as a farm boy. He was born in Plainfield, Indiana, on February 12, 1919, a son of Forrest A. Tucker and his wife, Doris Heringlake. His mother has been described as an alcoholic. Tucker began his performing career at age 14 at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, pushing the big wicker tourist chairs by day and singing "Throw Money" at… With 139 credits spanning from 1940 to 1994, Forrest Tucker has appeared in 93 films and 46 TV shows.
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- Chisum (1970) — as Lawrence Murphy
- Canal Zone (1942) — as Recruit Madigan
- Pony Express (1953) — as James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
- Gunfighters (1947) — as Ben Orcutt
- Three Violent People (1956) — as Deputy Commissioner Cable
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