Name
Frederic Forrest
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-12-23
Deathday
2023-06-23 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Waxahachie, Texas, USA
Biography
Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. (December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023) was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing prominent roles in The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), One from the Heart (1982), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the musical drama The Rose (1979).
Forrest came to public attention for his performance in When the Legends Die (1972), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. His other film credits include The Missouri Breaks (1976), Hammett (1982), Valley Girl (1983), The Two Jakes (1990), Falling Down (1993), and All the King's Men (2006), along with the television series 21 Jump Street, Lonesome Dove, and Die Kinder.
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- 1979 Apocalypse Now as Jay 'Chef' Hicks
- 1974 The Conversation as Mark
- 1989 Music Box as Jack Burke
- 1995 One Night Stand as Michael Joslyn
- 1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- 1996 Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden
- 1989 Valentino Returns as Sonny Gibbs
- 1994 Against the Wall as Weisbad
- 2000 Militia as William Fain
- 1994 Chasers as Duane, Mechanic
- 1997 The Brave as Lou Sr.
- 1978 It Lives Again as Eugene Scott
- 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Eddie
- 1982 Hammett as Hammett
- 1989 Cat Chaser as Nolen Tyner
- 1982 One from the Heart as Hank
- 1976 The Missouri Breaks as Cary
- 1988 Gotham as Father George
- 1994 Lassie as Sam Garland
- 1993 Trauma as Dr. Judd
- 1979 The Rose as Huston Dyer
- 1997 The End of Violence as MacDermot
- 2003 Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later as Self
- 1983 Valley Girl as Steve Richman
- 1986 The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel
- 1998 Point Blank as Mac Bradford
- 1998 Black Thunder as The Admiral
- 1974 The Dion Brothers as Russell (Rut) Dion
- 1973 The Don Is Dead as Tony Fargo
- 1998 Whatever as Mr. Chaminski
- 1993 Hidden Fears as Mike
- 1975 Permission to Kill as Scott Allison
- 1997 Crash Dive as Admiral Pendleton
- 1999 Implicated as Det. Luddy
- 2002 The House Next Door as Vernon Crank
- 1984 Best Kept Secrets as Blaise Dietz
- 1969 Futz as Sugford
- 1975 Promise Him Anything as Paul Hunter
- 1992 Twin Sisters as Delvaux
- 1986 Where are the Children? as Courtney Parrish
- 1984 Calamity Jane as Wild Bill Hickok
- 1972 When the Legends Die as Tom Black Bull
- 1985 Right to Kill? as Richard Jahnke, Sr.
- 2004 The Dream Studio as self
- 1993 Falling Down as Surplus Store Owner
- 1997 Alone as Carl
- 2000 Spreading Ground as Michael McGivern
- 1993 Rain Without Thunder as Walker Point Warden
- 1999 Shadow Lake as Lt. Roy Harman
- 1990 The Two Jakes as Chuck Newty
- 1979 The Survival of Dana as Mr. Davis
- 1988 Little Girl Lost as Tim Brady
- 1989 Margaret Bourke-White as Erskine Caldwell
- 1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat as Bob Chesneau
- 1998 Boogie Boy as Edsel Dundee
- 1985 Return as Brian Stoving
- 1968 The Filthy Five as Johnny Longo
- 2000 Shadow Hours as Sean
- 1983 Who Will Love My Children? as Ivan Fray
- 1986 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Pap Finn
- 1992 Double Obsession as Paul Harkness
- 1987 Stacking as Buster McGuire
- 1993 Precious Victims as Sheriff Frank
- 1984 The Stone Boy as Andy Jansen
- 1984 The Parade as Matt Kirby
- 1998 The First 9½ Weeks as David Millman
- 1978 Ruby and Oswald as Lee Harvey Oswald
- 1998 One of Our Own as Maj. Ron Bridges
- 1974 Larry as Larry Herman
- 1992 Citizen Cohn as Dashiell Hammett
- 2000 A Piece of Eden as Paulo Tredici
- 1992 The Habitation of Dragons as Leonard Tolliver
- 2003 Path to War as Earle G. Wheeler
- 2006 All the King's Men as Willie's Father
- 1996 Double Jeopardy as Jack
- 1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Raoul Schumacher
- 2025 Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1979 Mrs. Columbo ( 1 episode )
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode )
- 1989 Lonesome Dove ( 4 episodes ) as Blue Duck
- 1990 Die Kinder ( 6 episodes ) as Lomax
- 1985 Quo Vadis? ( 6 episodes ) as Petronius
- 1987 21 Jump Street ( 6 episodes ) as Richard Jenko
- 1996 Andersonville ( 2 episodes ) as Sgt. McSpadden
- 1979 $weepstake$ ( 1 episode )
- 1986 The Deliberate Stranger ( 2 episodes ) as Det. Bob Keppel
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 4 episodes ) as Pap Finn
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Buster McGuire
