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Frederic Forrest Biography (1936-)

Full name, Frederic Fennimore Forrest, Jr.; born December 23, 1936, in Waxahachie, TX; son of Frederic F. (a furniture store owner) and Virginia A. Forrest; married first wife (divorced); married Marilu Henner (an actress), 1980 (divorced, 1983). Addresses: Agent: House of Representatives, 400 SouthBeverly Dr., Suite 101, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

December 23, 1936

Waxahachie, Texas, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) The Filthy Five, 1968
• Sugford, Futz!, Commonwealth United, 1969
• Tom Black Bull, When the Legends Die, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
• Tony, The Don Is Dead (also known as Beautiful but Deadly and The Deadly Kiss), Universal, 1973
• Mark, The Conversation, Paramount, 1974
• Rut, The Gravy Train (also known as The Dion Brothers), Columbia, 1974
• Scott Alexander (some sources say Scott Allison), Permission to Kill (also known as Vollmacht zum Mord), Avco-Embassy, 1975
• Cary, The Missouri Breaks, United Artists, 1976
• Eugene Scott, It Lives Again (also known as It's Alive II and It's Alive 2), Warner Bros., 1978
• Huston Dyer, The Rose, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
• Hicks (the chef), Apocalypse Now, United Artists, 1979, revised version released as Apocalypse Now Redux
• Dashiell Hammett (title role), Hammett, Orion/Warner Bros., 1982
• Hank, One from the Heart, Columbia, 1982
• Steve Richman, Valley Girl (also known as Bad Boyz and Rebel Dreams), Atlantic Releasing, 1983
• Andy Jansen, The Stone Boy, TLC Films/Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
• Brian Stoving, Return (also known Return: A Case of Possession), Silver Productions, 1986
• Courtney Parrish, Where Are the Children?, Columbia, 1986
• Buster McGuire, Stacking (also known as Season of Dreams),Spectrafilm, 1987
• Eddie Dean, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Paramount, 1988
• Jack Burke, Music Box, TriStar, 1989
• Nolen Tyner, Cat Chaser, Vestron Pictures, 1989
• Sonny Gibbs, Valentino Returns, Skouras Pictures, 1989
• Chuck Newty, The Two Jakes, Paramount, 1990
• The Game, Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment, 1991
• Steve Delvaux, Twin Sisters, Vidmark Entertainment, 1992
• Walker Point warden, Rain without Thunder, Orion Classics, 1992
• Dr. Judd, Dario Argento's "Trauma" (also known as Aura's Enigma and Trauma), Republic Pictures, 1993
• Surplus store owner, Falling Down (also known as Chute libre), Warner Bros., 1993
• Dr. Paul Harkness, Double Obsession, Columbia/TriStar Home Video,1994
• Duane, Chasers, Warner Bros., 1994
• Mike Witherspoon, Hidden Fears, Prism Entertainment, 1994
• Sam Garland, Lassie, Paramount, 1994
• Michael Joslyn, One Night Stand (also known as Before the Night), Concorde-New Horizons, 1995
• The admiral, Black Thunder, RNtv and Atom Films, 1997
• Edsel Dundee, Boogie Boy, Sterling Entertainment, 1997
• Lou Sr., The Brave, 1997
• Mac Bradford, Point Blank, Sterling Home Entertainment, 1997
• Ranger MacDermot, The End of Violence (also known as Am.Ende.der.Gew@lt. and Am Ende der Gewalt), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
• David Millman, The First 9 1/2 Weeks, 1998
• Detective Luddy, Implicated, 1998
• Major Ron Bridges, One of Our Own (also known as Denver P.D.: One of Our Own), 1998
• Mr. Chaminsky, Whatever, Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
• Detective Michael McGivern, The Spreading Ground, Smooth Pictures,2000
• Paulo Tredici, A Piece of Eden, RGH/Lions Share Pictures, 2000
• Sean, Shadow Hours, Newmark Films, 2000
• William Fain, Militia, Cinetel Films, 2000
• Vernon Crank, The House Next Door, Trinity Home Entertainment, 2002
• David, The Quality of Light (also known as To What Sweet End), Karalex Pictures, 2003
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Captain Richard Jenko, 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1987
• Lomax, Die Kinder, BBC, 1990, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1991
• Miniseries
• Detective Bob Keppel, The Deliberate Stranger, NBC, 1986
• Pap Finn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, PBS, 1986
• Raoul Schumacher, Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (also known as Shadow on the Sun), CBS, 1988
• Blue Duck, Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989
• Sergeant James McSpadden, Andersonville, TNT, 1996
• Movies
• Larry Herman, Larry, CBS, 1974
• Paul Hunter, Promise Him Anything ... , ABC, 1975
• Lee Harvey Oswald, Ruby and Oswald (also known as Four Days inDallas), CBS, 1978
• Martin, "Word Games," Kate Loves a Mystery (also known as Mrs.Columbo and Mrs. Columbo: Word Games), NBC, 1979
• (Uncredited) Mr. Davis, Survival of Dana (also known as On theEdge: The Survival of Dana), 1979
• Bob Chesneau, Saigon--Year of the Cat, Thames Television, 1983
• Ivan Fray, Who Will Love My Children?, ABC, 1983
• Blaise Dietz, Best Kept Secrets, ABC, 1984
• Matt Kirby, The Parade (also known as The Hit Parade), 1984
• Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, CBS, 1984
• Petronius, Quo Vadis, [Italy], 1985
• Richard Jahnke, Sr., Right to Kill?, ABC, 1985
• Father George, Gotham (also known as The Dead Can't Lie), Showtime, 1988
• Tim Brady, Little Girl Lost, ABC, 1988
• Erskine Caldwell, Margaret Bourke-White (also known as Double Exposure and Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White),TNT, 1989
• Dashiell Hammett, Citizen Cohn (also known as Rules of Misconduct: The Roy Cohn Story), HBO, 1992
• Leonard Tolliver, "The Habitation of Dragons," TNT Screenworks, TNT, 1992
• Sheriff Frank Yocom, Precious Victims, 1993
• Lieutenant Weisbad, Against the Wall (also known as Attica! Attica! and Attica: Line of Fire), HBO, 1994
• Jack Neuland, Double Jeopardy (also known as Victim of the Night), CBS, 1996
• Admiral Pendelton, Crash Dive (also known as Crash Dive: The Chase Is On), HBO, 1997
• Carl, Alone (also known as Horton Foote's "Alone"), Showtime, 1997
• Reasonable Force, 1997
• Alex Del Zoppo as an older man, Sweetwater (also known as Sweetwater: A True Rock Story), VH1, 1999
• Roy Harman, Shadow Lake, 1999
• General Earle "Buzz" Wheeler, Path to War, HBO, 2002
• Specials
• Himself, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (documentary), Showtime, 1991
• Voice, U.S.-Mexican War (documentary), PBS, 1998
• Episodic
• "Til Death Do Us Part: Parts 1 & 2," The Young Riders, ABC, 1992
• Himself, "John Frankenheimer" (also known as "The Films of John Frankenheimer"), The Directors, Encore, c. 1995
• Kenny, "A Man and a Woman," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1998
• Stage Appearances
• Viet Rock, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1966
• Futz, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1968
• Massachusetts Trust, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1968
• Tom Paine, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1968
• Silhouettes, Los Angeles, 1970

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• TV Guide, 1997, p. 84