He later moved to LA and graduated from UCLA in 1950 with a theater arts degree. he had a cameo in the 2003 feature adaptation - and starred as John “The Baron” Mannering on the 1966 Cold War spy drama The Baron, the first color series on UK TV.įorrest, from Texas, was a sergeant in the Army and saw action in the Battle of the Bulge. Hondo Harrelson on ABC’s 1975-76 police actioner S.W.A.T. The brother of actor Dana Andrews, Forrest made guest appearances on scores of TV shows and recurred on the original Dallas. Tournament at the Glen Eagles course in Scotland.Veteran actor Steve Forrest, who had more than 100 TV credits including starring on the mid-1970s police actioner S.W.A.T., died May 18 in Thousand Oaks. In 1976, he competed on the American team at the Bing Crosby Great Britain vs. The program, which lasted 30 episodes, was ITV’s first in color using real actors for an entire season and was exported to ABC in the States.Īn avid and accomplished golfer, Forrest frequently played in charity tournaments around the world. In 1965, Forrest relocated to London with his family to star as John Mannering, the international antique dealer-cum-secret agent in the ITC crime drama The Baron. Later film and television appearances included North Dallas Forty (1979), Mommie Dearest (1981) with Faye Dunaway, Spies Like Us (1985) with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, the miniseries Hollywood Wives (1985), a season in the 1980s on TV’s Dallas, Storyville (1992) with James Spader and Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995) with James Woods.Ī trained vocalist, Forrest made his Broadway debut as budding prizefighter Bob Stanton in the 1958 production of The Body Beautiful opposite Mindy Carson, Jack Warden and Brock Peters. opposite Ronald Reagan in MGM’s Prisoner of War (1954), as Robert Taylor’s younger brother in Rogue Cop (1954), as Doris Day’s would-be suitor in It Happened to Jane (1959), as Elvis Presley’s half brother in the Western Flaming Star (1960), as Sophia Loren’s gun-slinging love interest in Heller in Pink Tights (1960) and with John Wayne and an all-star cast in The Longest Day (1962). His early films included roles as a P.O.W. Throughout the ’50s, Forrest landed roles on both the large and small screens, frequently cast on such early TV series as Playhouse 90, Climax! Theater, Lux Video Theater and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. film So Big, playing opposite Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden. In 1953, Forrest garnered a New Star of the Year award from the Golden Globes for his performance in the Warner Bros. It was there, during the summer stock production of Goodbye Again, that he was discovered by Hollywood legend Gregory Peck. The actor cast him in the production and arranged for his first screen test with MGM, where he was placed under contract. At the end of the war, he moved to Los Angeles and attended UCLA.įorrest graduated with honors from UCLA in 1950 with a bachelor’s degree in theater arts and went to work as a stagehand at the La Jolla Playhouse outside San Diego. He attained the rank of sergeant during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was the youngest of 13 children one of his brothers was famed actor Dana Andrews, the star of Laura and The Best Years of Our Lives, who died in 1992.Īt 18, Forrest enlisted in the military and served with the Army. 25, 1925, in Huntsville, Texas, to Annis and Charles Andrews, a Baptist minister. Jackson and Colin Farrell.įorrest was born William Forrest Andrews on Sept. As a salute to the show, which aired from February 1975 to April 1976 for 37 episodes, Forrest appeared in a cameo role as the van driver in the film version of S.W.A.T.
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