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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.
Tucker married four times:
Sandra Jolley (1919–1986) in 1940, divorced in 1950, daughter of the character actor I. Stanford Jolley (who also died of emphysema) and the sister of the Academy Award-winning art director Stan Jolley. They had a daughter, Pamela "Brooke" Tucker.
Marilyn Johnson on March 28, 1950 (died on July 19, 1960).
Marilyn Fisk on October 23, 1961. They had a daughter, Cindy Tucker, and son, Forrest Sean Tucker.
Sheila Forbes on April 15, 1986.
Tucker, who had battled lung cancer for more than a year, as well as having a series of minor illnesses, collapsed and was hospitalized, for the second time in a week, on his way to the ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 21, 1986. He died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital on October 25, 1986, a few months after the theatrical release of Thunder Run and Outtakes. He was interred in Forest Lawn–Hollywood Hills Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. CLR
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Filmography (Movies)
La Classe américaine
Character:The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1993
Outtakes
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/08/1987
Timestalkers
Character:Texas John Cody
Release Date:10/03/1987
Thunder Run
Character:Charlie Morrison
Release Date:22/10/1985
Rare Breed
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1984
Ringstealer
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1984
Blood Feud
Character:Lyndon B. Johnson
Release Date:25/04/1983
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Character:Duke
Release Date:09/07/1981
The Rebels
Character:Angus Fletcher
Release Date:14/05/1979
A Real American Hero
Character:Carl Pusser
Release Date:09/12/1978
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
Character:Mike Fink
Release Date:17/12/1977
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Character:Carl
Release Date:31/08/1977
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Character:Wagonmaster Callahan
Release Date:01/08/1976
The Wild McCullochs
Character:J. J. McCulloch
Release Date:21/05/1975
Jarrett
Character:Rev. Vocal Simpson
Release Date:17/03/1973
Footsteps
Character:Bradford Emmons
Release Date:03/10/1972
Cancel My Reservation
Character:Reese
Release Date:21/09/1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Character:Harry McMartin
Release Date:30/01/1972
Cat Ballou
Character:Kid Sheleen
Release Date:06/09/1971
Barquero
Character:Mountain Phil
Release Date:29/07/1970
Chisum
Character:Lawrence Murphy
Release Date:23/07/1970
Doc
Character:Dr. Jason Fillmore
Release Date:28/07/1969
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Character:Trim Houlihan
Release Date:21/12/1968
A Boy Called Nuthin’
Character:Turkeyneck
Release Date:10/12/1967
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Character:Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited)
Release Date:01/05/1966
Counterplot
Character:Brock Miller
Release Date:01/10/1959
Gunsmoke in Tucson
Character:John Brazos
Release Date:07/12/1958
Auntie Mame
Character:Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Release Date:04/12/1958
The Crawling Eye
Character:Alan Brooks
Release Date:07/07/1958
Girl in the Woods
Character:Steve Cory
Release Date:01/06/1958
Fort Massacre
Character:McGurney
Release Date:14/05/1958
The Strange World of Planet X
Character:Gil Graham
Release Date:04/03/1958
The Deerslayer
Character:Harry March
Release Date:10/09/1957
The Abominable Snowman
Character:Tom Friend
Release Date:26/08/1957
The Quiet Gun
Character:Sheriff Carl Brandon
Release Date:18/07/1957
Stagecoach To Fury
Character:Frank Townsend
Release Date:13/12/1956
Three Violent People
Character:Deputy Commissioner Cable
Release Date:01/12/1956
Paris Follies of 1956
Character:Dan Bradley
Release Date:27/11/1955
The Vanishing American
Character:Morgan
Release Date:17/11/1955
Night Freight
Character:Mike Peters
Release Date:28/08/1955
Finger Man
Character:Dutch Becker
Release Date:15/06/1955
Rage at Dawn
Character:Frank Reno
Release Date:26/03/1955
Break in the Circle
Character:Baron Keller
Release Date:01/01/1955
Trouble in the Glen
Character:Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
Release Date:15/06/1954
Jubilee Trail
Character:John Ives
Release Date:15/05/1954
The Big Moment
Character:Uri
Release Date:07/03/1954
Flight Nurse
Character:Capt. Bill Eaton
Release Date:15/11/1953
Laughing Anne
Character:Jem Farrell
Release Date:01/09/1953
Pony Express
Character:James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
Release Date:15/06/1953
San Antone
Character:Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
Release Date:15/02/1953
Ride the Man Down
Character:Sam Danfelser
Release Date:25/11/1952
Montana Belle
Character:Mac
Release Date:11/11/1952
Hurricane Smith
Character:Dan McGuire
Release Date:02/10/1952
Hoodlum Empire
Character:Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli
Release Date:15/04/1952
Bugles in the Afternoon
Character:Donavan
Release Date:04/03/1952
Flaming Feather
Character:Lt. Tom Blaine
Release Date:01/02/1952
The Wild Blue Yonder
Character:Maj. Tom West
Release Date:05/12/1951
Warpath
Character:Sgt. O'Hara
Release Date:22/11/1951
Crosswinds
Character:'Jumbo' Johnson
Release Date:01/10/1951
Fighting Coast Guard
Character:Bill Rourk
Release Date:31/05/1951
Oh! Susanna
Character:Lt. Col. Unger
Release Date:01/03/1951
California Passage
Character:Mike Prescott
Release Date:15/12/1950
Rock Island Trail
Character:Reed Loomis
Release Date:18/05/1950
The Nevadan
Character:Tom Tanner
Release Date:11/01/1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
Character:PFC Al J. Thomas
Release Date:01/01/1950
Brimstone
Character:Sheriff Henry McIntyre
Release Date:15/08/1949
Hellfire
Character:Marshall Bucky McLean
Release Date:29/05/1949
The Big Cat
Character:Gil Hawks
Release Date:01/04/1949
The Last Bandit
Character:Jim Plummer
Release Date:25/02/1949
The Plunderers
Character:Whit Lacey
Release Date:30/10/1948
Two Guys from Texas
Character:'Tex' Bennett
Release Date:27/08/1948
Coroner Creek
Character:Ernie Combs
Release Date:01/07/1948
Adventures in Silverado
Character:Zeke Butler
Release Date:25/03/1948
Gunfighters
Character:Ben Orcutt
Release Date:15/07/1947
The Yearling
Character:Lem Forrester
Release Date:18/12/1946
Never Say Goodbye
Character:Fenwick Lonkowski
Release Date:09/11/1946
Dangerous Business
Character:Clayton Russell
Release Date:20/06/1946
Renegades
Character:Frank Dembrow
Release Date:13/06/1946
The Man Who Dared
Character:Larry James
Release Date:30/05/1946
Talk About a Lady
Character:Bart Manners
Release Date:28/03/1946
Keeper of the Flame
Character:Geoff Midford
Release Date:01/04/1943
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Character:Whipper
Release Date:05/11/1942
The Spirit of Stanford
Character:Buzz Costello (uncredited)
Release Date:08/10/1942
My Sister Eileen
Character:Sandhog (uncredited)
Release Date:24/09/1942
Counter-Espionage
Character:Anton Schugg
Release Date:03/09/1942
Parachute Nurse
Character:Lt. Tucker
Release Date:06/08/1942
Submarine Raider
Character:Pulaski
Release Date:04/06/1942
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Character:Blond Bomber
Release Date:02/04/1942
Canal Zone
Character:Recruit Madigan
Release Date:19/03/1942
Shut My Big Mouth
Character:Red
Release Date:19/02/1942
Honolulu Lu
Character:Barney
Release Date:11/12/1941
New Wine
Character:Moritz
Release Date:10/09/1941
Emergency Landing
Character:Jerry Barton
Release Date:07/03/1941
The Westerner
Character:Wade Harper
Release Date:18/09/1940
Television Appearances
The World of Hammer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Tom Cassidy
Matt Houston
Character:Buck Turley
Filthy Rich
Character:
Flo
Character:
The Love Boat
Character:Sam Zachary
The Love Boat
Character:Tex
The Love Boat
Character:Tom Preston
Grizzly Adams
Character:Ernie
Once an Eagle
Character:Col. Avery
Alice
Character:
The Bionic Woman
Character:
Ellery Queen
Character:Clint McGraw
The Ghost Busters
Character:
S.W.A.T.
Character:
Police Woman
Character:O'Malley
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
Kojak
Character:Det. Paul Zachary
Dusty's Trail
Character:Wagonmaster Callahan
Columbo
Character:Bo Williamson
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
Night Gallery
Character:Dr. Ernest Stringfellow
Love, American Style
Character:John
Love, American Style
Character:Horton
Medical Center
Character:Ollie Wayne
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
Hondo
Character:
Ironside
Character:
F Troop
Character:Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke
Daniel Boone
Character:Joe Snag
Burke's Law
Character:Cyrus Smuts
Channing
Character:Major Don Landon
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Virginian
Character:Martin Evers
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Dr. Kildare
Character:Max Beemis
Bonanza
Character:Frank Ryan
Rawhide
Character:Dan Carlock
Wagon Train
Character:Rex Montana
Gunsmoke
Character:Brad McClain
Gunsmoke
Character:Adam Benteen
Gunsmoke
Character:John Charron
Gunsmoke
Character:Sergeant Holly
Gunsmoke
Character:Sgt. Emmett Holly
Gunsmoke
Character:Will Donavan
Climax!
Character:Chips Murphy
General Electric Theater
Character:Frank Marlowe
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Red Healey
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Steve MacGregor
Lux Video Theatre
Character:William Patterson
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Ken
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Bob Slater
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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