Frederic Forrest

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1936-12-23

Place of Birth

Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Frederic Forrest

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederic Forrest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2025
Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
All the King's Men as Willie's Father
2004
The Dream Studio as self
2003
Path to War as Earle G. Wheeler
2003
Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later as Self
2002
The House Next Door as Vernon Crank
2000
Militia as William Fain
2000
A Piece of Eden as Paulo Tredici
2000
Shadow Hours as Sean
2000
Spreading Ground as Michael McGivern
1999
Shadow Lake as Lt. Roy Harman
1999
Implicated as Det. Luddy
1998
The First 9½ Weeks as David Millman
1998
Black Thunder as The Admiral
1998
One of Our Own as Maj. Ron Bridges
1998
Whatever as Mr. Chaminski
1998
Point Blank as Mac Bradford
1998
Boogie Boy as Edsel Dundee
1997
Alone as Carl
1997
The End of Violence as MacDermot
1997
The Brave as Lou Sr.
1997
Crash Dive as Admiral Pendleton
1996
Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden
1996
Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden
1996
Double Jeopardy as Jack
1995
One Night Stand as Michael Joslyn
1994
Lassie as Sam Garland
1994
Chasers as Duane, Mechanic
1994
Against the Wall as Weisbad
1993
Hidden Fears as Mike
1993
Precious Victims as Sheriff Frank
1993
Trauma as Dr. Judd
1993
Falling Down as Surplus Store Owner
1993
Rain Without Thunder as Walker Point Warden
1992
The Habitation of Dragons as Leonard Tolliver
1992
Citizen Cohn as Dashiell Hammett
1992
Twin Sisters as Delvaux
1992
Double Obsession as Paul Harkness
1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
1990
Die Kinder as Lomax
1990
The Two Jakes as Chuck Newty
1989
Music Box as Jack Burke
1989
Cat Chaser as Nolen Tyner
1989
Valentino Returns as Sonny Gibbs
1989
Margaret Bourke-White as Erskine Caldwell
1989
Lonesome Dove as Blue Duck
1988
Murphy Brown
1988
Gotham as Father George
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Eddie
1988
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Raoul Schumacher
1988
Little Girl Lost as Tim Brady
1987
21 Jump Street as Captain Richard Jenko
1987
Stacking as Buster McGuire
1986
Where Are the Children? as Courtney Parrish
1986
The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel
1986
The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel
1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Pap Finn
1985
Return as Brian Stoving
1985
Right to Kill? as Richard Jahnke, Sr.
1985
Quo Vadis? as Petronius
1984
Who Will Love My Children? as Ivan Fray
1984
The Stone Boy as Andy Jansen
1984
Best Kept Secrets as Blaise Dietz
1984
Calamity Jane as Wild Bill Hickok
1984
The Parade as Matt Kirby
1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat as Bob Chesneau
1983
Valley Girl as Steve Richman
1982
Hammett as Hammett
1982
One from the Heart as Hank
1979
The Rose as Huston Dyer
1979
The Survival of Dana as Mr. Davis
1979
Apocalypse Now as Jay 'Chef' Hicks
1979
Mrs. Columbo
1979
$weepstake$
1978
It Lives Again as Eugene Scott
1978
Ruby and Oswald as Lee Harvey Oswald
1976
The Missouri Breaks as Cary
1975
Permission to Kill as Scott Allison
1975
Promise Him Anything as Paul Hunter
1974
The Dion Brothers as Russell (Rut) Dion
1974
Larry as Larry Herman
1974
The Conversation as Mark
1973
The Don Is Dead as Tony Fargo
1972
When the Legends Die as Tom Black Bull
1969
Futz as Sugford
1968
The Filthy Five as Johnny Longo