Frederic Forrest
Born: 1936-12-23 in Waxahachie, Texas, USA
Died: 2023-06-23
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
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
- Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later as Self
2002
- The House Next Door as Vernon Crank
2000
- Militia as William Fain
- Shadow Hours as Sean
- Spreading Ground as Michael McGivern
- A Piece of Eden as Paulo Tredici
1999
- Shadow Lake as Lt. Roy Harman
- Implicated as Det. Luddy
1998
- Point Blank as Mac Bradford
- The First 9½ Weeks as David Millman
- Boogie Boy as Edsel Dundee
- Black Thunder as The Admiral
- Whatever as Mr. Chaminski
- One of Our Own as Maj. Ron Bridges
1997
- The Brave as Lou Sr.
- The End of Violence as MacDermot
- Crash Dive as Admiral Pendleton
- Alone as Carl
1996
- Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden
- Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden
- Double Jeopardy as Jack
1995
- One Night Stand as Michael Joslyn
1994
- Chasers as Duane, Mechanic
- Lassie as Sam Garland
- Against the Wall as Weisbad
1993
- Falling Down as Surplus Store Owner
- Trauma as Dr. Judd
- Rain Without Thunder as Walker Point Warden
- Hidden Fears as Mike
- Precious Victims as Sheriff Frank
1992
- Citizen Cohn as Dashiell Hammett
- Double Obsession as Paul Harkness
- Twin Sisters as Delvaux
- The Habitation of Dragons as Leonard Tolliver
1991
1990
- The Two Jakes as Chuck Newty
- Die Kinder as Lomax
1989
- Lonesome Dove as Blue Duck
- Music Box as Jack Burke
- Cat Chaser as Nolen Tyner
- Margaret Bourke-White as Erskine Caldwell
- Valentino Returns as Sonny Gibbs
1988
- Murphy Brown
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Eddie
- Gotham as Father George
- Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Raoul Schumacher
- Little Girl Lost as Tim Brady
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Richard Jenko
- Stacking as Buster McGuire
1986
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Pap Finn
- The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel
- The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel
- Where are the Children? as Courtney Parrish
1985
- Quo Vadis? as Petronius
- Right to Kill? as Richard Jahnke, Sr.
- Return as Brian Stoving
1984
- The Parade as Matt Kirby
- The Stone Boy as Andy Jansen
- Best Kept Secrets as Blaise Dietz
- Calamity Jane as Wild Bill Hickok
1983
- Valley Girl as Steve Richman
- Who Will Love My Children? as Ivan Fray
- Saigon: Year of the Cat as Bob Chesneau
1982
- One from the Heart as Hank
- Hammett as Hammett
1979
- Apocalypse Now as Jay 'Chef' Hicks
- Mrs. Columbo
- $weepstake$
- The Rose as Huston Dyer
- The Survival of Dana as Mr. Davis
1978
- It Lives Again as Eugene Scott
- Ruby and Oswald as Lee Harvey Oswald
1976
- The Missouri Breaks as Cary
1975
- Permission to Kill as Scott Allison
- Promise Him Anything as Paul Hunter
1974
- The Conversation as Mark
- The Dion Brothers as Russell (Rut) Dion
- Larry as Larry Herman
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