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

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

Boogie Boy as Edsel Dundee
The First 9½ Weeks as David Millman
Black Thunder as The Admiral
Point Blank as Mac Bradford
One of Our Own as Maj. Ron Bridges
Whatever as Mr. Chaminski

1997

The Brave as Lou Sr.
The End of Violence as MacDermot
Crash Dive as Admiral Pendleton
Alone as Carl

1996

Double Jeopardy as Jack
Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden
Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden

1995

One Night Stand as Michael Joslyn

1994

Lassie as Sam Garland
Chasers as Duane, Mechanic
Against the Wall as Weisbad

1993

Falling Down as Surplus Store Owner
Trauma as Dr. Judd
Hidden Fears as Mike
Precious Victims as Sheriff Frank
Rain Without Thunder as Walker Point Warden

1992

Twin Sisters as Delvaux
Citizen Cohn as Dashiell Hammett
Double Obsession as Paul Harkness
The Habitation of Dragons as Leonard Tolliver

1991

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self

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
Valentino Returns as Sonny Gibbs
Margaret Bourke-White as Erskine Caldwell

1988

Murphy Brown
Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Eddie
Gotham as Father George
Little Girl Lost as Tim Brady
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Raoul Schumacher

1987

21 Jump Street as Richard Jenko
Stacking as Buster McGuire

1986

The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Pap Finn
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 Stone Boy as Andy Jansen
Calamity Jane as Wild Bill Hickok
The Parade as Matt Kirby
Best Kept Secrets as Blaise Dietz

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
Larry as Larry Herman
The Dion Brothers as Russell (Rut) Dion

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