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Aliases: Forrest Meredith Tucker , فارست تاکر

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Plainfield, Indiana, USA

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Movie Involvements: 72

TV Involvements: 23


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

Most Famous Work

Robert Montgomery Presents
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4

Robert Montgomery Presents

(1950) Bob Slater
Bonanza
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8

Bonanza

(1959) Frank Ryan
Burke's Law
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6

Burke's Law

(1963) Cyrus Smuts
Columbo
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8

Columbo

(1971) Bo Williamson
Murder, She Wrote
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8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Tom Cassidy
Gunsmoke
Average
7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Will Donavan
The Virginian
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6

The Virginian

(1962) Martin Evers
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Chips Murphy

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1993 The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987 Himself
Texas John Cody
1985 Charlie Morrison
1984 N/A
Tom Cassidy
1983 Lyndon B. Johnson
1982 Buck Turley
N/A
1981 Duke
1980 N/A
1979 Angus Fletcher
1978 Carl Pusser
1977 Tex
Tom Preston
Sam Zachary
Carl
N/A
Mike Fink
1976 N/A
Wagonmaster Callahan
N/A
1975 Clint McGraw
N/A
J. J. McCulloch
N/A
1974 N/A
N/A
1973 Det. Paul Zachary
Wagonmaster Callahan
Rev. Vocal Simpson
1972 Bradford Emmons
Reese
Harry McMartin
1971 Bo Williamson
Kid Sheleen
N/A
1970 Dr. Ernest Stringfellow
Mountain Phil
Lawrence Murphy
1969 Dr. Jason Fillmore
1968 Trim Houlihan
1967 Turkeyneck
Self
N/A
N/A
1966 Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited)
1965 Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke
1964 Joe Snag
1963 Cyrus Smuts
Major Don Landon
1962 Martin Evers
1961 Self
Max Beemis
1959 Brock Miller
Frank Ryan
Dan Carlock
1958 John Brazos
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Alan Brooks
Steve Cory
McGurney
Gil Graham
1957 Rex Montana
Harry March
Tom Friend
Sheriff Carl Brandon
1956 Frank Townsend
Deputy Commissioner Cable
1955 Dan Bradley
Morgan
Brad McClain
Adam Benteen
John Charron
Sergeant Holly
Sgt. Emmett Holly
Will Donavan
Mike Peters
Dutch Becker
Frank Reno
Baron Keller
1954 Chips Murphy
Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
John Ives
Uri
1953 Capt. Bill Eaton
Jem Farrell
James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
Frank Marlowe
1952 Sam Danfelser
Mac
Red Healey
Dan McGuire
Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli
Donavan
Lt. Tom Blaine
1951 Maj. Tom West
Sgt. O'Hara
Steve MacGregor
'Jumbo' Johnson
Bill Rourk
Lt. Col. Unger
1950 Mike Prescott
William Patterson
Ken
Reed Loomis
Bob Slater
Tom Tanner
PFC Al J. Thomas
1949 Sheriff Henry McIntyre
Marshall Bucky McLean
Gil Hawks
Jim Plummer
1948 Whit Lacey
'Tex' Bennett
Ernie Combs
Self
Zeke Butler
1947 Ben Orcutt
1946 Lem Forrester
Fenwick Lonkowski
Clayton Russell
Frank Dembrow
Larry James
Bart Manners
1943 Geoff Midford
1942 Whipper
Buzz Costello (uncredited)
Sandhog (uncredited)
Anton Schugg
Lt. Tucker
Pulaski
Blond Bomber
Recruit Madigan
Red
1941 Barney
Moritz
Jerry Barton
1940 Wade Harper
Year Character Movie/Tv

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