# Frederic Forrest

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 featured 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.

## Personal life

Forrest was born on December 23, 1936, in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Virginia Allee (née McSpadden) and Frederic Fenimore Forrest, a furniture store owner whose greenhouses provided plants for sale in retail stores. He served in the United States Army and later attended Texas Christian University, graduating in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. In 1993, he was a recipient of TCU's Distinguished Alumni Award.
Forrest was married three times: to his college girlfriend Nancy Whitaker from 1960 to 1963, to actress Marilu Henner from 1980 to 1983, and lastly to model Nina Dean in 1985. He did not have any children.
Forrest died at his home in Santa Monica, California, on June 23, 2023, at the age of 86.

## Career

During the 1960s, Frederic Forrest appeared in TV shows like "Dark Shadows" and "Gunsmoke."
In 1966, Forrest began acting on stage in an off-Broadway production of Viet Rock. His film debut was in When the Legends Die (1972).
Forrest was known for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, the neo-Nazi surplus store owner in Falling Down, and Dashiell Hammett in Hammett (1982) and Citizen Cohn (1992). He had a role as the Native American bandit Blue Duck in the 1989 miniseries, Lonesome Dove. He was Academy Award-nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his role in The Rose.
Forrest also appeared in Valley Girl, The Two Jakes, The Stone Boy, The Missouri Breaks, The Deliberate Stranger (TV), Promise Him Anything (TV), and horror maestro Dario Argento's first American film, Trauma.
On television, he played Captain Richard Jenko on the first season of the Fox Television series 21 Jump Street, in 1987. Forrest was subsequently replaced by actor Steven Williams, who played Captain Adam Fuller for the remainder of the series. In 1990, he appeared as private investigator Lomax in the BBC miniseries Die Kinder. He played Sgt. McSpadden in the U.S. Civil War-themed movie Andersonville and real-life U.S. Army General Earle Wheeler in 2002's Path to War, the final film of director John Frankenheimer.

## Filmography

List of film credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | Viet Rock | | |
| 1967 | Dark Shadows | Blue Whale customer | 1 episode, Uncredited |
| 1968 | The Filthy Five | Johnny Longo | (credited as 'Matt Garth') |
| 1969 | Futz! | Sugford | |
| 1972 | When the Legends Die | Tom Black Bull | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor |
| 1973 | The Don Is Dead | Tony Fargo | |
| 1974 | The Conversation | Mark | |
| 1974 | Larry | Larry Herman | TV movie |
| 1974 | The Gravy Train | Rut | |
| 1975 | Promise Him Anything | Paul Hunter | TV movie |
| 1975 | Permission to Kill | Scott Allison | |
| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | Cary | |
| 1978 | Ruby and Oswald | Lee Harvey Oswald | TV movie |
| 1978 | It Lives Again | Eugene Scott | |
| 1979 | $weepstake$ | | 1 episode |
| 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | Martin | Episode: "Word Games" |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Jay "Chef" Hicks | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (also for The Rose) |
| 1979 | Survival of Dana | Mr. Davis | TV Movie, Uncredited |
| 1979 | The Rose | Huston Dyer | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (also for Apocalypse Now) Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1982 | One From the Heart | Hank | |
| 1982 | Hammett | Hammett | |
| 1983 | Who Will Love My Children? | Ivan Fray | TV movie |
| 1983 | Valley Girl | Steve Richman | |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Bob Chesneau | TV movie |
| 1984 | The Parade | Matt Kirby | TV movie |
| 1984 | Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok | TV movie |
| 1984 | Best Kept Secrets | Blaise Dietz | TV movie |
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Andy Jansen | |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? | Petronius | TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes |
| 1985 | Return | Brian Stoving | |
| 1985 | Right To Kill? | Richard Jahnke, Sr. | TV movie |
| 1986 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Pap Finn | 1 episode |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Bob Keppel | TV Mini-Series |
| 1986 | Where are the Children? | Courtney Parrish | |
| 1987 | Stacking | Buster McGuire | |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Captain Richard Jenko | 6 episodes |
| 1988 | Little Girl Lost | Tim Brady | TV movie |
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Raoul Schumacher | TV movie |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Eddie | |
| 1988 | Gotham | Father George | TV movie |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Blue Duck | TV Mini-Series, 3 Episodes |
| 1989 | Margaret Bourke-White | Erskine Caldwell | TV movie |
| 1989 | Valentino Returns | Sonny Gibbs | |
| 1989 | Cat Chaser | Nolen Tyner | |
| 1989 | Music Box | Jack Burke | |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Chuck Newty | |
| 1990 | Die Kinder | Lomax | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | Twin Sisters | Delvaux | |
| 1992 | The Young Riders | Tommy Urbach | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Dashiell Hammett | TV movie |
| 1992 | The Habitation of Dragons | Leonard Tolliver | |
| 1992 | Rain Without Thunder | Warden | |
| 1992 | Double Obsession | Paul Harkness | Filmed in Boulder. Distributed by Tri-Star. Directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Nick, Nazi Surplus Store Owner | |
| 1993 | Trauma | Dr. Judd | |
| 1993 | Precious Victims | Sheriff Frank Yocom | |
| 1993 | Hidden Fears | Mike | |
| 1994 | Against the Wall | Weisbad | TV movie |
| 1994 | Chasers | Duane | |
| 1994 | Lassie | Sam Garland | |
| 1995 | One Night Stand | Michael Joslyn | |
| 1996 | Double Jeopardy | Jack | TV movie |
| 1996 | Andersonville | Sgt. McSpadden | TV Mini-Series |
| 1997 | Crash Dive | Adm. Pendleton | |
| 1997 | Alone | Carl | TV movie |
| 1997 | The Brave | Lou Sr. | |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Ranger MacDermot | |
| 1997 | One of Our Own | Maj. Ron Bridges | |
| 1998 | Boogie Boy | Edsel Dundee | |
| 1998 | Murphy Brown | Kenny | Episode: "A Man and a Woman" |
| 1998 | Point Blank | Mac Bradford | |
| 1998 | Whatever | Mr. Chaminski | |
| 1998 | Black Thunder | Admiral Pendleton | |
| 1998 | The First 9½ Weeks | David Millman | |
| 1998 | Implicated | Det. Luddy | |
| 1999 | Sweetwater | Alex (present day) | |
| 1999 | Shadow Lake | Roy Harman | TV movie |
| 2000 | Shadow Hours | Sean | |
| 2000 | A Piece of Eden | Paulo Tredici | |
| 2000 | The Spreading Ground | Det. Mike McGivern | |
| 2000 | Militia | William Fain | |
| 2002 | The House Next Door | Vernon Crank | |
| 2002 | Path to War | Earle Wheeler | TV movie |
| 2003 | The Quality of Light | David | |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Donald Stark | (final film role) |