William Forrest (actor)

William Forrest (October 10, 1902 – January 26, 1989) was an American theatre, film, and television actor.^[1]

William Forrest
Forrest in Rage at Dawn (1955)
Born	(1902-10-10)October 10, 1902 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	January 26, 1989(1989-01-26) (aged 86) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938–1977

Biography

Forest attended Princeton University, where he was a star in athletics. His acting career began in 1938 at the Pasadena Playhouse, and he appeared in more than 250 films between 1939 and 1977.^[2] He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in Santa Monica, California, from heart failure.^[3]

Partial filmography

• The Green Hornet Strikes Again (1940)
• The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
• The Secret Seven (1940)
• The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
• Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
• Of Pups and Puzzles (1941) (short)
• Daring Young Man (1942)
• Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as 1st Critic (uncredited)
• The Masked Marvel (1943)
• Good Morning, Judge (1943)
• The Fighting Seabees (1944)
• Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
• Girls of the Big House (1945)
• Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)
• The Caribbean Mystery (1945) as Colonel Lane
• Blind Spot (1947)
• Devil Ship (1947)
• The Devil on Wheels (1947)
• Dead Reckoning (1947) as Lt. Col. Simpson (uncredited)
• Miracle on 34th Street(1947) as Doctor Roger at Bellevue
• Trail of the Yukon (1949) as Banker John Dawson
• The Story of Seabiscuit (1949) as Thomas Milford
• Follow the Sun (1951)
• Jet Job (1952)
• Band of Angels (1957) as Aaron Starr (uncredited)
• Jailhouse Rock (1957) as Studio Head (uncredited)
• The Last Hurrah (1958)
• Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)

References

1. William Forrest at Forgotten Actors
2. No byline (February 5, 1989). "Actor William Forrest, 86; Played in 200 Movies, TV's "Rin Tin Tin"". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
3. No byline (February 7, 1989). "William Forrest, Actor, 86". The New York Times / Associated Press. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

External links

• William Forrest at IMDb
• William Forrest at the Internet Broadway Database