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Forrest Tucker
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Birthday
1919-02-12,Plainfield, Indiana, USA
Gender
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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

Filmography

6.1

Rage at Dawn
1955-03-26

6.3

Barquero
1970-07-29

Keeper of the Flame

6.6

Keeper of the Flame
1943-04-01

My Sister Eileen

6.7

My Sister Eileen
1942-09-24

6.1

Hoodlum Empire
1952-04-15

2

Jarrett
1973-03-17

The Spirit of Stanford

0

The Spirit of Stanford
1942-10-08

The Night They Raided Minsky's

5.6

The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968-12-22

7

The Westerner
1940-09-18

6

Coroner Creek
1948-07-01

5.5

Pony Express
1953-06-15

The Trollenberg Terror

4.7

The Trollenberg Terror
1958-07-07

Never Say Goodbye

6.1

Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09

The Abominable Snowman

6.2

The Abominable Snowman
1957-08-26

6.948

Auntie Mame
1958-12-04

6.7

Chisum
1970-07-23

5.4

Finger Man
1955-06-15

5.8

The Nevadan
1950-01-11

5.9

Crosswinds
1951-10-01

Sands of Iwo Jima

6.381

Sands of Iwo Jima
1950-01-01

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

3.5

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966-05-01

6.5

The Yearling
1946-12-18

5.2

Timestalkers
1987-03-10

4.9

Thunder Run
1985-10-22

The Strange World of Planet X

4.167

The Strange World of Planet X
1958-03-04

5.3

Gunfighters
1947-07-15

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

4.7

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976-08-01

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

5.2

Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977-08-31

5.9

Fort Massacre
1958-05-14

Bugles in the Afternoon

5

Bugles in the Afternoon
1952-03-04

Submarine Raider

5.2

Submarine Raider
1942-06-04

6.3

Montana Belle
1952-11-11

5.4

The Deerslayer
1957-09-10

A Real American Hero

4

A Real American Hero
1978-12-09

Incredible Rocky Mountain Race

3

Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
1977-12-17

Cancel My Reservation

5.3

Cancel My Reservation
1972-09-21

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

6

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981-07-09

Emergency Landing

5.8

Emergency Landing
1941-03-07

Trouble in the Glen

5.7

Trouble in the Glen
1954-06-15

4.6

Jubilee Trail
1954-05-15

The Wild Blue Yonder

6

The Wild Blue Yonder
1951-12-05

4

The Big Cat
1949-04-01

4.7

Counterplot
1959-10-01

5.6

The Plunderers
1948-10-30

0

Blood Feud
1983-04-25

5.8

Warpath
1951-11-22

Stagecoach To Fury

5

Stagecoach To Fury
1956-12-13

The Vanishing American

4

The Vanishing American
1955-11-17

6.4

The Quiet Gun
1957-07-18

5.8

Renegades
1946-06-13

6.5

Brimstone
1949-08-15

Break in the Circle

0

Break in the Circle
1955-01-01

The Man Who Dared

3.7

The Man Who Dared
1946-05-30

4.3

Laughing Anne
1953-09-01

Three Violent People

6.1

Three Violent People
1956-12-01

5.5

Flight Nurse
1953-11-15

Two Guys from Texas

6

Two Guys from Texas
1948-08-27

0

The Big Moment
1954-03-07

5

Oh! Susanna
1951-03-01

Hurricane Smith

6

Hurricane Smith
1952-10-02

Fighting Coast Guard

6.5

Fighting Coast Guard
1951-05-31

The Wild McCullochs

4

The Wild McCullochs
1975-05-21

Talk About a Lady

3

Talk About a Lady
1946-03-28

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

8

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972-01-30

Flaming Feather

5.8

Flaming Feather
1952-02-01

Dangerous Business

0

Dangerous Business
1946-06-20

Gunsmoke in Tucson

6

Gunsmoke in Tucson
1958-12-07

Rock Island Trail

6

Rock Island Trail
1950-05-18

Ride the Man Down

6.5

Ride the Man Down
1952-11-25

5

San Antone
1953-02-15

California Passage

4

California Passage
1950-12-15

0

The Rebels
1979-05-14

Parachute Nurse

5

Parachute Nurse
1942-08-06

Shut My Big Mouth

10

Shut My Big Mouth
1942-02-19

0

Night Freight
1955-08-28

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

3.5

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942-04-02

Counter-Espionage

6.2

Counter-Espionage
1942-09-03

4.2

Honolulu Lu
1941-12-11

5.8

Hellfire
1949-05-29

5.5

Canal Zone
1942-03-19

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

5

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942-11-05

0

Outtakes
1987-08-01

Adventures in Silverado

5

Adventures in Silverado
1948-03-25

The Last Bandit

6

The Last Bandit
1949-02-25

0

Footsteps
1972-10-03

0

New Wine
1941-09-10

Paris Follies of 1956

0

Paris Follies of 1956
1955-11-27

0

Rare Breed
1984-10-10

A Boy Called Nuthin’

0

A Boy Called Nuthin’
1967-12-10

La Classe américaine

7.677

La Classe américaine
1993-12-31

Girl in the Woods

0

Girl in the Woods
1958-06-01

0

Cat Ballou
1971-09-06

0

Doc
1969-07-28

7

Alice
1976-08-31

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

The Ghost Busters

7

The Ghost Busters
1975-09-06

5

Flo
1980-03-21

6.1

F Troop
1965-09-14

Little House on the Prairie

8

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

The Bionic Woman

7

The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14

Alias Smith and Jones

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

6.9

Kojak
1973-10-24

5

Dusty's Trail
1973-09-11

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.8

Night Gallery
1970-12-16

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

General Electric Theater

5.5

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

5

Filthy Rich
1982-08-09

6.9

Ironside
1967-03-28

7

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.3

Police Woman
1974-09-13

6.9

Daniel Boone
1964-09-24

7.037

S.W.A.T.
1975-02-24

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.4

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967-09-09

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

2.7

Climax!
1954-10-07

6.2

Hondo
1967-09-08

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

7

Grizzly Adams
1977-02-09

5.4

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

7

Channing
1963-09-18

6.291

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

8.1

Columbo
1971-09-15

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.5

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The Ford Television Theatre

6

The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02

6.4

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

7.4

Ellery Queen
1975-09-11

The Mike Douglas Show

4.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

6.291

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.291

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.2

Matt Houston
1982-09-26

6.8

Once an Eagle
1976-12-02

6.1

Medical Center
1969-09-24