A ruggedly handsome action man of the 1960s and '70s, Steve Forrest was born William Forrest Andrews in Huntsville, Texas, the youngest of thirteen children of Annis (Speed) and Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister. His brother was actor Dana Andrews. Forrest began his screen career as a small part contract player with MGM. In 1942, Steve ...
| Net Worth | $1.6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | March 21, 1904 |
| Died | July 26, 2016, Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Huntsville, Texas, USA |
| Height | 6' 3" (1.91 m) |
| Profession | Businessperson |
| Education | The Hotchkiss School, Yale University, New York University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Deborah Adair Clarke, Virginia Cretella |
| Children | Victoria B. Mars, Pamela Diane Mars, Valerie Anne Mars, Marijke Elizabeth Mars |
| Parents | Ethel V. Mars, Franklin Clarence Mars |
| Siblings | Jacqueline Mars, John Franklyn Mars, John Mars |
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| Star Sign | Libra |
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| 1 | He outlived all of his twelve siblings. |
| 2 | He and his elder brother Dana Andrews made guest appearances in consecutive episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959): Andrews in The Twilight Zone: No Time Like the Past (1963) and Forrest in The Twilight Zone: The Parallel (1963). |
| 3 | He originally began his career as a beefcake model. |
| 4 | Was a staunch conservative Republican. |
| 5 | Made a cameo appearance as the team's van driver in S.W.A.T. (2003) the film version of his S.W.A.T. (1975) series, in which Samuel L. Jackson' played Forrest's lead role of Hondo. |
| 6 | As a stagehand at La Jolla Playhouse near San Diego, CA in the early 1950s, Forrest was discovered by Gregory Peck, who helped him get his first screen test which led to a contract with MGM. |
| 7 | Was the 12th of 13 children of Baptist minister Charles Andrews. After Army service in World War II, including fighting at the ferocious Battle of the Bulge, he graduated from UCLA, with a degree in theater. |
| 8 | Three sons: Michael, Forrest and Stephen. |
| 9 | Sixteen years younger than his more famous brother, actor Dana Andrews. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Steve Archer / Joe Rogers |
| Climax! | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Tom Gardener / Pete Mayer / Ben |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1957 | TV Series | Matt Barker |
| The Living Idol | 1957 | Terry Matthews |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Matt Bowers |
| The Loretta Young Show | 1956 | TV Series | Mark Carter |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | 1956 | Steve Forrest (uncredited) |
| Bedevilled | 1955 | Gregory Fitzgerald |
| The Long Gray Line | 1955 | Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Rogue Cop | 1954 | Eddie Kelvaney |
| Prisoner of War | 1954 | Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton |
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue | 1954 | Prof. Paul Dupin |
| Take the High Ground! | 1953 | Lobo Naglaski |
| So Big | 1953 | Dirk DeJong |
| The Band Wagon | 1953 | Passenger on Train (uncredited) |
| Dream Wife | 1953 | Louis |
| I Love Melvin | 1953 | Photographer on Crane (uncredited) |
| Battle Circus | 1953 | Sergeant |
| Last of the Comanches | 1953 | Lt. Floyd (uncredited) |
| The Clown | 1953 | Young Man |
| The Bad and the Beautiful | 1952 | Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited) |
| Geisha Girl | 1952 | Rocky Wilson (as William Andrews) |
| Sealed Cargo | 1951 | Holtz (uncredited) |
| The Ghost Ship | 1943 | Sailor (uncredited) |
| S.W.A.T. | 2003 | SWAT Truck Driver |
| Team Knight Rider | 1997-1998 | TV Series | Shadow |
| Promised Land | 1996 | TV Series | Patrick Shea |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1986-1996 | TV Series | Captain Ned Larkin / Max Teller / Lt. Paul Stratton / ... |
| The Client | 1996 | TV Series | Buck Foltrigg |
| Killer: A Journal of Murder | 1995 | Warden Charles Casey |
| Columbo | 1992 | TV Series | Big Fred |
| Storyville | 1992 | Judge Quentin Murdoch |
| L.A. Law | 1991 | TV Series | Leonard Bey |
| Dream On | 1990 | TV Series | Eden Pilott |
| Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | 1987 | TV Movie | Will Mannon |
| Amazon Women on the Moon | 1987 | Capt. Steve Nelson (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon") |
| Dallas | 1986 | TV Series | Wes Parmalee / Ben Stivers |
| Spies Like Us | 1985 | General Sline |
| Hollywood Wives | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Ross Conti |
| Finder of Lost Loves | 1984 | TV Series | James Osborne |
| Hotel | 1984 | TV Series | Gil Strider |
| Sahara | 1983 | Gordon |
| Malibu | 1983 | TV Movie | Rich Bradley |
| Hotline | 1982 | TV Movie | Tom Hunter |
| The Manions of America | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | James Kent |
| Mommie Dearest | 1981 | Greg Savitt |
| Roughnecks | 1980 | TV Movie | Paul Marshall |
| A Rumor of War | 1980 | TV Mini-Series | Col. Atherton |
| Condominium | 1980 | TV Series | Gus Garver |
| North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Conrad Hunter |
| Captain America | 1979 | TV Movie | Lou Brackett |
| The Deerslayer | 1978 | TV Movie | Hawkeye |
| Fantasy Island | 1978 | TV Series | Jordan Montgomery |
| Maneaters Are Loose! | 1978 | TV Movie | David Birk |
| Last of the Mohicans | 1977 | TV Movie | Hawkeye |
| Testimony of Two Men | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Martin Eaton |
| Wanted: The Sundance Woman | 1976 | TV Movie | Detective Charlie Siringo |
| S.W.A.T. | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Lieutenant Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1968-1975 | TV Series | Jim Tanner / Jr. Narrator |
| The Rookies | 1975 | TV Series |
| The Hatfields and the McCoys | 1975 | TV Movie | Randall McCoy |
| Cannon | 1974 | TV Series | Arthur Rogers |
| Kodiak | 1974 | TV Series |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | 1974 | TV Series | Quail |
| The Hanged Man | 1974 | TV Movie | James Devlin |
| McMillan & Wife | 1974 | TV Series | Mark Erickson |
| Love, American Style | 1974 | TV Series | Don Finletter (segment "Love and the Flying Finletters") |
| Gunsmoke | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Scott Coltrane / Cord Wrecken / Cole Morgan / ... |
| Medical Center | 1970-1973 | TV Series | Alex / Dr. Eric Canford |
| Night Gallery | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Grant Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") / Sam Dichter (segment "The Waiting Room") |
| The Wide World of Mystery | 1973 | TV Series | State Police Officer |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1973 | TV Series | Art Styles |
| Ironside | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Aaron Clark / Sheriff Harvey Poole |
| The Magic of Walt Disney World | 1972 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Hec Ramsey | 1972 | TV Series | Wes Durham |
| Circle of Fear | 1972 | TV Series | Andrew Alcott |
| The Sixth Sense | 1972 | TV Series | Glenn Tuttle |
| Alias Smith and Jones | 1972 | TV Series | Jake Halloran |
| Nichols | 1971 | TV Series | Sam Yeager |
| Mission: Impossible | 1971 | TV Series | Edward Granger |
| The Late Liz | 1971 | Jim Hatch |
| Insight | 1964-1971 | TV Series | David |
| Men at Law | 1971 | TV Series | Cole Deland |
| The F.B.I. | 1971 | TV Series | Lee Barrington |
| The Wild Country | 1970 | Jim Tanner |
| The Name of the Game | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Hank Frazer / Colonel Walter Royce / Sheriff A.J. Ward |
| The High Chaparral | 1970 | TV Series | Johnny Rondo |
| Bonanza | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Dan Logan / Josh Tanner |
| Rascal | 1969 | Willard North |
| The Legend of Robin Hood | 1968 | TV Series | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| Cimarron Strip | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Clayton Tyce / Wiley Harpe |
| The Baron | 1966-1967 | TV Series | John Mannering 'The Baron' |
| The Man in a Looking Glass | 1965 | TV Movie | John Mannering 'The Baron' |
| Will Banner | 1965 | TV Movie | Will Banner |
| Burke's Law | 1965 | TV Series | Jocko Creighton |
| The Fugitive | 1965 | TV Series | Barry Craft |
| Rawhide | 1965 | TV Series | Cable |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Mike Taggart / David Buchanan |
| 12 O'Clock High | 1965 | TV Series | Maj. Peter Gray |
| The Virginian | 1963-1964 | TV Series | James Templeton / Roger Layton |
| Death Valley Days | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Senator William E. Borah |
| Arrest and Trial | 1964 | TV Series | Reverend Bill Hewitt |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | 1963 | TV Series |
| The Yellow Canary | 1963 | Hub Wiley |
| The Twilight Zone | 1963 | TV Series | Major Robert Gaines |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | Roger Canfield |
| The Longest Day | 1962 | Capt. Harding |
| Wide Country | 1962 | TV Series | Royce Bennett |
| Bus Stop | 1962 | TV Series | Alan Billings |
| Target: The Corruptors | 1961 | TV Series | T.C. Miller |
| The Second Time Around | 1961 | Dan Jones |
| The Foxes | 1961 | TV Movie |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1961 | TV Series | Major Anderson |
| Flaming Star | 1960 | Clint Burton |
| Outlaws | 1960 | TV Series | Rance Hollister |
| 5 Branded Women | 1960 | Sargeant Paul Keller |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1960 | TV Series | Mike Bagley |
| Alcoa Theatre | 1960 | TV Series | Mark Fordham |
| Heller in Pink Tights | 1960 | Clint Mabry |
| It Happened to Jane | 1959 | Lawrence Clay 'Larry' Hall |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Chris Hody |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Harpenning Brothers / Sam Rayford / Eddie Martin |
