Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker

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
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1919-02-12
Place of Birth: Plainfield, Indiana, USA
Also Known As: Forrest Meredith Tucker

Movies List of Forrest Tucker

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Rage at Dawn

1955 Movie
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Barquero

1970 Movie
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Keeper of the Flame

1943 Movie
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My Sister Eileen

1942 Movie
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Hoodlum Empire

1952 Movie
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Jarrett

1973 Movie
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The Westerner

1940 Movie
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Coroner Creek

1948 Movie
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Pony Express

1953 Movie
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Never Say Goodbye

1946 Movie
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Auntie Mame

1958 Movie
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Chisum

1970 Movie
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The Nevadan

1950 Movie
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Finger Man

1955 Movie
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Crosswinds

1951 Movie
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Sands of Iwo Jima

1950 Movie
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The Yearling

1946 Movie
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Timestalkers

1987 Movie
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Thunder Run

1985 Movie
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Gunfighters

1947 Movie
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Fort Massacre

1958 Movie
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Submarine Raider

1942 Movie
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Montana Belle

1952 Movie
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The Deerslayer

1957 Movie
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A Real American Hero

1978 Movie
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Cancel My Reservation

1972 Movie
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Emergency Landing

1941 Movie
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Trouble in the Glen

1954 Movie
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Jubilee Trail

1954 Movie
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The Wild Blue Yonder

1951 Movie
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The Big Cat

1949 Movie
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Counterplot

1959 Movie
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The Plunderers

1948 Movie
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Blood Feud

1983 Movie
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Warpath

1951 Movie
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Stagecoach To Fury

1956 Movie
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The Quiet Gun

1957 Movie
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Renegades

1946 Movie
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Brimstone

1949 Movie
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Break in the Circle

1955 Movie
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The Man Who Dared

1946 Movie
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Laughing Anne

1953 Movie
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Three Violent People

1956 Movie
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Flight Nurse

1953 Movie
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Two Guys from Texas

1948 Movie
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The Big Moment

1954 Movie
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Oh! Susanna

1951 Movie
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Hurricane Smith

1952 Movie
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Fighting Coast Guard

1951 Movie
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The Wild McCullochs

1975 Movie
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Talk About a Lady

1946 Movie
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Flaming Feather

1952 Movie
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Dangerous Business

1946 Movie
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Gunsmoke in Tucson

1958 Movie
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Rock Island Trail

1950 Movie
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Ride the Man Down

1952 Movie
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San Antone

1953 Movie
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California Passage

1950 Movie
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The Rebels

1979 Movie
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Parachute Nurse

1942 Movie
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Shut My Big Mouth

1942 Movie
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Night Freight

1955 Movie
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

1942 Movie
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Counter-Espionage

1942 Movie
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Honolulu Lu

1941 Movie
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Hellfire

1949 Movie
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Canal Zone

1942 Movie
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Outtakes

1987 Movie
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The Last Bandit

1949 Movie
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Footsteps

1972 Movie
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New Wine

1941 Movie
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Paris Follies of 1956

1955 Movie
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Rare Breed

1984 Movie
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La Classe américaine

1993 Movie
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Girl in the Woods

1958 Movie
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Cat Ballou

1971 Movie
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Doc

1969 Movie