Frederic Forrest

Actor Dec 23 (died age 86) Waxahachie, Texas, USA 1968–2025 (57 year career)

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Biography

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 prominent 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 …

Known For

Film

Apocalypse Now

Jay 'Chef' Hicks

Film

Falling Down

Surplus Store Owner

Film

The Conversation

Mark

Film

Return

Brian Stoving

Film

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Self

Film

Lonesome Dove

Blue Duck

Film

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Eddie

Film

Music Box

Jack Burke

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (77)

Films to Die For

2025

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

All the King's Men

2006

as Willie's Father

5.8

The Dream Studio

2004

as self

Path to War

2003

as Earle G. Wheeler

6.7

Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later

2003

as Self

The House Next Door

as Vernon Crank

Militia

as William Fain

Shadow Hours

as Sean

Spreading Ground

as Michael McGivern

A Piece of Eden

as Paulo Tredici

Implicated

as Det. Luddy

Shadow Lake

as Lt. Roy Harman

Boogie Boy

as Edsel Dundee

One of Our Own

as Maj. Ron Bridges

Black Thunder

as The Admiral

The First 9½ Weeks

as David Millman

Whatever

as Mr. Chaminski

Point Blank

as Mac Bradford

The End of Violence

as MacDermot

Alone

as Carl

The Brave

as Lou Sr.

Crash Dive

as Admiral Pendleton

Double Jeopardy

as Jack

Andersonville

as Sgt. McSpadden

One Night Stand

as Michael Joslyn

Chasers

as Duane, Mechanic

Lassie

as Sam Garland

Against the Wall

as Weisbad

Falling Down

as Surplus Store Owner

Trauma

as Dr. Judd

Precious Victims

as Sheriff Frank

Rain Without Thunder

as Walker Point Warden

3.8

Hidden Fears

1993

as Mike

The Habitation of Dragons

as Leonard Tolliver

Twin Sisters

as Delvaux

Citizen Cohn

as Dashiell Hammett

Double Obsession

as Paul Harkness

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

as Self

The Two Jakes

as Chuck Newty

Cat Chaser

as Nolen Tyner

Music Box

as Jack Burke

Margaret Bourke-White

1989

as Erskine Caldwell

Valentino Returns

1989

as Sonny Gibbs

0.9

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

as Eddie

Gotham

as Father George

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

as Raoul Schumacher

Little Girl Lost

as Tim Brady

Stacking

as Buster McGuire

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1986

as Pap Finn

6.7

Where are the Children?

1986

as Courtney Parrish

6.0

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

as Det. Bob Keppel

6.2

Right to Kill?

1985

as Richard Jahnke, Sr.

Return

as Brian Stoving

Best Kept Secrets

as Blaise Dietz

Calamity Jane

as Wild Bill Hickok

The Stone Boy

as Andy Jansen

The Parade

as Matt Kirby

Who Will Love My Children?

1984

as Ivan Fray

6.2

Saigon: Year of the Cat

as Bob Chesneau

Valley Girl

as Steve Richman

One from the Heart

as Hank

Hammett

as Hammett

Apocalypse Now

as Jay 'Chef' Hicks

The Rose

as Huston Dyer

The Survival of Dana

as Mr. Davis

Ruby and Oswald

as Lee Harvey Oswald

It Lives Again

as Eugene Scott

The Missouri Breaks

as Cary

Permission to Kill

as Scott Allison

Promise Him Anything

as Paul Hunter

The Conversation

1974

as Mark

7.5

The Dion Brothers

1974

as Russell (Rut) Dion

Larry

as Larry Herman

The Don Is Dead

as Tony Fargo

When the Legends Die

as Tom Black Bull

Futz

as Sugford

The Filthy Five

as Johnny Longo

Television (9)

Andersonville

as Sgt. McSpadden

Die Kinder

as Lomax

Lonesome Dove

as Blue Duck

Murphy Brown

21 Jump Street

as Richard Jenko

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

as Det. Bob Keppel

Quo Vadis?

as Petronius

Mrs. Columbo

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