8.5
8.5
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Red
Forrest Tucker
Also known as: Forrest Meredith Tucker
Acting
Born:February 12, 1919
Died:October 25, 1986(aged 67)
Birthplace:Plainfield, Indiana, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Washington-Liberty High School
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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 (89 movies)
8.0
8.0
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Harry McMartin
7.1
7.1
The Westerner
1940
as Wade Harper
7.0
7.0
Auntie Mame
1958
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
6.7
6.7
Chisum
1970
as Lawrence Murphy
6.6
6.6
Keeper of the Flame
1943
as Geoff Midford
6.6
6.6
The Yearling
1946
as Lem Forrester
6.5
6.5
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Bill Rourk
6.5
6.5
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Sam Danfelser
6.4
6.4
The Quiet Gun
1957
as Sheriff Carl Brandon
6.4
6.4
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as PFC Al J. Thomas
6.3
6.3
Brimstone
1949
as Sheriff Henry McIntyre
6.2
6.2
Barquero
1970
as Mountain Phil
6.2
6.2
Counter-Espionage
1942
as Anton Schugg
6.2
6.2
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Fenwick Lonkowski
6.2
6.2
The Abominable Snowman
1957
as Tom Friend
6.2
6.2
Hurricane Smith
1952
as Dan McGuire
6.1
6.1
Coroner Creek
1948
as Ernie Combs
6.1
6.1
Fort Massacre
1958
as McGurney
6.1
6.1
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Frank Reno
6.1
6.1
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli
6.1
6.1
Hellfire
1949
as Marshall Bucky McLean
6.0
6.0
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
as Duke
6.0
6.0
Two Guys from Texas
1948
as 'Tex' Bennett
6.0
6.0
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951
as Maj. Tom West
6.0
6.0
The Last Bandit
1949
as Jim Plummer
6.0
6.0
Rock Island Trail
1950
as Reed Loomis
5.9
5.9
Three Violent People
1956
as Deputy Commissioner Cable
5.9
5.9
Montana Belle
1952
as Mac
5.8
5.8
Emergency Landing
1941
as Jerry Barton
5.8
5.8
The Nevadan
1950
as Tom Tanner
5.8
5.8
Warpath
1951
as Sgt. O'Hara
5.8
5.8
Flaming Feather
1952
as Lt. Tom Blaine
5.7
5.7
Trouble in the Glen
1954
as Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
5.6
5.6
Crosswinds
1951
as 'Jumbo' Johnson
5.6
5.6
The Plunderers
1948
as Whit Lacey
5.6
5.6
The Deerslayer
1957
as Harry March
5.6
5.6
Gunfighters
1947
as Ben Orcutt
5.6
5.6
Pony Express
1953
as James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
5.5
5.5
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968
as Trim Houlihan
5.5
5.5
Flight Nurse
1953
as Capt. Bill Eaton
5.5
5.5
Canal Zone
1942
as Recruit Madigan
5.3
5.3
Gunsmoke in Tucson
1958
as John Brazos
5.3
5.3
Cancel My Reservation
1972
as Reese
5.3
5.3
Timestalkers
1987
as Texas John Cody
5.3
5.3
Finger Man
1955
as Dutch Becker
5.2
5.2
Renegades
1946
as Frank Dembrow
5.2
5.2
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952
as Donavan
5.1
5.1
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
as Carl
5.0
5.0
Submarine Raider
1942
as Pulaski
5.0
5.0
Parachute Nurse
1942
as Lt. Tucker
5.0
5.0
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942
as Whipper
5.0
5.0
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Frank Townsend
5.0
5.0
Oh! Susanna
1951
as Lt. Col. Unger
5.0
5.0
Break in the Circle
1955
as Baron Keller
5.0
5.0
Adventures in Silverado
1948
as Zeke Butler
5.0
5.0
San Antone
1953
as Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
5.0
5.0
A Boy Called Nuthin’
1967
as Turkeyneck
4.8
4.8
Jubilee Trail
1954
as John Ives
4.8
4.8
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976
as Wagonmaster Callahan
4.7
4.7
The Crawling Eye
1958
as Alan Brooks
4.7
4.7
Counterplot
1959
as Brock Miller
4.3
4.3
Laughing Anne
1953
as Jem Farrell
4.2
4.2
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Barney
4.2
4.2
The Strange World of Planet X
1958
as Gil Graham
4.1
4.1
Thunder Run
1985
as Charlie Morrison
4.0
4.0
California Passage
1950
as Mike Prescott
4.0
4.0
The Vanishing American
1955
as Morgan
3.7
3.7
The Wild McCullochs
1975
as J. J. McCulloch
3.5
3.5
Jarrett
1973
as Rev. Vocal Simpson
3.5
3.5
The Big Cat
1949
as Gil Hawks
3.5
3.5
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942
as Blond Bomber
3.0
3.0
A Real American Hero
1978
as Carl Pusser
3.0
3.0
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
1977
as Mike Fink
3.0
3.0
Talk About a Lady
1946
as Bart Manners
3.0
3.0
The Man Who Dared
1946
as Larry James
1.0
1.0
Outtakes
1987
as Himself
Dangerous Business
1946
as Clayton Russell
Cat Ballou
1971
as Kid Sheleen
Blood Feud
1983
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Doc
1969
as Dr. Jason Fillmore
Night Freight
1955
as Mike Peters
Footsteps
1972
as Bradford Emmons
Paris Follies of 1956
1955
as Dan Bradley
Girl in the Woods
1958
as Steve Cory
Rare Breed
1984
The Big Moment
1954
as Uri
The Spirit of Stanford
1942
as Buzz Costello (uncredited)
New Wine
1941
as Moritz
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