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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…
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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
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La Classe américaine
as The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Outtakes
as Himself
Timestalkers
as Texas John Cody
Thunder Run
as Charlie Morrison
A Rare Breed
No Poster
Ringstealer
as Narrator
Blood Feud
as Lyndon B. Johnson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Duke
A Real American Hero
as Carl Pusser
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
as Mike Fink
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
as Carl
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
as Wagonmaster Callahan
The Wild McCullochs
as J. J. McCulloch
Jarrett
as Rev. Vocal Simpson
Footsteps
as Bradford Emmons
Cancel My Reservation
as Reese
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Harry McMartin
Cat Ballou
as Kid Sheleen
Barquero
as Mountain Phil
Chisum
as Lawrence Murphy
Doc
as Dr. Jason Fillmore
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Trim Houlihan
A Boy Called Nuthin’
as Turkeyneck
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited)
Counterplot
as Brock Miller
Gunsmoke in Tucson
as John Brazos
Auntie Mame
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
The Crawling Eye
as Alan Brooks
Girl in the Woods
as Steve Cory
Fort Massacre
as McGurney
The Strange World of Planet X
as Gil Graham
The Deerslayer
as Harry March
The Abominable Snowman
as Tom Friend
The Quiet Gun
as Sheriff Carl Brandon
Stagecoach To Fury
as Frank Townsend
Three Violent People
as Deputy Commissioner Cable
Paris Follies of 1956
as Dan Bradley
The Vanishing American
as Morgan
Night Freight
as Mike Peters
Finger Man
as Dutch Becker
Rage at Dawn
as Frank Reno
Break in the Circle
as Baron Keller
Trouble in the Glen
as Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
Jubilee Trail
as John Ives
The Big Moment
as Uri
Flight Nurse
as Capt. Bill Eaton
Laughing Anne
as Jem Farrell
Pony Express
as James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok
San Antone
as Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
Ride the Man Down
as Sam Danfelser
Montana Belle
as Mac
Hurricane Smith
as Dan McGuire
Hoodlum Empire
as Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli
Bugles in the Afternoon
as Donavan
Flaming Feather
as Lt. Tom Blaine
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Tom West
Warpath
as Sgt. O'Hara
Crosswinds
as 'Jumbo' Johnson
Fighting Coast Guard
as Bill Rourk
Oh! Susanna
as Lt. Col. Unger
California Passage
as Mike Prescott
Rock Island Trail
as Reed Loomis
The Nevadan
as Tom Tanner
Sands of Iwo Jima
as PFC Al J. Thomas
Brimstone
as Sheriff Henry McIntyre
Hellfire
as Marshall Bucky McLean
The Big Cat
as Gil Hawks
The Last Bandit
as Jim Plummer
The Plunderers
as Whit Lacey
Two Guys from Texas
as 'Tex' Bennett
Coroner Creek
as Ernie Combs
Adventures in Silverado
as Zeke Butler
Gunfighters
as Ben Orcutt
The Yearling
as Lem Forrester
Never Say Goodbye
as Fenwick Lonkowski
Dangerous Business
as Clayton Russell
Renegades
as Frank Dembrow
The Man Who Dared
as Larry James
Talk About a Lady
as Bart Manners
Keeper of the Flame
as Geoff Midford
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
as Whipper
The Spirit of Stanford
as Buzz Costello (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
as Sandhog (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
as Anton Schugg
Parachute Nurse
as Lt. Tucker
Submarine Raider
as Pulaski
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
as Blond Bomber
Canal Zone
as Recruit Madigan
Shut My Big Mouth
as Red
Honolulu Lu
as Barney
New Wine
as Moritz
Emergency Landing
as Jerry Barton
The Westerner
as Wade Harper