Frederic Forrest
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 23, 1936, Waxahachie, Texas, USA
- Died
- June 23, 2023
- Movies
- 77
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 Rose (1979).
Forrest came to public attention for his performance in When the Legends Die (1972), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. His other film credits include The Missouri Breaks (1976), Hammett (1982), Valley Girl (1983), The Two Jakes (1990), Falling Down (1993), and All the King's Men (2006), along with the television series 21 Jump Street, Lonesome Dove, and Die Kinder.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Films to Die For | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Willie's Father |
| 2004 | The Dream Studio | self |
| 2003 | Path to War | Earle G. Wheeler |
| 2003 | Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later | Self |
| 2002 | The House Next Door | Vernon Crank |
| 2000 | Militia | William Fain |
| 2000 | A Piece of Eden | Paulo Tredici |
| 2000 | Shadow Hours | Sean |
| 2000 | Spreading Ground | Michael McGivern |
| 1999 | Implicated | Det. Luddy |
| 1999 | Shadow Lake | Lt. Roy Harman |
| 1998 | The First 9½ Weeks | David Millman |
| 1998 | Black Thunder | The Admiral |
| 1998 | One of Our Own | Maj. Ron Bridges |
| 1998 | Whatever | Mr. Chaminski |
| 1998 | Point Blank | Mac Bradford |
| 1998 | Boogie Boy | Edsel Dundee |
| 1997 | Alone | Carl |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | MacDermot |
| 1997 | The Brave | Lou Sr. |
| 1997 | Crash Dive | Admiral Pendleton |
| 1996 | Andersonville | Sgt. McSpadden |
| 1996 | Double Jeopardy | Jack |
| 1995 | One Night Stand | Michael Joslyn |
| 1994 | Lassie | Sam Garland |
| 1994 | Chasers | Duane, Mechanic |
| 1994 | Against the Wall | Weisbad |
| 1993 | Hidden Fears | Mike |
| 1993 | Precious Victims | Sheriff Frank |
| 1993 | Trauma | Dr. Judd |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Surplus Store Owner |
| 1993 | Rain Without Thunder | Walker Point Warden |
| 1992 | The Habitation of Dragons | Leonard Tolliver |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Dashiell Hammett |
| 1992 | Twin Sisters | Delvaux |
| 1992 | Double Obsession | Paul Harkness |
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Chuck Newty |
| 1989 | Music Box | Jack Burke |
| 1989 | Cat Chaser | Nolen Tyner |
| 1989 | Valentino Returns | Sonny Gibbs |
| 1989 | Margaret Bourke-White | Erskine Caldwell |
| 1988 | Gotham | Father George |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Eddie |
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Raoul Schumacher |
| 1988 | Little Girl Lost | Tim Brady |
| 1987 | Stacking | Buster McGuire |
| 1986 | Where are the Children? | Courtney Parrish |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Bob Keppel |
| 1986 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Pap Finn |
| 1985 | Return | Brian Stoving |
| 1985 | Right to Kill? | Richard Jahnke, Sr. |
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Andy Jansen |
| 1984 | Best Kept Secrets | Blaise Dietz |
| 1984 | Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok |
| 1984 | The Parade | Matt Kirby |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Bob Chesneau |
| 1983 | Valley Girl | Steve Richman |
| 1983 | Who Will Love My Children? | Ivan Fray |
| 1982 | Hammett | Hammett |
| 1982 | One from the Heart | Hank |
| 1979 | The Rose | Huston Dyer |
| 1979 | The Survival of Dana | Mr. Davis |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Jay 'Chef' Hicks |
| 1978 | It Lives Again | Eugene Scott |
| 1978 | Ruby and Oswald | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | Cary |
| 1975 | Permission to Kill | Scott Allison |
| 1975 | Promise Him Anything | Paul Hunter |
| 1974 | The Dion Brothers | Russell (Rut) Dion |
| 1974 | Larry | Larry Herman |
| 1974 | The Conversation | Mark |
| 1973 | The Don Is Dead | Tony Fargo |
| 1972 | When the Legends Die | Tom Black Bull |
| 1969 | Futz | Sugford |
| 1968 | The Filthy Five | Johnny Longo |
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