Forrest Tucker

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Plainfield, Indiana, USA

Born

February 12, 1919

Died

October 25, 1986

Cause of Death

Throat Cancer

Biography

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Not to be confused with Chris Tucker or Forest Whitaker, Forrest Tucker was a 20th century film and television actor who will be most remembered for his role as Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke on "F Troop": the mid-1960s, post-Civil War-era cavalry sitcom. The legacy is not inappropriate since Tucker appeared in westerns throughout the '40s and '50s, making his film debut in the 1940 romance "T...

Filmography

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Timestalkers (1987)

Thunder Run (1986)

Charlie Morrison

Outtakes (1985)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)

A Rare Breed (1981)

Real American Hero (1978)

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Shut My Big Mouth (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Beautify West!

Chisum (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Weary, Saddle Worn

Biography

Not to be confused with Chris Tucker or Forest Whitaker, Forrest Tucker was a 20th century film and television actor who will be most remembered for his role as Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke on "F Troop": the mid-1960s, post-Civil War-era cavalry sitcom. The legacy is not inappropriate since Tucker appeared in westerns throughout the '40s and '50s, making his film debut in the 1940 romance "The Westerner," starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan. Though he made mainly B-movies with Columbia Pictures during that period (e.g., the crime drama "Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood" in 1942), he also managed to work with the big-time stars of the era, including John Wayne in "Sands of Iwo Jima" and Charlton Heston in "Pony Express." Tucker first appeared on TV in 1950's "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre," and he participated in several more TV playhouse productions throughout the decade before branching out into guest parts on dramas and westerns, including "Death Valley Days." Back on-screen, he secured a lead role opposite Rosalind Russell in the multiple Oscar-nominated 1958 comedy "Auntie Mame," which was among the best films in which Tucker appeared; this comedic role foreshadowed his success on the sitcom "F Troop." His other big TV jobs included his co-starring role with Bob Denver, post-"Gilligan's Island," on the western comedy "Dusty's Trail," and reuniting with "F Troop" alum Larry Storch on the family comedy "The Ghost Busters" (not to be confused with the 1984 blockbuster "Ghost Busters").

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Timestalkers (1987)

Thunder Run (1986)

Charlie Morrison

Outtakes (1985)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)

A Rare Breed (1981)

Real American Hero (1978)

Final Chapter--Walking Tall (1977)

The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977)

Walking Tall: The Final Chapter (1977)

The McCullochs (1975)

Reverend Vocal Simpson

Cancel My Reservation (1972)

Footsteps (1972)

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972)

Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

Lawrence Murphy

Barquero (1970)

The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)

Counterplot (1959)

Fort Massacre (1958)

Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958)

John Brazos, also known as John Coburn

Auntie Mame (1958)

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside

Girl in the Woods (1958)

The Cosmic Monster (1958)

The Trollenberg Terror (1958)

Break in the Circle (1957)

Three Violent People (1957)

The Deerslayer (1957)

The Quiet Gun (1957)

The Abominable Snowman (1957)

Stagecoach to Fury (1956)

Night Freight (1955)

The Vanishing American (1955)

Rage at Dawn (1955)

Paris Follies of 1956 (1955)

Finger Man (1955)

Flight Nurse (1954)

Capt. Bill Eaton

Jubilee Trail (1954)

Trouble in the Glen (1954)

Maj. Jim "Lance" Lansing

Ride the Man Down (1953)

Pony Express (1953)

Wild Bill Hickok

San Antone (1953)

Lt. Brian Culver

Laughing Anne (1953)

Flaming Feather (1952)

Hurricane Smith (1952)

Montana Belle (1952)

Hoodlum Empire (1952)

Charley Pignatalli

Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Oh! Susanna (1951)

Lt. Col. Lloyd Unger

Fighting Coast Guard (1951)

The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)

Crosswinds (1951)

Gerald "Jumbo" Johnson

Sgt. O'Hara [previously known as Bly]

California Passage (1950)

The Nevadan (1950)

Rock Island Trail (1950)

Hellfire (1949)

The Last Bandit (1949)

Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Corp. Al Thomas

The Big Cat (1949)

Brimstone (1949)

Sheriff Henry McIntyre

Coroner Creek (1948)

The Plunderers (1948)

Adventures in Silverado (1948)

Two Guys from Texas (1948)

The Yearling (1947)

Gunfighters (1947)

Renegades (1946)

Talk About a Lady (1946)

Dangerous Business (1946)

Clayton Russell

The Man Who Dared (1946)

Never Say Goodbye (1946)

Fenwick Lonkowski

My Sister Eileen (1942)

Submarine Raider (1942)

The Spirit of Stanford (1942)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)

Shut My Big Mouth (1942)

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Keeper of the Flame (1942)

Geoffrey Midford

Counter-Espionage (1942)

Canal Zone (1942)

Parachute Nurse (1942)

Lieutenant Tucker

New Wine (1941)

Honolulu Lu (1941)

Emergency Landing (1941)

The Westerner (1940)

Cast (Special)

Pottsville (1980)

Bobby Jo and the Big Apple Goodtime Band (1972)

Cousin Jack; Manager

The Mickie Finn Special (1971)

Cat Ballou (1971)

Cast (Short)

Week End in Hollywood (1947)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Blood Feud (1983)

The Rebels (1979)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Coroner Creek - Publicity Stills

Coroner Creek - Publicity Stills

Coroner Creek - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Coroner Creek - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Auntie Mame - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Auntie Mame (1958), starring Rosalind Russell. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

The Cosmic Monster - Lobby Cards

Here are several Lobby Cards from the British science fiction film The Cosmic Monster (1958), which was called Cosmic Monsters in advertising material. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Shut My Big Mouth (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Beautify West! Opening his first feature on his new Columbia contract after two years recovering from car-crash injuries, Joe E. Brown is visionary florist Wellington Holmes, heading west with sidekick Oglethorpe (Fritz Feld), soon pursued by Buckskin Bill (Victor Jory), Hank Bell and Earle Hodgins driving the stage, in Shut My Big Mouth, 1942.

Chisum (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Weary, Saddle Worn Unusual opening credits, with art by the fairly prominent Western painter Russ Vickers, lyrics by producer and screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady, voice by William Conrad, all setting up the star John Wayne, playing the minor New Mexico historical figure, surveying his domain, in Chisum, 1970.

Chisum (1970) -- (Movie Clip) You Can't Buy Anything With Lead In 1870’s New Mexico, John Wayne the title character, rancher John Chisum, Ben Johnson his sidekick Pepper, confronting rustlers led by Neemo (Lloyd Battista), with support from neighbor Tunstall (Patric Knowles) and a new employee, William Bonney (Geoffrey Deuel), in Chisum, 1970.

Chisum (1970) -- (Movie Clip) That Sounded Like A Threat Pretty far into the narrative here, Lincoln, New Mexico financier-villain Murphy (Forrest Tucker) has just installed a new sheriff (Christopher George) for the purpose of arresting Billy The Kid, who’s one of the good guys, allied with John Wayne, the title character based on a real person, in Chisum, 1970.

Keeper Of The Flame, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Our Follies And Our Failures Returned war correspondent O’Malley (Spencer Tracy) beginning his interview of Christine Forrest (Katharine Hepburn), widow of the national hero he’ll be writing about, when her cousin (Forrest Tucker) and Forrest’s aide (Richard Whorf) interrupt, in The Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.

Keeper Of The Flame, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Big Man Spencer Tracy as maverick reporter O’Malley, his take on the death of national hero Forrest different than that of his colleagues (Horace McNally, Audrey Christie), drawing the interest of mysterious Forrest Tucker, and press flak Kerndon (Richard Whorf), early in Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.

Auntie Mame (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Just Love C.O.D. Ruined in the stock market crash, Rosalind Russell (title character) joins the working world, causing trouble at Macy's, but meeting Beauregard (Forrest Tucker) in the process, in the 1958 non-musical version of Auntie Mame, from the top-selling novel by Patrick Dennis.

Cosmic Monster, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Into The Unknown Narrated gravitas in the opening, the British-made film originally called The Strange World Of Planet X, credits, then "Canadian" scientist Forrest Tucker and his boss (Alec Mango) oversee a mishap, in The Cosmic Monster, 1958.

Cosmic Monster, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Freak Weather At their lab in the south of England, Dr. Laird (Alec Mango) and aides Gil (Forrest Tucker) and Michele (Gaby Andre), the "Brigadier" (Wyndham Goldie) observing, undertake a magnetic experiment, unintended consequences afar, in The Cosmic Monster, 1958.

Sands Of Iwo Jima -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is Stryker Just after the opening, Marine Sergeant Stryker (John Wayne) introduces himself to the platoon, (Arthur Franz, James Brown, Richard Webb, Wally Cassell), and ex-rival Thomas (Forrest Tucker) in Sands Of Iwo Jima, 1949.

Sands Of Iwo Jima -- (Movie Clip) Judo Sergeant Stryker (John Wayne) takes steps to settle a score with his former boxing rival Private Thomas (Forrest Tucker), leading to a meeting of minds in Sands Of Iwo Jima. 1949.

Sands Of Iwo Jima -- (Movie Clip) Pull Pins! At grenade practice between battles, Martin Milner is the new Marine, and starry-eyed Conway (John Agar) is reading a letter when Sergeant Stryker (John Wayne) saves the day, in Sands Of Iwo Jima, 1949.

Chisum (1970) -- (Original Trailer) The star is just about the only emphasis in the original trailer for director Andrew V. McLaglen’s 1970 John Wayne Western, Chisum.

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