FORREST TUCKER
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth
12 February 1919
Plainfield, Indiana, USA
Date of death
25 October 1986
Woodland Hills, California, USA. (lung cancer)
Nickname
Tuck
Height
6' 5" (1.96 m)
Spouse
Sheila Forbes (1985 - ?) (his death)
Marilyn Fisk (1961 - 25 October 1986) (his death) 2 children
Marilyn Johnson (1951 - 1960) (her death)
Sandra Jolley (1940 - 1950) (divorced) 1 child
Trivia
Played semi-pro football in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Forrest Tucker was a 1938 graduate of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA. Other alumni include Shirley McLaine, Warren Beatty and Sandra Bullock.
Mini-Biography
from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
The crafty Sergeant O'Rourke of "F Troop" (1965-67) began his acting career on a lark, coaxed into trying out for films while vacationing in California in 1940. He made his debut in William Wyler's The Westerner supporting Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, and toiled as a contract player in many Columbia films (mostly Bs) of the early and mid 1940s. Tucker, a huge, solidly built man with wavy blond hair and inviting blue eyes, often played nasty, brutal heavies in Westerns and action films. (His most memorable: the Marine with a chip on his shoulder who squares off with John Wayne in 1949's Sands of Iwo Jima made for his longtime home studio, Republic.) His extroverted personality lent itself to broad comedic characterizations, but he seldom displayed that aspect of his talent until being signed to star in the TV comedy series. Also in many telefilms of the 1970s and early 1980s, he was reteamed with "F Troop" partner Larry Storch for the Saturday morning kids' series "The Ghost Busters" (1975-76).
Copyright © 1994 Leonard Maltin, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.
Filmography
Actory
1. Timestalkers (1987) (TV) .... Texas John Cody
2. "Ghostbusters"
- Father Knows Beast (????) TV Episode (voice) .... Jake's Dad
3. Thunder Run (1986) .... Charlie Morrison
4. "Murder, She Wrote"
- It's a Dog's Life (1984) TV Episode .... Tom Cassidy
5. A Rare Breed (1984) .... Jess Cutler
6. Blood Feud (1983) (TV) .... Lyndon B. Johnson
7. "The Love Boat"
- First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale/Paroled to Love (1983) TV Episode .... Sam Zacchary
- A Dress to Remember (1982) TV Episode .... Tom
- April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three (1980) TV Episode .... Tex
8. "Matt Houston"
- Killing Isn't Everything (1982) TV Episode .... Buck Turley
9. "Filthy Rich" (1982) TV Series .... Big Guy Beck (II)
10. "Fantasy Island"
- Show Me a Hero/Slam Dunk (1981) TV Episode .... Red Donovan
- The Stripper/The Boxer (1979) TV Episode .... Jake Gordon
11. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981) (TV) .... Duke
12. "The Rebels" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Angus Fletcher
13. "Alice"
- Flo Finds Her Father (1979) TV Episode .... Edsel Jarvis Castleberry
14. A Real American Hero (1978) (TV) .... Carl Pusser
... aka Hard Stick
15. "Police Woman"
- A Shadow on the Sea (1978) TV Episode .... O'Malley
16. "Black Beauty" (1978/I) (mini) TV Series .... Mr. York
17. Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977) (TV) .... Mike Fink
18. "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"
- Gold Is Where You Find It (1977) TV Episode
19. Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977) .... Grandpa Pusser
... aka The Man in the Back Seat
... aka Walking Tall: The Final Chapter (USA)
20. "Once an Eagle" (1976) (mini) TV Series .... Col. Avery
21. The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976) .... Wagonmaster Callahan
22. "The Bionic Woman"
- The Deadly Missiles (1976) TV Episode .... J.T. Connors
23. "Ellery Queen"
... aka The Adventures of Ellery Queen
- The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) TV Episode .... Clint McGraw
24. "S.W.A.T."
- The Running Man: Part 2 (1976) TV Episode
- The Running Man: Part 1 (1976) TV Episode
25. "Kojak"
- On the Edge (1976) TV Episode .... Paul Zachary
26. The Wild McCullochs (1975) .... J.J. McCulloch
... aka McCullochs
27. "Little House on the Prairie"
... aka Little House: A New Beginning (last season title)
- Founder's Day (1975) TV Episode .... Jim Tyler
28. "Ironside"
... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
- A Matter of Life or Death (1975) TV Episode
29. "The Ghost Busters" (1975) TV Series .... Jake Kong
... aka The Original Ghostbusters (USA: video title)
30. "Marcus Welby, M.D."
... aka Robert Young, Family Doctor
- The Brittle Warrior (1974) TV Episode
31. "Dusty's Trail" (1973) TV Series .... Callahan
32. Jarrett (1973) (TV) .... Rev. Vocal Simpson
33. Footsteps (1972) (TV) .... Bradford Emmons
... aka Foosteps: Nice Guys Finish Last (USA)
... aka Nice Guys Finish Last
34. Cancel My Reservation (1972) .... Reese
35. Bobby Jo and the Good Time Band (1972) (TV) .... Cousin Jack
36. Columbo: Blueprint for Murder (1972) (TV) .... Bo Williamson
37. "Gunsmoke"
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Yankton (1972) TV Episode .... Will Donavan
- Sergeant Holly (1970) TV Episode .... Sergeant Holly
- The War Priest (1970) TV Episode .... Sergeant Emmet Holly
- Cattle Barons (1967) TV Episode .... John Charron
- The Storm (1965) TV Episode .... Adam Benteen
(1 more)
38. Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972) (TV) .... Harry McMartin
39. "Bonanza"
... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- Warbonnet (1971) TV Episode .... Frank Ryan
40. "Cade's County"
- The Alien Land (1971) TV Episode .... Ward Farrell
41. "Night Gallery"
... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA)
- Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator (1971) TV Episode .... Dr. Stringfellow
42. "Medical Center"
- The Imposter (1971) TV Episode .... Doc Yarman
- The Professional (1970) TV Episode .... Ollie Wayne
43. Cat Ballou (1971/II) (TV) .... Kid Sheleen
44. "Love, American Style"
- Love and the Arctic Station/Love and the Pulitzer Prize/Love and the Tattoo (1971) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Arctic Station")
- Love and Double Trouble/Love and the Fly/Love and the Millionaire (1970) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Millionaire")
45. "The Name of the Game"
- Seek and Destroy (1971) TV Episode .... Walsh
46. "Alias Smith and Jones"
- Alias Smith & Jones (1971) TV Episode .... Deputy Harker
47. Alias Smith and Jones (1971) (TV) .... Deputy Harker Wilkins
48. "Bracken's World"
- Love It or Leave It, Change It or Lose It (1970) TV Episode .... Jim Grange
49. Barquero (1970) .... Mountain Phil
50. Chisum (1970) .... Lawrence Murphy
51. The Flim-Flam Man (1969) (TV) .... Mordecai Jones
52. Doc (1969) (TV) .... Dr. Jason Fillmore
53. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) .... Trim Houlihan
... aka The Night They Invented Striptease
54. "Daniel Boone"
- The Return of the Sidewinder (1968) TV Episode .... Joe Snag
- The Ballad of Sidewinder and Cherokee (1967) TV Episode .... Joe Snag
55. Silent Treatment (1968)
56. "Disneyland"
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
- A Boy Called Nuthin': Part 2 (1967) TV Episode .... Turkeyneck
- A Boy Called Nuthin': Part 1 (1967) TV Episode .... Turkeyneck
57. A Boy Called Nuthin' (1967) (TV) .... Turkeyneck
58. "Hondo"
- Hondo and the Judas (1967) TV Episode .... Colonel William Quantrill
59. "F Troop" .... Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
- The Great Troop Robbery (1966) TV Episode .... Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
60. Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966) .... Cameo appearance
61. "Slattery's People"
- Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home? (1965) TV Episode .... Bill Bailey
62. "The Virginian"
... aka The Men from Shiloh (new title)
- Hideout (1965) TV Episode .... Martin Evers
63. "Burke's Law"
... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
- Who Killed Don Pablo? (1964) TV Episode .... Cyrus Smuts
64. "Death Valley Days"
... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
- Three Minutes to Eternity (1963) TV Episode .... Bob Dalton
65. "Rawhide"
- Incident of the Death Dancer (1963) TV Episode .... Dan Carloc
66. "Dr. Kildare"
- An Island Like a Peacock (1963) TV Episode .... Max Beemis
67. "The Wide Country"
- Speckle Bird (1963) TV Episode .... Lynn Horn
68. "Whispering Smith"
- The Trademark (1961) TV Episode .... Gunman Bardot
69. Counterplot (1959) .... Brock Miller
70. The Trollenberg Terror (1958) .... Alan Brooks
... aka Creature from Another World
... aka The Crawling Eye (USA)
... aka The Creeping Eye
... aka The Flying Eye
71. Auntie Mame (1958) .... Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
72. Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958) .... John Brazos
73. Girl in the Woods (1958) .... Steve Cory
74. Fort Massacre (1958) .... Pvt. McGurney
75. "Wagon Train"
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Rex Montana Story (1958) TV Episode .... Rex Hankins/Montana
76. "General Electric Theater"
... aka G.E. Theatre (USA)
- The Cold Touch (1958) TV Episode .... Frank Marlowe
77. The Deerslayer (1957) .... Harry March
78. "Climax!"
... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA)
- Trial by Fire (1957) TV Episode .... Chips Murphy
79. The Abominable Snowman (1957) .... Dr. Tom Friend
... aka The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
80. "Lux Video Theatre"
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- The Softest Music (1957) TV Episode
- Rebuke Me Not (1956) TV Episode
81. Three Violent People (1957) .... Deputy Commissioner Cable
82. "The Ford Television Theatre"
... aka Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
- The Quiet Stranger (1957) TV Episode .... Red Healy
83. "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour"
- Mother (1957) TV Episode .... Harlan Thatcher
84. The Strange World of Planet X (1957) .... Gil Graham
... aka Cosmic Monsters (USA: poster title)
... aka The Cosmic Monster (USA)
... aka The Crawling Horror
... aka The Crawling Terror
85. The Quiet Gun (1957) .... Sheriff Carl Brandon
... aka Fury at Rock River (USA)
86. Stagecoach to Fury (1956) .... Frank Townsend
87. "Robert Montgomery Presents"
... aka Lucky Strike Theater
... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock
... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
- The Right Thing (1956) TV Episode
88. "Appointment with Adventure"
- Two Falls for Satan (1956) TV Episode
89. "Crunch and Des" (1955) TV Series .... Crunch Adams (1955)
90. Paris Follies of 1956 (1955) .... Dan Bradley
... aka Fresh from Paris (USA: TV title)
91. The Vanishing American (1955) .... Morgan
92. Night Freight (1955) .... Mike Peters
93. Finger Man (1955) .... Dutch Becker
94. Rage at Dawn (1955) .... Frank Reno
... aka Seven Bad Men
95. Break in the Circle (1955) .... Capt. Skip Morgan
96. Laughing Anne (1954) .... Jem Farrell
... aka Between the Tides
97. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars"
... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
- Blizzard Bound (1954) TV Episode
98. Jubilee Trail (1954) .... John Ives
99. Flight Nurse (1954) .... Capt. Bill Eaton
100. Pony Express (1953) .... Wild Bill Hickok
101. San Antone (1953) .... Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
102. Trouble in the Glen (1953) .... Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
103. Ride the Man Down (1952) .... Sam Danfelser
104. Montana Belle (1952) .... Mac
105. Hurricane Smith (1952) .... Dan McGuire
106. Hoodlum Empire (1952) .... Charley Pignatalli
107. Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) .... Donavan
108. Flaming Feather (1952) .... Lt. Tom Blaine
109. The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) .... Maj. Tom West
... aka Thunder Across the Pacific (UK)
110. Crosswinds (1951) .... 'Jumbo' Johnson
... aka Jungle Attack (USA: reissue title)
111. Warpath (1951) .... Sgt. O'Hara
112. Fighting Coast Guard (1951) .... Bill Rourk
... aka Fighting U.S. Coast Guard
113. Oh! Susanna (1951) .... Lt. Col. Unger
114. California Passage (1950) .... M.J. 'Mike' Prescott
115. Rock Island Trail (1950) .... Reed Loomis
... aka Transcontinent Express (UK)
116. "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre"
... aka Chevrolet Television Theatre (USA)
... aka Chevrolet on Broadway (USA: first title)
... aka The Broadway Playhouse
- The Hoosier School-Master (1950) TV Episode
117. The Nevadan (1950) .... Tom Tanner
... aka The Man from Nevada (UK)
118. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) .... Pfc. Al Thomas
119. Brimstone (1949) .... Sheriff Henry McIntyre
120. Hellfire (1949) .... Marshal Bucky McLean
121. The Big Cat (1949) .... Gil Hawks
122. The Last Bandit (1949) .... Jim Plummer
123. The Plunderers (1948) .... Whit Lacey
124. Two Guys from Texas (1948) .... 'Tex' Bennett
... aka Two Texas Knights (UK)
125. Coroner Creek (1948) .... Ernie Combs
126. Adventures in Silverado (1948) .... Zeke Butler
... aka Above All Laws (UK)
127. Gunfighters (1947) .... Ben Orcutt
... aka The Assassin (UK)
128. The Yearling (1946) .... Lem Forrester
129. Never Say Goodbye (1946) .... Cpl. Fenwick Lonkowski
130. Dangerous Business (1946) .... Clayton Russell
131. Renegades (1946) .... Frank Dembrow
132. The Man Who Dared (1946) .... Larry James
133. Talk About a Lady (1946) .... Bart Manners
... aka Duchess of Broadway
134. Keeper of the Flame (1942) .... Geoffrey 'Geoff' Midford
135. Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942) .... Whipper
... aka Blackie Goes Hollywood (UK)
136. The Spirit of Stanford (1942) .... Buzz Costello
... aka Fighting Spirit (UK)
137. My Sister Eileen (1942) (uncredited) .... Sandhog
138. Counter-Espionage (1942) .... Anton Schugg
139. Parachute Nurse (1942) .... Lt. Tucker
140. Submarine Raider (1942) .... Pulaski
141. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942) .... Blond bomber
142. Canal Zone (1942) .... Recruit Madigan
143. Shut My Big Mouth (1942) .... Red
144. Honolulu Lu (1941) .... Barney
145. New Wine (1941) .... Moritz (dandyish friend)
... aka The Great Awakening (UK)
... aka The Melody Master (USA: reissue title)
146. Emergency Landing (1941) .... Jerry Barton
... aka Robot Pilot (USA: TV title)
147. The Westerner (1940) .... Wade Harper
Himself
1. The Legend of Forrest Tucker (1997) .... Himself
2. Phroid (1992) .... Himself
3. Outtakes (1987) .... Himself
4. "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
... aka Laugh-In
- Episode #2.22 (1969) TV Episode .... Himself
5. "The Merv Griffin Show"
- Episode dated 25 December 1967 (1967) TV Episode .... Himself
6. "The Hollywood Palace"
- Episode #3.10 (1965) TV Episode .... Himself - Singer
7. "Celebrity Golf"
... aka The Golf Channel Presents Celebrity Golf with Sam Snead (USA)
- Forrest Tucker (????) TV Episode .... Himself
8. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Plays Golf (1955) .... Himself
9. "Toast of the Town"
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (new title)
- Episode #8.18 (1955) TV Episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.20 (1949) TV Episode .... Himself
10. Week End In Hollywood (????) .... Himself
Archive Footage
1. 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994) (TV) .... Himself
