Frederic Forrest
Date of birth: 1936-12-23
Place of birth: Waxahachie, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr.
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederic Forrest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Apocalypse Now
1979-05-19
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, offi
The Conversation
1974-04-07
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the coupl
Music Box
1989-12-22
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
One Night Stand
1995-11-01
Michelle Sanderson is a woman who seems to have everything -- great looks, a promising career, a lar
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991-11-27
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming
Andersonville
1996-03-03
This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner
Valentino Returns
1989-07-21
On a Saturday night, in a small 1950s Californian town, a young man, whose parents are an inch from
Against the Wall
1994-03-26
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the
Militia
2000-10-17
When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter must go undercover and
Chasers
1994-04-22
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni J
The Brave
1997-07-30
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as th
It Lives Again
1978-05-10
Maternity wards echo with the patter of tiny claws as more murderous baby-faced monsters are born. B
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988-08-12
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his in
Hammett
1982-06-09
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with
Cat Chaser
1989-09-13
A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed ge
One from the Heart
1982-02-11
In a dazzling, dreamlike Las Vegas, longtime couple Hank and Frannie break up on their fifth anniver
The Missouri Breaks
1976-05-19
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, L
Gotham
1988-08-21
A New York private eye searches for a socialite who supposedly drowned 10 years before.
Lassie
1994-07-22
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by
Trauma
1993-03-12
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her paren
The Rose
1979-11-07
Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously im
The End of Violence
1997-09-12
In Hollywood, the lives of a successful film producer, his wife, a police detective and a surveillan
Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later
2003-08-05
A retrospective of the 1983 film "Valley Girl," featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
Valley Girl
1983-04-08
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and
The Deliberate Stranger
1986-05-04
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after ha
Point Blank
1998-05-12
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates ar
Black Thunder
1998-09-22
When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big
The Dion Brothers
1974-06-16
Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.
The Don Is Dead
1973-11-14
After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon a
Whatever
1998-07-10
A New Jersey teen faces her impending adulthood, dreaming of a life as a successful New York artist.
Hidden Fears
1993-12-29
A widowed woman is being stalked by her husband's murderers.
Permission to Kill
1975-11-20
Western intelligence agents try, by all means necessary, to prevent a Communist-bloc defector from l
Crash Dive
1997-03-28
The crew of the nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, but the v
Implicated
1999-01-01
In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost h
The House Next Door
2002-02-24
A newlywed couple move into their dream home only to find that their next door neighbor isn't as goo
Best Kept Secrets
1984-03-26
Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), wh
Futz
1969-11-16
Sexual satire about a young farmer who has had many bad experiences with women. He showers love and
Promise Him Anything
1975-05-14
A young bachelor using a dating service picks a woman whose information card read "Anything goes." W
Twin Sisters
1992-01-01
A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical twin.
Where Are the Children?
1986-12-12
In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has d
Calamity Jane
1984-03-06
An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild Bil
When the Legends Die
1972-10-19
An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business
Right to Kill?
1985-05-22
Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their
The Dream Studio
2004-01-01
A documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's 'One From the Heart'.
Falling Down
1993-02-26
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and vio
Alone
1997-12-21
John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rare
Spreading Ground
2000-02-25
Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavem
Rain Without Thunder
1993-02-05
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors ev
Shadow Lake
1999-01-01
A writer's mysterious disappearance on an ice-covered lake holds the clues to a missing gemstone and
The Two Jakes
1990-08-10
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some ru
The Survival of Dana
1979-05-29
High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota pare
Little Girl Lost
1988-04-25
This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who are t
Margaret Bourke-White
1989-04-24
A biographical account of pioneering photographer Margaret Bourke-White's career.
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983-11-29
The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Sa
Boogie Boy
1998-02-12
A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when a
Return
1985-10-31
After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when she
The Filthy Five
1968-08-11
A young rising boxer is torn between choosing two women to be with in his life, a hooker and a TV st
Shadow Hours
2000-07-14
Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and
Who Will Love My Children?
1984-09-19
Lucile Fray has 10 children and terminal cancer. As her ne'er-do-well alcoholic husband, isn't capab
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986-02-10
Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilizat
Double Obsession
1992-01-01
A disturbed lesbian librarian kidnaps a beautiful young woman she's obsessed with, breaks her foot t
Stacking
1987-01-22
After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their financially
Precious Victims
1993-09-27
Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no tra
The Stone Boy
1984-04-04
12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in
The Parade
1984-02-29
When her estranged, drifter husband Matt returns after spending seven years in prison to ask her to
The First 9½ Weeks
1998-11-03
An investment banker travels to Louisiana to snag the account of an eccentric millionaire but gets i
Ruby and Oswald
1978-02-08
A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Ken
One of Our Own
1998-08-28
Michael Ironside headlines the cast as Jack, a Denver cop investigating the case of a murdered army
Larry
1974-04-23
A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally challenged
Citizen Cohn
1992-08-22
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his p
A Piece of Eden
2000-09-15
A bittersweet comedy that follows three generations of the unlucky Tredici family from Corsica in th
The Habitation of Dragons
1992-09-08
Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their fa
Path to War
2003-10-28
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at
All the King's Men
2006-09-10
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that
Double Jeopardy
1996-01-30
A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, h
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988-05-15
The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer