William Forrest (actor)


William Forrest was an American theatre, film, and television actor.

Biography

Forrest attended Princeton University, where he was a star in athletics. His acting career began in 1938 at the Pasadena Playhouse, and he appeared in more than 250 films between 1939 and 1977. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in Santa Monica, California, from heart failure.

Partial filmography

The Green Hornet Strikes Again The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady The Secret Seven The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance Keep 'Em Flying Of Pups and Puzzles Daring Young Man Tarzan's New York Adventure Yankee Doodle Dandy as 1st Critic The Masked Marvel Good Morning, Judge The Fighting Seabees Adventures of Kitty O'Day Girls of the Big House Gangs of the Waterfront The Caribbean Mystery as Colonel LaneBlind Spot Devil Ship The Devil on Wheels Dead Reckoning as Lt. Col. Simpson Miracle on 34th Street as Doctor Roger at Bellevue Trail of the Yukon as Banker John DawsonThe Story of Seabiscuit as Thomas MilfordFollow the Sun Jet Job Band of Angels as Aaron Starr Jailhouse Rock as Studio Head The Last Hurrah