From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker described himself as a farm boy. He was born in Plainfield, Indiana, on February 12, 1919, a son o ... f Forrest A. Tucker and his wife, Doris Heringlake. His mother has been described as an alcoholic. Tucker began his performing career at age 14 at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, pushing the big wicker tourist chairs by day and singing "Throw Money" at night. After his family moved to Washington, D.C., Tucker attracted the attention of Jimmy Lake, the owner of the Old Gaiety Burlesque Theater, by winning its Saturday night amateur contest on consecutive weeks. After his second win, Tucker was hired there at full time as Master of Ceremonies, but left when it was soon discovered that he was underage. He graduated from Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., in 1938, and, joining the United States Cavalry, was stationed at Fort Myer in Arlington County, Virginia, but discharged for, once again, being underage. He returned to work at the Old Gaiety after his 18th birthday. When Lake's theatre closed for the summer in 1939, Tucker was helped by a wealthy mentor to travel to California and try to break into film acting. He made a successful screen test, and began auditioning for movie roles. In his own estimation, Tucker was in the mold of large "ugly guys" such as Wallace Beery, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen, rather than a matinee idol. His debut was as a powerfully built farmer who clashes with the hero in The Westerner (1940), which starred Gary Cooper. Like many other movie actors at the time, Tucker enlisted in the United States Army during World War II; he earned a commission as a second lieutenant. Tucker married four times: Sandra Jolley (1919–1986) in 1940, divorced in 1950, daughter of the character actor I. Stanford Jolley (who also died of emphysema) and the sister of the Academy Award-winning art director Stan Jolley. They had a daughter, Pamela "Brooke" Tucker. Marilyn Johnson on March 28, 1950 (died on July 19, 1960). Marilyn Fisk on October 23, 1961. They had a daughter, Cindy Tucker, and son, Forrest Sean Tucker. Sheila Forbes on April 15, 1986. Tucker, who had battled lung cancer for more than a year, as well as having a series of minor illnesses, collapsed and was hospitalized, for the second time in a week, on his way to the ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 21, 1986. He died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital on October 25, 1986, a few months after the theatrical release of Thunder Run and Outtakes. He was interred in Forest Lawn–Hollywood Hills Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. CLR
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F Troop
as Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke
Episodes: 65
First Aired: Sep 14, 1965
Dusty's Trail
as Wagonmaster Callahan
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Sep 11, 1973
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as Col. Avery
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Dec 02, 1976
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as Joe Snag
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 1964
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as Cyrus Smuts
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1963
Kojak
as Det. Paul Zachary
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 1973
Gunsmoke
as Brad McClain
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Night Gallery
as Dr. Ernest Stringfellow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 1970
General Electric Theater
as Frank Marlowe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Rawhide
as Dan Carlock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
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as Martin Evers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Lux Video Theatre
as William Patterson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
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as Steve MacGregor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
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Episodes: 1
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as Bob Slater
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1950
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as Max Beemis
Episodes: 1
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as Major Don Landon
Episodes: 1
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as Sam Zachary
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
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as Adam Benteen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
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as John Charron
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Sergeant Holly
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Sgt. Emmett Holly
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Will Donavan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Columbo
as Bo Williamson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1971
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as Ken
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Murder, She Wrote
as Tom Cassidy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Bonanza
as Frank Ryan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
The Ford Television Theatre
as Red Healey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1952
Wagon Train
as Rex Montana
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
Ellery Queen
as Clint McGraw
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1975
The Love Boat
as Tex
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
The Love Boat
as Tom Preston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Matt Houston
as Buck Turley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1982
Medical Center
as Ollie Wayne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1969
Love, American Style
as John
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Love, American Style
as Horton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
The Ghost Busters
Episodes: 15
First Aired: Sep 06, 1975
Filthy Rich
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 09, 1982
S.W.A.T.
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 24, 1975
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
Alice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 31, 1976
Flo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 21, 1980
Little House on the Prairie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
The Bionic Woman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 14, 1976
Alias Smith and Jones
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 1971
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
Ironside
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Police Woman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1967
Hondo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
Grizzly Adams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 09, 1977
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