Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker

American actor (1919–1986)

Forrest Meredith Tucker was an American actor in movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked in vaudeville as a straight man at the age of 15. While he was on a trip to California, party hostess Cobina Wright persuaded guest Wesley Ruggles to give Tucker a screen test because of Tucker's photogenic good looks, thick, wavy hair, and height of six feet, five inches.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 48 films (1941–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1941 Emergency Landing. William Beaudine 7 reels B&W
1942 Counter-Espionage. Edward Dmytryk 7 reels B&W
1942 My Sister Eileen Contemporary Films 96 min 16mm B&W sound
1942 My Sister Eileen. Alexander Hall 10 reels B&W
1942 Submarine Raider. Lew Landers 7 reels B&W
1946 Dangerous Business. D. Ross Lederman 6 reels B&W
1946 Renegades. George Sherman 9 reels
1946 The Man Who Dared. John Sturges 7 reels B&W
1946 The Yearling. Clarence Brown 134 min 35mm Color sound
1948 Adventures In Silverado. Phil Karlson 75 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 THE PLUNDERERS Joseph Kane 87 min 16mm Color sound
1948 The Plunderers. Joseph Kane 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 Brimstone. Joseph Kane 90 min. 16mm Color sound
1949 Hellfire. R.G. Springsteen 90 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 Sands Of Iwo Jima. Republic Pictures Corp 110 min 35mm B&W sound
1950 CALIFORNIA PASSAGE Joseph Kane 90 min 16mm B&W sound
1950 California Passage. Republic Pictures Corp 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 ROCK ISLAND TRAIL Joseph Kane 90 min 16mm Color sound
1950 Rock Island Trail. Republic Pictures Corp 90 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 Fighting Coast Guard. Republic Pictures Corp 86 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Flaming Feather. Paramount Pictures Corp. 78 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 The Wild Blue Yonder. Republic Pictures Corp 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Warpath Byron Haskin
1952 Hurricane Smith. Paramount Pictures Corp. 90 min. 35mm Color sound
1953 Flight Nurse Ideal Pictures Inc 90 min 16mm B&W sound
1953 Flight Nurse. Republic Pictures Corp 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Pony Express Jerry Hopper 101 min Color
1953 PONY EXPRESS Paramount 60min 16mm Color Silent
1953 Pony Express Jerry Hopper 101 min Color
1955 Finger Man Harold D. Schuster 82 min B&W
1955 Paris Follies of 1956 Leslie Goodwins
1955 Rage At Dawn. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 Stagecoach To Fury. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 76 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Girl In The Woods. AB-PT Pictures Corp. 71 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The Abominable Snowman Val Guest 91 min B&W
1957 The Deerslayer. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 78 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 The Quiet Gun. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The Strange World of Planet X Gilbert Dunn 75 min B&W
1957 Three Violent People. Paramount Pictures Corp. 100 min 35mm Color sound
1958 Auntie Mame. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 143 min 35mm Color sound
1958 Fort Massacre Joseph M. Newman 79 min Color
1958 The Trollenberg Terror Quentin Lawrence 82 min Color & B&W
1959 Counterplot. J. Harold Odell Productions Inc. 76 min 35mm B&W sound
1959 Mustang. Eronel Productions Inc. 73 min. 35mm B&W sound
1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's. Tandem Productions Inc. 99 min 35mm Color sound
1972 Cancel my reservation. Paul Bogart 3300 16mm sound
1977 Walking Tall, Final Chapter Bing Crosby Productions 112 min 16mm sound
1978 Once An Eagle produced in association with Crescendo Productions, Inc. and Universal, an MCA company 120 min sound