Frederic Forrest
American actor (1936–2023)
Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing featured 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, a Golden Globe Award, a New York Film Critics Circle Award, and received a National Society of Film Critics for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the musical drama The Rose (1979), an honor that was also shared with his performance as Jay "Chef" Hicks in Apocalypse Now.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 6 films (1973–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The Don Is Dead | A Universal picture | 115 min | Color | sound | |
| 1974 | The conversation | The Directors Company: Publisher | 1:53:00 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1975 | Permission to Kill | Cyril Frankel | 93 min | 16mm | ||
| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks. | Devon/Persky-Bright | 121 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1978 | It Lives Again | Distributed by Warner Brothers | 91 min | Color | sound | |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford Coppola | 147 min | Color |