Frederic Forrest

Born: 1936-12-23

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.


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as Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Released: 1979-08-15

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that,...

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Falling Down

as Surplus Store Owner
Released: 1993-02-26

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and...

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The Conversation

as Mark
Released: 1974-04-07

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the...

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One from the Heart

as Hank
Released: 1982-02-11

The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a...

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The Two Jakes

as Chuck Newty
Released: 1990-08-10

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for...

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Valley Girl

as Steve Richman
Released: 1983-04-08

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds...

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Tucker: The Man and His Dream

as Eddie
Released: 1988-08-12

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but...

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All the King's Men

as Willie's Father
Released: 2006-09-10

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption...

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Chasers

as Duane, Mechanic
Released: 1994-04-22

Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell...

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

as Self
Released: 1991-11-27

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the...

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The Rose

as Huston Dyer
Released: 1979-11-07

Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are...

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The Missouri Breaks

as Cary
Released: 1976-05-19

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom...

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Lassie

as Sam Garland
Released: 1994-07-22

On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted...

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It Lives Again

as Eugene Scott
Released: 1978-05-10

Maternity wards echo with the patter of tiny claws as more murderous baby-faced monsters are...

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Music Box

as Jack Burke
Released: 1989-12-22

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

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The Brave

as Lou Sr.
Released: 1997-07-30

A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star"...

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Trauma

as Dr. Judd
Released: 1993-03-12

A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her...

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Hammett

as Hammett
Released: 1982-06-09

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker...

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The First 9½ Weeks

as David Millman
Released: 1998-11-03

An investment banker travels to Louisiana to snag the account of an eccentric millionaire but...

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Black Thunder

as The Admiral
Released: 1998-09-22

When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches...

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Against the Wall

as Weisbad
Released: 1994-03-26

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over...

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Crash Dive

as Admiral Pendleton
Released: 1997-03-28

The crew of the nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, but...

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Andersonville

as Sgt. McSpadden
Released: 1996-03-03

This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious...

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Gotham

as Father George
Released: 1988-08-21

A New York private eye searches for a socialite who supposedly drowned 10 years before.

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Path to War

as Earle G. Wheeler
Released: 2003-10-28

A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's...

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The House Next Door

as Vernon Crank
Released: 2002-02-24

A newlywed couple move into their dream home only to find that their next door neighbor isn't as...

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Return

as Brian Stoving
Released: 1985-10-31

After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when...

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Boogie Boy

as Edsel Dundee
Released: 1998-02-12

A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test...

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The End of Violence

as MacDermot
Released: 1997-09-12

Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action...

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When the Legends Die

as Tom Black Bull
Released: 1972-10-19

An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the...

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Cat Chaser

as Nolen Tyner
Released: 1989-09-13

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a...

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The Deliberate Stranger

as Det. Bob Keppel
Released: 1986-05-04

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974,...

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Whatever

as Mr. Chaminski
Released: 1998-07-10

A New Jersey teen faces her impending adulthood, dreaming of a life as a successful New York...

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Double Jeopardy

as Jack
Released: 1996-01-30

A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls...

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Militia

as William Fain
Released: 2000-10-17

When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter must go undercover...

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The Stone Boy

as Andy Jansen
Released: 1984-04-04

12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm...

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Point Blank

as Mac Bradford
Released: 1998-05-12

Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow...

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Right to Kill?

as Richard Jahnke, Sr.
Released: 1985-05-22

Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of...

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The Don Is Dead

as Tony Fargo
Released: 1973-11-14

After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance....

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Promise Him Anything

as Paul Hunter
Released: 1975-05-15

A young bachelor using a dating service picks a woman whose information card read "Anything...

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Citizen Cohn

as Dashiell Hammett
Released: 1992-08-22

As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from...

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Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

as Raoul Schumacher
Released: 1988-05-15

The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer

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Permission to Kill

as Scott Allison
Released: 1975-11-20

Western intelligence agents try, by all means necessary, to prevent a Communist-bloc defector...

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The Survival of Dana

as Mr. Davis
Released: 1979-05-29

High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota...

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Precious Victims

as Sheriff Frank
Released: 1993-09-27

Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no...

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Alone

as Carl
Released: 1997-12-21

John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He...

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The Parade

as Matt Kirby
Released: 1984-02-29

When her estranged, drifter husband Matt returns after spending seven years in prison to ask her...

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Where Are the Children?

as Courtney Parrish
Released: 1986-12-12

In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who...

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Who Will Love My Children?

as Ivan Fray
Released: 1983-02-13

Lucile Fray has 10 children and terminal cancer. As her ne'er-do-well alcoholic husband, isn't...

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Stacking

as Buster McGuire
Released: 1987-01-22

After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their...

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Little Girl Lost

as Tim Brady
Released: 1988-04-25

This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who...

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Ruby and Oswald

as Lee Harvey Oswald
Released: 1978-02-08

A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F....

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Shadow Hours

as Sean
Released: 2000-07-14

Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful,...

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Pap Finn
Released: 1986-02-10

Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of...

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Twin Sisters

as Delvaux
Released: 1992-01-01

A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical...

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Rain Without Thunder

as Walker Point Warden
Released: 1993-02-05

This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government...

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Best Kept Secrets

as Blaise Dietz
Released: 1984-03-26

Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic...

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Double Obsession

as Paul Harkness
Released: 1992-01-01

A disturbed lesbian librarian kidnaps a beautiful young woman she's obsessed with, breaks her...

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Spreading Ground

as Michael McGivern
Released: 2000-02-25

Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the...

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Shadow Lake

as Lt. Roy Harman
Released: 1999-01-01

A writer's mysterious disappearance on an ice-covered lake holds the clues to a missing gemstone...

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One of Our Own

as Maj. Ron Bridges
Released: 1998-08-28

Michael Ironside headlines the cast as Jack, a Denver cop investigating the case of a murdered...

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The Dion Brothers

as Russell (Rut) Dion
Released: 1974-06-16

Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.

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Saigon: Year Of The Cat

as Bob Chesneau
Released: 1983-11-29

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank...

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One Night Stand

as Michael Joslyn
Released: 1995-11-01

Michelle Sanderson (Ally Sheedy) is a woman who seems to have everything -- great looks, a...

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Hidden Fears

as Mike
Released: 1993-12-29

A widowed woman is being stalked by her husband's murderers.

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The Dream Studio

as self
Released: 2004-01-01

A documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's 'One From the Heart'.

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A Piece of Eden

as Paulo Tredici
Released: 2000-09-15

A bittersweet comedy that follows three generations of the unlucky Tredici family from Corsica...

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Calamity Jane

as Wild Bill Hickok
Released: 1984-03-06

An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild...

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Implicated

as Det. Luddy
Released: 1999-01-01

In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she...

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Larry

as Larry Herman
Released: 1974-04-23

A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally...

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The Habitation of Dragons

as Leonard Tolliver
Released: 1992-09-08

Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of...

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Futz

as Sugford
Released: 1969-11-16

Sexual satire about a young farmer who has had many bad experiences with women. He showers love...

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Margaret Bourke-White

as Erskine Caldwell
Released: 1989-04-24

A biographical account of pioneering photographer Margaret Bourke-White's career.

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Valentino Returns

as Sonny Gibbs
Released: 1989-07-21

On a Saturday night, in a small 1950s Californian town, a young man, whose parents are an inch...

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The Filthy Five

as Johnny Longo
Released: 1968-08-11

A young rising boxer is torn between choosing two women to be with in his life, a hooker and a...

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21 Jump Street

as Captain Richard Jenko
First aired: 1987-04-12

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to...

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Murphy Brown

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-11-14

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional...

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Lonesome Dove

as Blue Duck
First aired: 1989-02-05

A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up...

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Mrs. Columbo

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-02-26

Mrs. Kate Columbo, wife of the famous lieutenant, solves crimes as a reporter, while raising her...

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Quo Vadis?

as Petronius
First aired: 1985-02-24

Drama about love and intrigues in ancient Rome during the times of Nero.

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Die Kinder

as Lomax
First aired: 1990-11-14

Die Kinder is a 1990 BBC political thriller written by Paula Milne, a six-part series made for...

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Andersonville

as Sgt. McSpadden
First aired: 1996-03-03

The story of the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp....

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