Michael Forest

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American actor (born 1929)

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name	Michael Forest
image	Michael Forest by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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caption	Michael Forest in 2013
birth_name	Gerald Michael Charlebois
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birth_place	Harvey, North Dakota, U.S.
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education	San Jose State University B.A
occupation	Actor
height	6'3"
years_active	1953–2018
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Gerald Michael Charlebois (born April 17, 1929), better known as Michael Forest, is an American actor who provides the voices for many animated titles, and played the god Apollo on Star Trek.

Personal life

Forest was married to Diana Hale, an actress, acting coach, and theatre teacher, for over fifty years. The couple married in the late 1960s or early 1970s and remained together until Hale’s death in 2022. Their long marriage was noted by colleagues as an example of stability and dedication within the entertainment industry.

Early life

Forest was born in Harvey, North Dakota and moved with his family at a very early age to Seattle, Washington. He graduated with a B.A. in English and Drama from San Jose State University.

Career

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At age 71, Forest voiced Prince Olympius in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. In his earlier years, he was a film and television actor, notably playing Apollo in the 1967 Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?" He again played that role in the Star Trek Continues episode "Pilgrim of Eternity", almost 46 years later, with his wife, actress Diana Hale. He also appeared as a priest in a case of mistaken identity on a 1964 episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show and as one of three alien brothers from another planet in the 1964 Twilight Zone episode, “Black Leather Jackets”.

Filmography

Anime

Aika R-16: Virgin Mission – Gozo Aida, Tsukino (Ep. 2)
Armitage III – Vice-Minister Jessup
The Big O – Alex Rosewater
Black Jack – Dr. Stanfield, Ernesto
Blade of the Immortal – Asana, Takayuki Asano
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran – Sneaky Spider Saizo
Casshan: Robot Hunter – Adm. Rudolph
Crying Freeman – Don Carleone, Shudo Shimazaki
Cybuster – Ryuzo
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – Ishiyama (Ep. 1), Martin, Sho Mizuki
Dirty Pair Flight 005 Conspiracy – Dietrch (Streamline Dub)
Doomed Megalopolis – Eiichi Subasawa (Streamline Dub)
El-Hazard – Yuba Yarius
Eureka Seven – Braya
Gad Guard – Dorgel, Dove, Editor
Gatchaman – Chief
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Kubota
Ghost Slayers Ayashi – Doi-Oiokami-Toshitsura, Master (Ep. 21)
Giant Robo – Narrator (Animaze Dub)
Gungrave – Sid Galarde
Gun Sword – Jose
Heat Guy J – Valter Yulgence
Immortal Grand Prix – Hans
I'll CKBC – Mr. Hiiragi
Kamichu! – Mr. Gen (Ep. 9)
Last Exile – Emperor of Anatoray
Mars Daybreak – EF Commander
Megazone 23 – Eigen Yumekanou (Part 1, Streamline Dub)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Arakawa
Mermaid Forest – Dr. Shiina (Ep. 4–5), Kohakura
Mirage of Blaze – Kojyuro Katakura
Mobile Suit Gundam – The Movie Trilogy – Captain Paolo
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket – Charlie
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory – Captain Dry
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Lt. Col. Kojima
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Blacksmith
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water – Cpt. Mayville
Orguss 02 – Zante
Planetes – Clifford, Harry Roland, Norman
R.O.D the TV – Bookstore Owner B
Samurai Champloo – Inuyama
Scrapped Princess – King Balteric
Serial Experiments Lain – Dr. Hodgeson
Someday's Dreamers – Councilor Rikiya Furusaki, Kazuki
Street Fighter II V – Captain Dorai (Animaze Dub)
Teknoman – Commander Jamison
Trigun – Lurald
The Twelve Kingdoms – King Hou Chuutatsu
Witch Hunter Robin – Inquisitor Cortion
Zillion – Gord

Films

100 Rifles – Humara
A House is Not a Home – Bernie
Akira – Council Member (Pioneer Dub)
Appleseed – Elder (Animaze Dub)
Armitage III – Dual Matrix – Ohara
Atlas – Atlas
Beast from Haunted Cave – Gil Jackson
Black Jack the Movie – Roger Siegel
Body of Evidence – Andrew Marsh
Cast Away – Pilot Jack
Catnapped! – Suttoboke
The Castle of Cagliostro – Additional Voices
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Ticket
The Glory Guys – Fred Cushman
Deathwatch – Greeneyes
Golgo 13: The Professional – E. Young
King Kong Lives – Vance
Lensman – Adm. Haines
The Mystery of Mamo – Agent Gordon (Streamline Dub)
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Theo Fairchild
The Message – Khalid bin Walid
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom – Kakeru Tsuki
Paprika – Doctor Seijiro Inui
Redline – Inuki
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise – Dr. Gnomm
Saga of the Viking Women
Unbelievable!!!!! – Himself
The Shark – Don
The Shark Hunter – Donavan
Ski Troop Attack – Lt. Factor
The Scarlet Worm – Judge Hanchett
X-Men: Apocalypse – Apollo (footage from Who Mourns for Adonais?)
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 – Detective Takeshi Kusumi (as Alfred Thor)

Video games

Dynasty Warriors 4 – Huang Gai
Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu – Gi
Seven Samurai 20XX – Yagyu

Live-action

Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
Masked Rider - Lavasect (voice; credited as Alfred Thor)
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue – Olympius (voice)

Television

Laramie – Cobey
Death Valley Days – Larry Brooks
Tombstone Territory – Floyd Rank
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – A Brave
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok – Strong Eagle
Zorro – Anastacio
Bat Masterson – "The Desert Ship" as Les Wilkins
Have Gun – Will Travel – Peter Keystone
Yancy Derringer – Pierre ("The Fair Freebooter", E15)
The Rifleman – Chaqua
Wagon Train – Dallas
The Dick Van Dyke Show – Father Joe Coogan
The Outer Limits – "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork" – Stuart Peters
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Lt. Fest ("The Terbuf Affair," S1 E14)
Gilligan's Island – Ugundi
Perry Mason – Pierre Dubois
Star Trek – Apollo (E33 – "Who Mourns for Adonais?")
Get Smart – Basil
One Step Beyond – "Encounter" – Jacques Boutier
The Twilight Zone – "Black Leather Jackets" – Steve
Gunsmoke "The Cousin" – Chance; "Innocence" – Bob Sullins; "The Lady" – Ray Pate
Combat! "Hills are For Heroes" – Captain, Company Commander
As the World Turns – Nick Andropoulos
Cheyenne "Renegades" – Yellow Lance & "Wagon-Tongue North" – Lariat Sanga
Cross Purpose – Captain Robert Holman
The Virginian "S04EP10 airdate 1965 11 24 title Beyond the Border"
Rawhide – Yuma
Bonanza – Young Wolf / Frank Shirmer / Wabuska (3 episodes, 1959–1967)
Gomer Pyle USMC "The Star Witness" – Fred Cummins

Web series

Star Trek Continues – Apollo ("Pilgrim of Eternity")

References

Helm, Merry. (April 16, 2021). "Michael Forest, actor". [[Williston Herald]].
"Authorized Michael Forest Dealer".
"Michael Forest".
"Diana Hale obituary".
"Behind the Voice Actors – Michael Forest".
"Patlabor: WXIII Ultimate Edition DVD".
"Credits".
(2004). "Seven Samurai 20XX". [[Sega Sammy Holdings.

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