William Forrest (actor)

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title: "William Forrest (actor)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1902-births", "1989-deaths", "american-male-film-actors", "american-male-television-actors", "american-male-stage-actors", "male-actors-from-cambridge,-massachusetts", "20th-century-american-male-actors"] description: "American actor (1902–1989)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forrest_(actor)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American actor (1902–1989) ::

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Field	Value
name	William Forrest
image	William Forrest in Rage at Dawn.jpg
caption	Forrest in Rage at Dawn (1955)
birth_date
birth_place	Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
alma_mater	Princeton University
occupation	Actor
years_active	1938–1977
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| name = William Forrest | image = William Forrest in Rage at Dawn.jpg | caption = Forrest in Rage at Dawn (1955) | birth_date = | birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S. | alma_mater = Princeton University | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1938–1977

William Forrest (October 10, 1902 – January 26, 1989) was an American theatre, film, and television actor.

Biography

Forrest attended Princeton University, where he was a star in athletics. His acting career began in 1938 at the Pasadena Playhouse, and he appeared in more than 250 films between 1939 and 1977. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in Santa Monica, California, from heart failure.

Partial filmography

• The Green Hornet Strikes Again (1940)
• The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
• The Secret Seven (1940)
• The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
• Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
• Of Pups and Puzzles (1941) (short)
• Daring Young Man (1942)
• Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as 1st Critic (uncredited)
• The Masked Marvel (1943)
• Good Morning, Judge (1943)
• The Fighting Seabees (1944)
• Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
• Girls of the Big House (1945)
• Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)
• The Caribbean Mystery (1945) as Colonel Lane
• Blind Spot (1947)
• Devil Ship (1947)
• The Devil on Wheels (1947)
• Dead Reckoning (1947) as Lt. Col. Simpson (uncredited)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947) as Doctor Roger at Bellevue
• Trail of the Yukon (1949) as Banker John Dawson
• The Story of Seabiscuit (1949) as Thomas Milford
• Follow the Sun (1951)
• Jet Job (1952)
• Band of Angels (1957) as Aaron Starr (uncredited)
• Jailhouse Rock (1957) as Studio Head (uncredited)
• The Last Hurrah (1958)
• Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)

References

References

1. [http://forgottenactors.blogspot.com/2012/08/william-forrest.html William Forrest at ''Forgotten Actors'']
2. No byline. (February 5, 1989). "Actor William Forrest, 86; Played in 200 Movies, TV's "Rin Tin Tin"". [[Los Angeles Times]].
3. . (February 7, 1989). ["William Forrest, Actor, 86"](https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/07/obituaries/william-forrest-actor-86.html). *[[The New York Times]] / [[Associated Press]]*.

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