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Forrest Tucker (1919–1986)

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Forrest Tucker, best known to the Baby Boom generation as Sergeant O'Rourke on the classic TV sitcom F Troop, was born on February 12, 1919, in Plainfield, Indiana. He began his performing career at age 14 at the 1933 Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair, pushing big wicker tourists' chairs by day and singing at night... See full bio »

Born:

Forrest Meredith Tucker
in Plainfield, Indiana, USA

Died:

(age 67) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1987 Timestalkers (TV movie)
Texas John Cody
 
1986 Ghostbusters (TV series)
Jake Kong Sr.
– Father Knows Beast (1986) … Jake Kong Sr. (voice)
 
1986 Thunder Run
Charlie Morrison
 
1984 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Tom Cassidy
– It's a Dog's Life (1984) … Tom Cassidy
 
1984 Katy Caterpillar (voice: English version)
 
1984 Rare Breed
Jess Cutler
 
1983 Blood Feud (TV movie)
Lyndon B. Johnson
 
1980-1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
Sam Zacchary / Tex / Tom
– Paroled to Love/First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale (1983) … Sam Zacchary
– A Dress to Remember (1982) … Tom
– April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three (1980) … Tex
 
1982 Filthy Rich (TV series)
Big Guy Beck
– Take This Job and Love It: Part 1 (1982) … Big Guy Beck
– The Kidnapping of Stanley (1982) … Big Guy Beck
 
1982 Matt Houston (TV series)
Buck Turley
– Killing Isn't Everything (1982) … Buck Turley
 
1979-1981 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Jake Gordon / Red Donovan
– Show Me a Hero/Slam Dunk (1981) … Red Donovan
– The Stripper/The Boxer (1979) … Jake Gordon
 
1981 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV movie)
Duke
 
1980 Flo (TV series)
Edsel Jarvis Castleberry
– A Castleberry Thanksgiving: Part 1 (1980) … Edsel Jarvis Castleberry
– A Castleberry Thanksgiving: Part 2 (1980) … Edsel Jarvis Castleberry
 
1979 The Rebels (TV movie)
Angus Fletcher
 
1979 Alice (TV series)
Edsel Jarvis Castleberry
– Flo Finds Her Father (1979) … Edsel Jarvis Castleberry
 
1978 A Real American Hero (TV movie)
Carl Pusser
 
1978 Police Woman (TV series)
O'Malley
– A Shadow on the Sea (1978) … O'Malley
 
1978 Black Beauty (TV mini-series)
Mr. York
 
1977 Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (TV movie)
Mike Fink
 
1977 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV series)
– Gold Is Where You Find It (1977)
 
1977 Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Grandpa Pusser
 
1976 Once an Eagle (TV mini-series)
Col. Avery
 
1976 The Bionic Woman (TV series)
J.T. Connors
– The Deadly Missiles (1976) … J.T. Connors
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Clint McGraw
– The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) … Clint McGraw
 
1976 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
Owen Fiske
– The Running Man: Part 1 (1976) … Owen Fiske
– The Running Man: Part 2 (1976)
 
1976 Kojak (TV series)
Det. Paul Zachary
– On the Edge (1976) … Det. Paul Zachary
 
1975 The Ghost Busters (TV series)
Jake Kong
– The Canterville Ghost (1975) … Jake Kong
– Dr. Whatsisname (1975) … Jake Kong
– The Maltese Monkey (1975) … Jake Kong
– A Worthless Gauze (1975) … Jake Kong
– Jekyll & Hyde: Together, for the First Time! (1975) … Jake Kong
See all 15 episodes »
 
1975 The Wild McCullochs
J.J. McCulloch
 
1975 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Jim Tyler
– Founder's Day (1975) … Jim Tyler
 
1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Officer Stewart
– The Brittle Warrior (1974) … Officer Stewart
 
1973-1974 Dusty's Trail (TV series)
Mr. Callahan
– Pechango Berries (1974) … Mr. Callahan
– Day at the Races (1974) … Mr. Callahan
– John J. Callahan (1974) … Mr. Callahan
– The Cavalry Is Coming (1974) … Mr. Callahan
– Witches Trail (1974) … Mr. Callahan
See all 26 episodes »
 
1973 Jarrett (TV movie)
Rev. Vocal Simpson
 
1972 Footsteps (TV movie)
Bradford Emmons
 
1972 Cancel My Reservation
Reese
 
1972 Bobby Jo and the Good Time Band (TV movie)
Cousin Jack
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
Bo Williamson
– Blueprint for Murder (1972) … Bo Williamson
 
1965-1972 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Adam Benteen / Brad McClain / John Charron / …
– Yankton (1972) … Will Donavan
– Sergeant Holly (1970) … Sgt. Emmett Holly
– The War Priest (1970) … Sergeant Emmett Holly
– Cattle Barons (1967) … John Charron
– The Storm (1965) … Adam Benteen
See all 6 episodes »
 
1972 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (TV movie)
Harry McMartin
 
1972 Norman Corwin Presents (TV series)
– Two Gods on Prime Time (1972)
 
1971 Bonanza (TV series)
Frank Ryan
– Warbonnet (1971) … Frank Ryan
 
1971 Cade's County (TV series)
Ward Farrell
– The Alien Land (1971) … Ward Farrell
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Dr. Ernest Stringfellow (segment "Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator")
– House - With Ghost/A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank/Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator/Hell's Bells (1971) … Dr. Ernest Stringfellow (segment "Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator")
 
1970-1971 Medical Center (TV series)
Doc Yarman / Ollie Wayne
– The Imposter (1971) … Doc Yarman
– The Professional (1970) … Ollie Wayne
 
1971/II Cat Ballou (TV movie)
Kid Sheleen
 
1970-1971 Love, American Style (TV series)
Horton (segment "Love and the Arctic Station") / John Bagley (segment "Love and the Millionaires")
– Love and the Arctic Station/Love and the Pulitzer Prize/Love and the Tattoo (1971) … Horton (segment "Love and the Arctic Station")
– Love and the Fly/Love and the Millionaires/Love and Double Trouble (1970) … John Bagley (segment "Love and the Millionaires")
 
1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Walsh
– Seek and Destroy (1971) … Walsh
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Deputy Harker Wilkins
– Alias Smith and Jones (1971) … Deputy Harker Wilkins
 
1970 Ironside (TV series)
Milt Stein
– Too Many Victims (1970) … Milt Stein
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Jim Grange
– Love It or Leave It, Change It or Lose It (1970) … Jim Grange
 
1970 Barquero
Mountain Phil
 
1970 Chisum
Lawrence Murphy
 
1969 The Flim-Flam Man (TV movie)
Mordecai Jones
 
1969 Doc (TV movie)
Dr. Jason Fillmore
 
1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's
Trim Houlihan
 
1967-1968 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Joe Snag
– The Return of the Sidewinder (1968) … Joe Snag
– The Ballad of Sidewinder and Cherokee (1967) … Joe Snag
 
1967 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Turkeyneck
– A Boy Called Nuthin': Part 2 (1967) … Turkeyneck
– A Boy Called Nuthin': Part 1 (1967) … Turkeyneck
 
1967 Hondo (TV series)
Colonel William Quantrill
– Hondo and the Judas (1967) … Colonel William Quantrill
 
1965-1967 F Troop (TV series)
Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke / Sgt. O'Rourke / Sgt. Morgan Sylvester O'Rourke
– Is This Fort Really Necessary? (1967) … Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
– Our Brave in F Troop (1967) … Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
– The Majority of Wilton (1967) … Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
– Carpetbagging, Anyone? (1967) … Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
– Marriage, Fort Courage Style (1967) … Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke
See all 65 episodes »
 
1966 Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Romantic Diner Customer (uncredited)
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Bill Bailey
– Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home? (1965) … Bill Bailey
 
1965 The Virginian (TV series)
Martin Evers
– Hideout (1965) … Martin Evers
 
1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Cyrus Smuts
– Who Killed Don Pablo? (1964) … Cyrus Smuts
 
1963 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Bob Dalton
– Three Minutes to Eternity (1963) … Bob Dalton
 
1963 Rawhide (TV series)
Dan Carlock
– Incident of the Death Dancer (1963) … Dan Carlock
 
1963 Channing (TV series)
Landon
– Collision Course (1963) … Landon
 
1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Max Beemis
– An Island Like a Peacock (1963) … Max Beemis
 
1957-1963 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Dr. Hudson / Muldoon
– Ah, Sweet Mystery of Wife (1963) … Dr. Hudson
– Cookie's Secret (1957) … Muldoon
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
Lynn Horn
– Speckle Bird (1963) … Lynn Horn
 
1959 Counterplot
Brock Miller
 
1958 Gunsmoke in Tucson
John Brazos
 
1958 Auntie Mame
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
 
1958 The Crawling Eye
Alan Brooks
 
1958 Girl in the Woods
Steve Cory
 
1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Montana / Rex Hankins
– The Rex Montana Story (1958) … Rex Hankins/Montana
 
1958 Fort Massacre
Pvt. McGurney
 
1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Frank Marlowe
– The Cold Touch (1958) … Frank Marlowe
 
1958 The Strange World of Planet X
Gil Graham
 
1957 The Deerslayer
Harry March
 
1957 Climax! (TV series)
Chips Murphy
– Trial by Fire (1957) … Chips Murphy
 
1957 The Abominable Snowman
Tom Friend
 
1956-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Ken / William Patterson
– The Softest Music (1957) … Ken
– Rebuke Me Not (1956) … William Patterson
 
1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Red Healy
– The Quiet Stranger (1957) … Red Healy
 
1957 The Quiet Gun
Sheriff Carl Brandon
 
1957 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Harlan Thatcher
– Mother (1957) … Harlan Thatcher
 
1956 Three Violent People
Deputy Commissioner Cable
 
1956 Stagecoach to Fury
Frank Townsend
 
1956 General Electric Summer Originals (TV series)
– Blizzard Bound (1956)
 
1956 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Bob Slater
– The Right Thing (1956) … Bob Slater
 
1956 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
– Two Falls for Satan (1956)
 
1955-1956 Crunch and Des (TV series)
Crunch Adams
– A Fish for Billy (1956) … Crunch Adams
– A Matter of Faith (1956) … Crunch Adams
– A Sales Talk from Sari (1956) … Crunch Adams
– Buccaneers (1956) … Crunch Adams
– Crazy Over Horse Mackerel (1956) … Crunch Adams
See all 39 episodes »
 
1955 Paris Follies of 1956
Dan Bradley
 
1955 The Vanishing American
Morgan
 
1955 Night Freight
Mike Peters
 
1955 Finger Man
Dutch Becker
 
1955 Rage at Dawn
Frank Reno
 
1955 Break in the Circle
Capt. Skip Morgan
 
1954 Trouble in the Glen
Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
 
1954 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Steve MacGregor
– Blizzard Bound (1954) … Steve MacGregor
 
1954 Jubilee Trail
John Ives
 
1953 Flight Nurse
Capt. Bill Eaton
 
1953 Laughing Anne
Jem Farrell
 
1953 Pony Express
Wild Bill Hickok
 
1953 San Antone
Lt. Brian Culver, CSA
 
1952 Ride the Man Down
Sam Danfelser
 
1952 Montana Belle
Mac
 
1952 Hurricane Smith
Dan McGuire
 
1952 Hoodlum Empire
Charley Pignatalli
 
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon
Donavan
 
1952 Flaming Feather
Lt. Tom Blaine
 
1951 The Wild Blue Yonder
Maj. Tom West
 
1951 Crosswinds
Gerald 'Jumbo' Johnson
 
1951 Warpath
Sgt. O'Hara
 
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
Bill Rourk
 
1951 Oh! Susanna
Lieutenant Colonel Unger
 
1950 California Passage
Mike Prescott
 
1950 Rock Island Trail
Reed Loomis
 
1950 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– The Hoosier School-Master (1950)
 
1950 The Nevadan
Tom Tanner
 
1949 Sands of Iwo Jima
Pfc. Al Thomas
 
1949 Brimstone
Sheriff Henry McIntyre
 
1949 Hellfire
Marshal Bucky McLean
 
1949 The Big Cat
Gil Hawks
 
1949 The Last Bandit
Jim Plummer
 
1948 The Plunderers
Whit Lacey
 
1948 Two Guys from Texas
'Tex' Bennett
 
1948 Coroner Creek
Ernie Combs
 
1948 Adventures in Silverado
Zeke Butler
 
1947 Gunfighters
Ben Orcutt
 
1946 The Yearling
Lem Forrester
 
1946 Never Say Goodbye
Cpl. Fenwick 'Wickie' Lonkowski
 
1946 Dangerous Business
Clayton Russell
 
1946 Renegades
Frank Dembrow
 
1946 The Man Who Dared
Larry James
 
1946 Talk About a Lady
Bart Manners
 
1942 Keeper of the Flame
Geoffrey 'Geoff' Midford
 
1942 Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Whipper
 
1942 The Spirit of Stanford
Buzz Costello (uncredited)
 
1942 My Sister Eileen
Sandhog (uncredited)
 
1942 Counter-Espionage
Anton Schugg
 
1942 Parachute Nurse
Lt. Tucker
 
1942 Submarine Raider
Pulaski
 
1942 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Blond Bomber
 
1942 Canal Zone
Recruit Madigan
 
1942 Shut My Big Mouth
Red
 
1941 Honolulu Lu
Barney
 
1941 New Wine
Moritz (dandyish friend)
 
1941 Emergency Landing
Jerry Barton
 
1940 The Westerner
Wade Harper
 
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1975 The Ghost Busters (TV series)
– The Dummy's Revenge (1975) (performer: "I'm Slapsie, I'm Maxie, I'm Nijinsky")
 
1971/I Monsanto Presents Mancini (TV special) (performer: "Ya Got Trouble")
 
Show ShowSelf (25 titles)
1997 The Legend of Forrest Tucker (documentary short)
Himself
 
1992 Phroid (short)
Himself
 
1987 Outtakes
Himself
 
1972 The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (TV series)
Cameo / Himself
– Episode dated 21 March 1972 (1972) … Himself/Cameo
 
1971 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Mickie Finn Special (TV movie)
Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1971/I Monsanto Presents Mancini (TV special)
Comedian
 
1970 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1967-1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 July 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 December 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 April 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Movie Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.139 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.22 (1969) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1968 Silent Treatment (documentary)
Forrest Tucker
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.49 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 The Milton Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #3.10 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1961 Playboy's Penthouse (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 September 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 July 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Celebrity Golf (TV series)
Himself
– Forrest Tucker … Himself
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Plays Golf (short)
Himself
 
1949-1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.18 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #2.20 (1949) … Himself
 
1947 Week End in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself
 
1946 Rough But Hopeful (short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself, Polo Fan
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
1994 The World of Hammer (TV series documentary)
 
1994 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 It Came from Hollywood (documentary)
 
1976 The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Wagonmaster Callahan
 

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(1971) Unsold pilot: Appeared (as "Kid Sheleen") in a pilot for a western series to be called "Cat Ballou", based on the film Cat Ballou. See more »

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Height:

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Father of Brooke Tucker. See more »

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Aquarius