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Forrest Meredith Tucker was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked as a vaudeville straight man at the age of only fifteen years old. A mentor provided funds and contacts for a trip to California, where party hostess Cobina Wright persuaded guest Wesley Ruggles to give Tucker a screen test, based on his photogenic good looks, thick wavy hair and height of six feet, five inches. Tucker was a sight reader who needed only one take and his film career started well despite a perception in most Hollywood studios that blond men were not photogenic. He enlisted during WW2. After twenty years spent mainly in Westerns and action roles, he returned to his roots, showing versatility as a comedic and stage musical actor. In the television series F Troop, he became identified with the character of Cavalry Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke. Tucker struggled with a drinking problem that began to affect his performances in the later years of his career.
Birth Name
Forrest Meredith Tucker
Born
Wednesday, 12 February 1919
Died
Saturday, 25 October 1986
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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TV's Western Heroes | Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke | 2013 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
Outtakes | Self / Himself | 1987 |
Timestalkers | Texas John Cody | 1987 |
Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
Thunder Run | Charlie Morrison | 1985 |
Rare Breed | Jess Cutler | 1984 |
Murder, She Wrote | Tom Cassidy | 1984 |
Katy Caterpillar | Additional Voices | 1984 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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TV's Western Heroes | Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke | 2013 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
Outtakes | Self / Himself | 1987 |
Timestalkers | Texas John Cody | 1987 |
Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
Thunder Run | Charlie Morrison | 1985 |
Rare Breed | Jess Cutler | 1984 |
Murder, She Wrote | Tom Cassidy | 1984 |
Katy Caterpillar | Additional Voices | 1984 |
Blood Feud | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1983 |
Matt Houston | Buck Turley | 1982 |
Filthy Rich | Big Guy Beck | 1982 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Duke | 1981 |
Flo | Jarvis Castleberry | 1980 |
The Rebels | Angus Fletcher | 1979 |
A Real American Hero | Carl Pusser | 1978 |
Final Chapter: Walking Tall | Grandpa Pusser / Carl | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Sam Zacchary / Tex / Tom Preston | 1977 |
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Ernie | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Jake Gordon / Red Donovan | 1977 |
Incredible Rocky Mountain Race | Mike Fink | 1977 |
Once an Eagle | Col. Avery | 1976 |
Alice | Edsel Jarvis Castleberry | 1976 |
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West | Wagonmaster Callahan | 1976 |
The Bionic Woman | J.T. Connors | 1976 |
The Ghost Busters | Kong | 1975 |
The Wild McCullochs | J. J. McCulloch / J.J. McCulloch | 1975 |
Ellery Queen | Clint McGraw | 1975 |
S.W.A.T. | Owen Fiske | 1975 |
Police Woman | O'Malley | 1974 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Little House on the Prairie | Jim Tyler | 1974 |
Kojak | Det. Paul Zachary | 1973 |
Dusty's Trail | Wagonmaster Callahan / Mr. Callahan | 1973 |
Jarrett | Rev. Vocal Simpson | 1973 |
Cancel My Reservation | Reese | 1972 |
Cade's County | Ward Farrell | 1971 |
Columbo | Bo Williamson | 1971 |
Stand Up and Cheer | Self | 1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones | Deputy Harker Wilkins | 1971 |
Chisum | Lawrence Murphy | 1970 |
Barquero | Mountain Phil | 1970 |
John Wayne and Chisum | Self | 1970 |
Night Gallery | Dr. Ernest Stringfellow (segment "Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator") | 1969 |
It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
Love, American Style | Horton (segment "Love and the Arctic Station") / John Bagley (segment "Love and the Millionaires") | 1969 |
Bracken's World | Jim Grange | 1969 |
Della | Self | 1969 |
Medical Center | Doc Yarman / Ollie Wayne | 1969 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | Officer Andrew Stewart | 1969 |
The Night They Raided Minsky's | Trim Houlihan | 1968 |
It Takes Two | Self | 1968 |
The Name of the Game | Sheriff Ed Walsh | 1968 |
Ironside | Milt Stein | 1967 |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
Hondo | Col. William Quantrill | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
The Pat Boone Show | Self - actor | 1966 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1966 |
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title | Romantic Diner Customer | 1966 |
The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
F Troop | Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke / Sergeant. Morgan O'Rourke / Sgt. O'Rourke / Sgt. Morgan Sylvester O'Rourke / Mr. O'Rourke | 1965 |
Daniel Boone | Joe Snag | 1964 |
Slattery's People | Bill Bailey | 1964 |
The Hollywood Palace | Self - Singer | 1964 |
Burke's Law | Cyrus Smuts | 1963 |
The Jimmy Dean Show | Self | 1963 |
Channing | Major Don Landon | 1963 |
Hollywood: The Great Stars | Wade Harper | 1963 |
Wide Country | Lynn Horn | 1962 |
The Virginian | Martin Evers | 1962 |
The Tonight Show | Self - Actor | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host / Himself - Actor | 1961 |
Dr. Kildare | Max Beemis | 1961 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Celebrity Golf | Self | 1960 |
Counterplot | Brock Miller | 1959 |
Bonanza | Frank Ryan | 1959 |
Special Agent 7 | Schooner | 1959 |
Rawhide | Dan Carlock | 1959 |
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 |
Fort Massacre | McGurney | 1958 |
The Strange World of Planet X | Gil Graham | 1958 |
Wagon Train | Rex Montana | 1957 |
The Deerslayer | Harry March | 1957 |
The Abominable Snowman | Tom Friend | 1957 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
The Quiet Gun | Sheriff Carl Brandon | 1957 |
Three Violent People | Deputy Commissioner Cable | 1957 |
Stagecoach to Fury | Frank Townsend | 1956 |
General Electric Summer Originals | (archive footage) | 1956 |
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Harlan Thatcher | 1956 |
Paris Follies of 1956 | Dan Bradley | 1955 |
The Vanishing American | Morgan | 1955 |
Gunsmoke | Adam Benteen / Brad McClain / John Charron / Sergeant Holly / Sgt. Emmett Holly / Will Donavan | 1955 |
Night Freight | Mike Peters | 1955 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Finger Man | Dutch Becker | 1955 |
Rage at Dawn | Frank Reno | 1955 |
Break in the Circle | Baron Keller / Capt. Skip Morgan | 1955 |
Crunch and Des | Crunch Adams | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Turkey-Neck / Turkeyneck | 1954 |
Climax! | Chips Murphy | 1954 |
Trouble in the Glen | Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing | 1954 |
Jubilee Trail | John Ives | 1954 |
Flight Nurse | Capt. Bill Eaton | 1953 |
Laughing Anne | Jem Farrell | 1953 |
San Antone | Lt. Brian Culver, CSA | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Frank Marlowe | 1953 |
Pony Express | Wild Bill Hickok / James Butler aka Wild Bill Hickok | 1953 |
Ride the Man Down | Sam Danfelser | 1952 |
Montana Belle | Mac | 1952 |
Hurricane Smith | Dan McGuire | 1952 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Red Healey | 1952 |
Death Valley Days | Bob Dalton | 1952 |
Hoodlum Empire | Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli / Charley Pignatalli | 1952 |
Bugles in the Afternoon | Donavan | 1952 |
Flaming Feather | Lt. Tom Blaine | 1952 |
The Wild Blue Yonder | Maj. Tom West | 1951 |
Warpath | Sgt. O'Hara | 1951 |
Crosswinds | Gerald 'Jumbo' Johnson / 'Jumbo' Johnson | 1951 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Steve MacGregor | 1951 |
The Red Skelton Hour | Muldoon / Dr. Hudson | 1951 |
Fighting Coast Guard | Bill Rourk | 1951 |
Oh! Susanna | Lieutenant Colonel Unger / Lt. Col. Unger | 1951 |
California Passage | Mike Prescott | 1950 |
Lux Video Theatre | William Patterson / Ken | 1950 |
Rock Island Trail | Reed Loomis | 1950 |
Robert Montgomery Presents | Bob Slater | 1950 |
The Nevadan | Tom Tanner | 1950 |
Sands of Iwo Jima | Pfc. Al Thomas / PFC Al J. Thomas | 1950 |
Brimstone | Sheriff Henry McIntyre | 1949 |
Hellfire | Marshal Bucky McLean / Marshall Bucky McLean | 1949 |
The Big Cat | Gil Hawks | 1949 |
The Last Bandit | Jim Plummer | 1949 |
The Plunderers | Whit Lacey | 1948 |
Two Guys from Texas | 'Tex' Bennett | 1948 |
Coroner Creek | Ernie Combs | 1948 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
Adventures in Silverado | Zeke Butler | 1948 |
Gunfighters | Ben Orcutt | 1947 |
The Yearling | Lem Forrester | 1946 |
Never Say Goodbye | Fenwick Lonkowski | 1946 |
Dangerous Business | Clayton Russell | 1946 |
The Man Who Dared | Larry James | 1946 |
Talk About a Lady | Bart Manners | 1946 |
Renegades | Frank Dembrow | 1946 |
Keeper of the Flame | Geoffrey Midford / Geoff Midford | 1943 |
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood | Whipper | 1942 |
The Spirit of Stanford | Buzz Costello | 1942 |
My Sister Eileen | Sandhog | 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 | 1942 |
Honolulu Lu | Barney | 1941 |
New Wine | Moritz | 1941 |
Emergency Landing | Jerry Barton | 1941 |
The Westerner | Wade Harper | 1940 |