Frederic Forrest

Career timeline

1. 1936 · Born

   Born in Waxahachie, Texas, USA

2. 1968 · Screen debut

   The Filthy Five (Movie)

3. 1979 · Breakthrough

   Apocalypse Now (Movie)

4. 2023 · Died

   June 23, 2023

5. 2025 · Latest release

   Films to Die For (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1960s

14 1970s

27 1980s

29 1990s

7 2000s

1 2020s

• Drama57
• Thriller24
• Tv Movie21
• Crime18
• Mystery12
• Comedy7

Highest-rated title Apocalypse Now 1979 8.3 Most popular title Apocalypse Now 1979 8.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Frederic Forrest in our catalogue.

Marlon Brando

3 titles together

Francis Ford Coppola

3 titles together

Robert Duvall

3 titles together

James Keane

3 titles together

Doris Roberts

2 titles together

Luana Anders

2 titles together

Dennis Hopper

2 titles together

John P. Ryan

2 titles together

Clarence Williams III

2 titles together

David Shire

2 titles together

1. 2025 Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
2. 2006 All the King's Men as Willie's Father 5.8 Movie
3. 2003 Path to War as Earle G. Wheeler 6.7 Movie
4. 2002 The House Next Door as Vernon Crank Movie
5. 2000 Militia as William Fain Movie
6. 2000 A Piece of Eden as Paulo Tredici Movie
7. 2000 Shadow Hours as Sean Movie
8. 2000 Spreading Ground as Michael McGivern Movie
9. 1999 Shadow Lake as Lt. Roy Harman Movie
10. 1999 Implicated as Det. Luddy Movie
11. 1998 The First 9½ Weeks as David Millman 3.9 Movie
12. 1998 Black Thunder as The Admiral 4.3 Movie
13. 1998 One of Our Own as Maj. Ron Bridges Movie
14. 1998 Whatever as Mr. Chaminski Movie
15. 1998 Point Blank as Mac Bradford 4.5 Movie
16. 1998 Boogie Boy as Edsel Dundee 4.4 Movie
17. 1997 Alone as Carl Movie
18. 1997 The End of Violence as MacDermot 5.4 Movie
19. 1997 The Brave as Lou Sr. 6.0 Movie
20. 1997 Crash Dive as Admiral Pendleton Movie
21. 1996 Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden 6.5 Movie
22. 1996 Andersonville as Sgt. McSpadden TV
23. 1996 Double Jeopardy as Jack Movie
24. 1995 One Night Stand as Michael Joslyn Movie
25. 1994 Lassie as Sam Garland 6.1 Movie
26. 1994 Chasers as Duane, Mechanic 5.4 Movie
27. 1994 Against the Wall as Weisbad 6.2 Movie
28. 1993 Hidden Fears as Mike Movie
29. 1993 Precious Victims as Sheriff Frank Movie
30. 1993 Trauma as Dr. Judd 5.8 Movie
31. 1993 Falling Down as Surplus Store Owner 7.4 Movie
32. 1993 Rain Without Thunder as Walker Point Warden Movie
33. 1992 The Habitation of Dragons as Leonard Tolliver Movie
34. 1992 Citizen Cohn as Dashiell Hammett 6.3 Movie
35. 1992 Twin Sisters as Delvaux Movie
36. 1990 Die Kinder as Lomax TV
37. 1990 The Two Jakes as Chuck Newty 6.0 Movie
38. 1989 Music Box as Jack Burke 7.2 Movie
39. 1989 Cat Chaser as Nolen Tyner 5.0 Movie
40. 1989 Lonesome Dove as Blue Duck 7.9 TV
41. 1988 Murphy Brown 6.5 TV
42. 1988 Gotham as Father George 5.7 Movie
43. 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Eddie 6.7 Movie
44. 1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Raoul Schumacher Movie
45. 1988 Little Girl Lost as Tim Brady Movie
46. 1987 21 Jump Street as Richard Jenko 7.3 TV
47. 1986 Where are the Children? as Courtney Parrish Movie
48. 1986 The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel 6.3 Movie
49. 1986 The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Bob Keppel TV
50. 1986 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Pap Finn TV
51. 1986 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Pap Finn Movie
52. 1985 Return as Brian Stoving 6.1 Movie
53. 1985 Right to Kill? as Richard Jahnke, Sr. Movie
54. 1985 Quo Vadis? as Petronius TV
55. 1984 The Stone Boy as Andy Jansen Movie
56. 1984 Best Kept Secrets as Blaise Dietz Movie
57. 1984 Calamity Jane as Wild Bill Hickok Movie
58. 1984 The Parade as Matt Kirby Movie
59. 1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat as Bob Chesneau Movie
60. 1983 Valley Girl as Steve Richman 6.0 Movie
61. 1983 Who Will Love My Children? as Ivan Fray Movie
62. 1982 Hammett as Hammett 6.2 Movie
63. 1982 One from the Heart as Hank 6.0 Movie
64. 1982 American Playhouse as Pap Finn TV
65. 1979 The Rose as Huston Dyer 6.7 Movie
66. 1979 The Survival of Dana as Mr. Davis Movie
67. 1979 Apocalypse Now as Jay 'Chef' Hicks 8.3 Movie
68. 1979 Mrs. Columbo TV
69. 1979 $weepstake$ TV
70. 1978 It Lives Again as Eugene Scott 5.3 Movie
71. 1978 Ruby and Oswald as Lee Harvey Oswald Movie
72. 1976 The Missouri Breaks as Cary 6.5 Movie
73. 1975 Permission to Kill as Scott Allison Movie
74. 1974 The Dion Brothers as Russell (Rut) Dion Movie
75. 1974 Larry as Larry Herman Movie
76. 1974 The Conversation as Mark 7.5 Movie
77. 1973 The Don Is Dead as Tony Fargo 5.8 Movie
78. 1972 When the Legends Die as Tom Black Bull Movie
79. 1968 The Filthy Five as Johnny Longo Movie

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