Forrest Tucker

TV Actor

Birthday February 12, 1919

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Plainfield, IN

DEATH DATE Oct 25, 1986 (67)

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About

Played the role of Sergeant O'Rourke in the classic television series, F Troop.

Before Fame

He began performing at age 14, moonlighting as a singer at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after working the fair by day.

Trivia

His first role came in the 1940 Gary Cooper-led 'The Westerner,' and he appeared in nearly a hundred Western and action films after.

Family Life

His father was a baseball player in the minor leagues, and hoped he would take after him, but he followed in his mother's footsteps instead as a one-time singer.

Associated With

He appeared opposite Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in the 1942 MGM film, Keeper of the Flame.

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