Frederic Forrest

Date of Birth:

Dec 23, 1936

Place of Birth:

Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Biography:

Frederic F. Forrest is an American actor.

He is probably best remembered for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, It Lives Again and Falling Down and for playing the writer Dashiell Hammett twice in film - in Hammett (1982) and in Citizen Cohn (1992 TV movie).

He was Oscar-nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his role in The Rose. His other notable film roles were in Promise Him Anything (TV), One from the Heart, The Stone Boy, and horror maestro Dario Argento's first American fi... ... (read more...)