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Forrest Tucker

1919 - 1986

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Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked in vaudeville as a straight man at the age of fifteen. While he was on a trip to California, party hostess Cobina Wright persuaded guest Wesley Ruggles to give Tucker a screen test because of Tucker's photogenic good looks, thick wavy hair and height of six feet, five inches. Tucker was a sight reader who needed only one take. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Forrest Tucker is the 6,610th most popular actor (down from 5,889th in 2024), the 10,242nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,632nd in 2019) and the 3,043rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Forrest Tucker ranks 6,609 out of 13,578. Before him are Lynn Bari, Sami Bouajila, Yevgeniya Simonova, Jed Brophy, and Virginia Fox. After him are Ted McGinley, Nana Mizuki, Dorothy Comingore, Georgia Moffett, Kellan Lutz, Debra Mooney, and Annalisa Ericson.

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Among people born in 1919, Forrest Tucker ranks 314. Before him are Mary Midgley, Folke Alnevik, Jean Tamini, Norman Lane, Naim Talu, and Clifford Truesdell. After him are Bill Nicholson, Delfo Cabrera, Aleksandr Volodin, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Blackwell, and Marga Petersen. Among people deceased in 1986, Forrest Tucker ranks 274. Before him are Harry Voigt, Rafael Gil, Yaşar Erkan, Chuck McKinley, Bessie Head, and Alan Jay Lerner. After him are Emil Jónsson, Una Merkel, Erik Svensson, Neerja Bhanot, Heather Angel, and Kate Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forrest Tucker ranks 10,245 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Marshak (1916), Kenny Anderson (1970), Steve Gaines (1949), Ray Gillen (1959), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Marcia Fudge (1952), and Virginia Fox (1902). After him are Mark McGwire (1963), Anthony Braxton (1945), Ted McGinley (1958), Norman Z. McLeod (1898), and Dorothy Comingore (1913).

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Among actors born in United States, Forrest Tucker ranks 3,044. Before him are Dane DeHaan (1986), Alma Rubens (1897), Harry Lennix (1964), Rosa Salazar (1985), Lynn Bari (1913), and Virginia Fox (1902). After him are Ted McGinley (1958), Dorothy Comingore (1913), Kellan Lutz (1985), Debra Mooney (1947), Michael Horse (1949), and Alicia Witt (1975).

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