Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker is the sort of name that conjures the sturdy backbone of classic American entertainment. Born in Plainfield, Indiana, and immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he worked film, television, and stage with equal ease across nearly a hundred movies. What moves me most is that he started in vaudeville as a straight man at fifteen, an apprenticeship learned on the boards rather than in a classroom. He belonged to a generation forged by the grind of live performance. Tucker passed in 1986, but the unfussy, hard-earned craft of old Hollywood he embodied deserves to be remembered.

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.

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Name (English)

Forrest Tucker

Name (Japanese)

フォレスト・タッカー

Reading

ふぉれすと・たっかー

Born

February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

Origin

Plainfield, Indiana, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

television actor / stage actor / film actor / actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Washington-Liberty High School

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Indiana
• television actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.