{"id":17490,"date":"2023-06-24T21:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17490"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:48:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:48:46","slug":"frederic-forrest-actor-in-the-rose-and-apocalypse-now-dies-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17490","title":{"rendered":"Frederic Forrest, Actor in &#8216;The Rose&#8217; and &#8216;Apocalypse Now,&#8217; Dies at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Frederic Forrest, the Oscar-nominated character actor noted for his performances in <em><strong>Apocalypse Now<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>The Rose<\/strong><\/em>, has died in Santa Monica at the age of 86.<br \/>News of his passing brought tributes from leading Hollywood figures who had worked with him over the years, including director Francis Ford Coppola and actor Bette Midler.<br \/><br \/>Coppola, who directed Forrest in <em><strong>Apocalypse Now<\/strong><\/em>, called the actor a sweet, much beloved person, a wonderful actor and a good friend,\u201d adding that \u201cHis loss is heartbreaking to me.\u201d Midler, who had co-starred with Forrest in <em><strong>The Rose<\/strong><\/em>, tweeted: \u201cThank you to all of his fans and friends for all their support these last few months. He was a remarkable actor, and a brilliant human being, and I was lucky to have him in my life. He was at peace.\u201d<br \/><br \/>In the 1979 film <em><strong>The Rose<\/strong><\/em>, Forrest played the role of Huston Dyer, Midler\u2019s limousine driver, earning him both an Oscar and Golden Globe for best supporting actor. In that same year, he starred as Jay \u201cChef\u201d Hicks in Coppola\u2019s Vietnam War epic<strong> Apocalypse Now<\/strong>, whose cast also included Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen.<br \/><br \/>Frederic Forrest was born in Waxahachie, Texas two days before Christmas, 1936.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/gastricbreastcancer.com\/images\/icons\/html\/antabuse.html\">antabuse over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> After receiving a degree in radio and television studies at Texas Christian University, he moved to New York, where he studied under Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffvet.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwenty\/assets\/fonts\/inter\/woff\/clomid.html\">clomid over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> During the tumultuous 1960s, he appeared in a number of countercultural Off-Broadway productions, including <em>Viet Rock<\/em> and <em>Futz!<\/em> One of his first film roles, <em><strong>When Legends Die, <\/strong><\/em>earned him a 1973 Golden Globe nomination for most promising newcomer. <br \/><br \/>Around the time of his 1979 breakthroughs, Forrest was quoted in <em>The New York Times<\/em> as saying: \u201cI don\u2019t expect much. I\u2019ve been around too long to have expectations.&#8221; He added \u201cThis [Hollywood] is a fickle town, no rhyme or reason to it. By the time you go down the driveway to pick up your mail, you\u2019re forgotten.&#8221;<br \/><br \/>\u201cThey told me to hire a public relations firm to try to get an Emmy,\u201d he continued. &#8220;There was no way I could do that. It goes against my grain to buy ads. I don\u2019t want to buy a prize. I want someone to give me one. Who wants a prize if you have to hustle it?\u201d<br \/><br \/>Other of Forrest\u2019s film roles included <em><strong>Falling Down, The Missouri Breaks, The Two Jakes, Point Blank, Valley Girl, Hammett<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Trauma<\/strong><\/em>. He also appeared in several TV series, including <em>Lonesome Dove, Quo Vadis<\/em>, and<em> 21 Jump Street<\/em>. Forrest\u2019s final film appearances was in <em><strong>All the King\u2019s Men<\/strong><\/em> (2006).<br \/><br \/>Forrest was married twice, to Nancy Ann Whittaker and Marilu Henner.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/gastricbreastcancer.com\/images\/icons\/html\/lipitor.html\">lipitor over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> He is survived by his sister, Ginger Jackson.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederic Forrest, the Oscar-nominated character actor noted for his performances in Apocalypse Now and The Rose, has died in Santa Monica at the age of 86.News of his passing brought tributes from leading Hollywood figures who had worked with him over the years, including director Francis Ford Coppola and actor Bette Midler. 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