Forrest Tucker
by Greg Joens
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Title
Forrest Tucker
Artist
Greg Joens
Medium
Drawing - Pencil On Paper
Description
Forrest Tucker - pencil sketch on bristol paper, 9x12. 30MAY17
(February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked as a vaudeville straight man, aged fifteen years old.
A mentor provided funds and contacts for a trip to California, where party hostess Cobina Wright persuaded guest Wesley Ruggles to give Tucker a screen test, based on his photogenic good looks, thick wavy hair and height of six feet, five inches - putting him into the same league as John Wayne, Chuck Connors, Fess Parker, James Arness, and Peter Graves, Arness' younger brother.
Tucker was a sight reader who needed only one take. His film career started well despite a perception in most Hollywood studios that blond men were not photogenic. After twenty years spent mainly in westerns and action roles, he returned to his roots, showing versatility as a comedic and stage musical actor.
In the TV show F Troop, he became identified with the character of Cavalry Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke (a manipulative character quite similar to Phil Silvers's role as MSgt Ernie Bilko). Tucker struggled with a drinking problem that began to affect his performances in the later years of his career. Source: Wikipedia
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