Forrest Tucker

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American actor in theatre, 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. 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 (1965-1967). Tucker struggled with a drinking problem that began to affect his performances in the later years of his career. He married four times, divorced twice (his second wife died) and had three children. He died from lung cancer on 25 October 1986, aged 67, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Link to Wikipedia biography