Forrest Tucker
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 Forrest Tucker facts

• Tucker worked as a vaudeville straight man at the age of only fifteen years old
• A mentor provided funds and contacts for a trip to California, where party hostess Cobina Wright pers귭 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 and his film career started well despite a perception in most Hollywood studios that blond men were not photogenic
• He enlisted in the Army during World War II
• 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 television series F Troop, he became identified with the character of Cavalry Sgt
• Morgan O'Rourke (a manipulative character quite similar to Phil Silvers' role as MSgt
• Ernie Bilko)
• Tucker struggled with a drinking problem that began to affect his performances in the later years of his career