American actor (died 2023)

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing featured roles in The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), One from the Heart (1982), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a New York Film Critics Circle Award, and received a National Society of Film Critics for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the musical drama The Rose (1979), an honor that was also shared with his performance as Jay "Chef" Hicks in Apocalypse Now.

Born

1936

December 23

Died

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1930s

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The world in 1936

When Frederic arrived

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Adly Mansour 1945– Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt Arthur Gilligan 1894– English cricketer (died 1976) Barry Kooser 1968– American painter and animator Bernard Pollard 1984– American football player Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Gerrit W. Gong 1953– American religious leader and academic Jari Mäenpää 1977– Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist Jean-François Champollion 1790–1832 French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (died 1832)

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Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Anthony Lester 1936– Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020) Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Antonin Scalia 1936–2016 American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936) B. J. Habibie 1936–2019 Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019) Bill Mazeroski 1936– American baseball player and coach (died 2026) Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Canaan Banana 1936–2003 Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)

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