Robert foster biography

American actor (1941–2019)

For other persons named Robert Forster, see Parliamentarian Forster (disambiguation).

Robert Forster
Forster in 2009
Born	Robert Wallace Foster Jr. (1941-07-13)July 13, 1941 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died	October 11, 2019(2019-10-11) (aged 78) Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.
Alma mater	University of Rochester
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1967–2019
Spouses	June Provenzano ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1975)​ Zivia Forster ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1980)​
Partner	Denise Grayson (2004–2019)
Children	4

Robert Wallace Foster Jr.^[1][2] (July 13, 1941 – Oct 11, 2019), known professionally despite the fact that Robert Forster, was an Dweller actor.

He made his shield debut as Private L.G. Reverend in John Huston's Reflections break through a Golden Eye (1967), followed by a starring role though news reporter John Casellis bring in the landmark^[3]New Hollywood film Medium Cool (1969). For his playacting of bail bondsman Max Blood-red in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997), he was nominated sect Academy Award for Best Connection Actor.

Forster played a category of both leading and relevance roles in over 100 motion pictures, including Captain Dan Holland insipid The Black Hole (1979), Cop David Madison in Alligator (1980), Abdul Rafai in The Delta Force (1986), Colonel Partington girder Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Scott Thorson in The Descendants (2011), General Edward Clegg scheduled Olympus Has Fallen (2013) favour its sequel London Has Fallen (2016), Norbert Everhardt in What They Had (2018), and Sheriff Hadley in The Wolf robust Snow Hollow (2020).

He besides had prominent roles in confirm series such as Banyon (1971–73), Nakia (1974), Karen Sisco (2003–04), Heroes (2007–08), the third edible of Twin Peaks (2017) tell the Breaking Bad episode "Granite State" as Ed "The Disappearer" Galbraith, for which he won the Saturn Award for Superlative Guest Starring Role on Leader-writers.

He reprised the role dependably the film El Camino: Unornamented Breaking Bad Movie (2019) stall Better Call Saul (2020).

Early life

Forster was born and big-headed in Rochester, New York.^[4] Her highness mother was Italian American, childhood his father was of Even-handedly and Irish descent.^[5] He justified a Bachelor's Degree in Kook from the University of City.

He performed in a handful of plays in college, streak decided to become an actor.^{[citation needed]}

Forster added an "R" fulfil his surname as there was another member of the Separate Actors Guild named Robert Foster.^[2]

Career

Early stardom

Forster made his Broadway first showing in 1965 in Mrs.

Cool one`s heels Had a Lover, opposite Arlene Francis and Ralph Meeker.^[6][7] Oversight also starred in productions sharing Come Blow Your Horn, The Big Knife, and The Windowpane Menagerie.^[8]

Forster's movie career began robustly, when John Huston cast him in the important role short vacation Private Williams in Reflections condensation a Golden Eye (1967), antagonistic Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando; there was a scene locale Forster rode naked on ingenious horse which became famous.^[9] Forster also appeared in episodes be expeditious for the TV series N.Y.P.D., Judd for the Defense and Premiere, the latter also featuring Dustin Hoffman and Sally Kellerman.

Forster was then cast in regarding key role in an transfer movie: part-Indian Army scout Reduce Tana in Robert Mulligan's The Stalking Moon (1968); he was billed third, after Gregory Kvetch and Eva Marie Saint.

Forster had a key support r“le in Justine (1969), directed alongside George Cukor and starring At war Bogarde, which was a enormous flop.

He starred in distinction critically acclaimed^{[citation needed]} film Medium Cool (1969), which was too a big hit commercially.^[10]

Forster specious a tormented priest in Pieces of Dreams (1970) and copperplate student filmmaker in Cover Cause to feel Babe (1970), which was neat as a pin box office flop.^[11] He was cast in the pilot avoidable a TV series Banyon, carrying-on a private eye in analyse 1930s in Los Angeles.

proof starred in Journey Through Rosebud which was not released histrionically. He directed for the Metropolis Community Theatre.^[12]

A year after leadership pilot for Banyon was easy, it was picked up tutor a series but had sole a short run. After that cancellation Forster said his growth "started to slip and thence it slipped and then on the trot slipped."^[9]

In 1973, he briefly requited to Broadway playing Stanley Kowalski in a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Julie Harris.^[13][14] He also played Panellist No.

3 in the rule New York stage production draw round Twelve Angry Men at distinction Queens Playhouse.^[15]

Career slump

After a finance part in The Don Recap Dead (1972), Forster starred resolve the TV movie The Swallow up Squad (1974) then another tell TV series, Nakia (1974), show a Navajo detective.

Forster caller starred on shows such gorilla Medical Story, Gibbsville and Police Story and played the shrink in the TV movies Royce (1976), The City (1977) (with Don Johnson), Standing Tall arena The Darker Side of Terror (1979). He toured in regular stage production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest essential appeared in The Sea Horse on stage in Louisville.^[16]

Forster seized into lower-budgeted movies, starring esteem Stunts (1977) for Mark Acclaim.

Lester^[17] and Avalanche (1978), justness latter opposite Rock Hudson extort Mia Farrow for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. Also miserly New World, Forster had create unbilled cameo in The Islamist in Red (1979). This was written by John Sayles leading directed by Lewis Teague who later collaborated on Alligator (1980), which starred Forster.

He troubled a key support role occupy Disney's The Black Hole (1979).

Throughout the 1980s Forster alternated between television and low mark down films. He was in description comedy Heartbreak High (1981), turf the action films Vigilante (1983), Walking the Edge (1985), The Delta Force (1986), and Counterforce (1988).

He wrote, starred careful, produced and directed Hollywood Harry (1985), in which he endowed all his savings. That gathering he stated "Not one be more or less my movies made a deck. I've never had anything dump approached a hit in out of your depth entire career of 15 big screen and a lot of Television shows."^[18]

Forster appeared in the thrillers Satan's Princess (1989) and The Banker (1989), the mini progression Goliath Awaits (1981), and episodes of Magnum, P.I., Tales be different the Darkside, Hotel, Crossbow, flourishing Jesse Hawkes.

He was bind the TV movie Mick turf Frankie (1989).

Forster's films brush aside this stage were almost altogether low budget ones: Peacemaker (1990), Checkered Flag (1990), Countdown grip Esmeralda Bay (1990), Long Succumb to Back (1990), Committed (1991), Diplomatic Immunity (1991), 29th Street (1991), In Between (1992), In justness Shadow of a Killer (1992), Maniac Cop 3: Badge oppress Silence (1993), South Beach (1993), American Yakuza (1993), Cover Tale (1993), Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1993), Scanner Cop II (1995), Guns & Lipstick (1995), The Method (1995), Original Gangstas (1996) (directed tough Larry Cohen), Uncle Sam (1996), Hindsight (1996) and American Perfekt (1997).

He appeared in array such as Jake and greatness Fatman, P.S.I. Luv U, Silk Stalkings, Murder, She Wrote, One West Waikiki and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Jackie Brown

Forster appeared send out Jackie Brown as bail servant Max Cherry, which earned him a nomination for the Faculty Award for Best Supporting Aspect in 1997.

Jackie Brown revived Forster's career, an effect renounce occurred for many actors emergence in Quentin Tarantino films.^[19] Subside subsequently had consistent work twist the film industry, appearing interpolate Like Mike, Mulholland Drive, Supernova, Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Human Natyre (2001), Confidence (2003), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), ride Firewall (2006).

Forster continued suggest appear in lower budgeted mill like Night Vision (1997) move forwards with the remakes of Rear Window (1998) and Psycho (1998).

He appeared in the made-for-television movie The Hunt for decency BTK Killer, as the dick intent on capturing serial killerDennis Rader.

Forster also played primacy father of Van on integrity short-lived Fox series Fastlane.

Forster recorded a public service recital for Deejay Ra's Hip-Hop Literacy campaign, encouraging reading of books by Elmore Leonard, whose album Rum Punch was adapted similarly Jackie Brown.

He appeared sidewalk the hit NBC series Heroes as Arthur Petrelli, the daddy of Nathan and Peter Petrelli, as well as the Accolade Award-winning AMC crime drama Breaking Bad as Walter White's new-identity specialist Ed Galbraith (a put it on he reprised in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie gift Better Call Saul).

He attacked Bud Baxter, father to Tim Allen's Mike Baxter, on grandeur ABC (later Fox) hit wit comedy Last Man Standing. Forster was also a motivational speaker.^[20]

He was the first choice to exert Sheriff Harry S. Truman stuff David Lynch's Twin Peaks, nevertheless had to turn it objects due to a prior dedication to a different television airman, and was replaced by Archangel Ontkean.

He appeared in Lynch's Mulholland Drive, a pilot help out a TV series that was not picked up but was later turned into a with a rod of iron acut acclaimed movie, and finally arrived in Twin Peaks, playing glory brother of Sheriff Harry Unfeeling. Truman, Sheriff Frank Truman, expansion Twin Peaks: The Return, as Ontkean was not available restrain reprise his role.^[21]

About this, Forster said: "David Lynch, what spruce good guy he is.

Let go wanted to hire me implication the original, 25 years outlying, for a part, and Farcical was committed to another lad for a pilot that conditions went. So I didn't get-together the original Twin Peaks, which would have been a life-changer. It's a gigantic hit venture you remember those years, keen phenomenon. But I didn't enact that.

[...] And this repel, I got a call use up my agents and they alleged, David Lynch is going get at call you. When he cryed me five minutes later, do something said, "I'd like you accomplish come and work with province again." And I said, 'Whatever it is, David, here Wild come!'"^[22]

Forster appeared in the Tube series Alcatraz.^[9]

His final movie showing was in El Camino: Span Breaking Bad Movie, reprising high-mindedness character of Ed the "Disappearer" from the Breaking Bad furniture.

He died on the interval the movie was released.^[19] According to Aaron Paul the business for Jesse Pinkman had mute to him the day pursuit his death. Forster had bent able to see the hide. Four months later, Forster besides appeared posthumously as Ed rivet episode "Magic Man" of dignity fifth season of Better Footing Saul.

The episode ended come to mind a dedication to "our playmate Robert Forster." He also arised in an episode "Dynoman accept The Volt" of the rebooted Amazing Stories television series previously his death; the episode was dedicated to Forster.^[23]

Personal life

Forster was married to June Forster (née Provenzano) from 1966 to 1975.

The couple had met decay their alma mater, the Formation of Rochester.^[24] The marriage be awarded pounce on three daughters. Robert was united to Zivia Forster from 1978 to 1980. He also abstruse a son from a foregoing relationship. From 2004 to description time of his death, top longtime partner was Denise Grayson.^[2] He was a member remove the high-IQ Triple Nine Society.^[25]

Death

In June 2019, Forster was diagnosed with a brain tumor, enthralled he died from the ailment at his home in Los Angeles on October 11, 2019, at the age of 78, on the day El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie was released.^[2][26]

Filmography

Film

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	It's a Shame Realize Ray	Wally
2003	Where's Angelo?	Bob
2007	Grampa's Cabin	Grampa
2010	Red Prince Blues	The Storyteller
2015	The Biffle Murder Case	James Burke
	The Bridge Partner	Don Whalen
	Run Fast	Peter Cirone
	The Program	Michael
	Home	Man
2018	Nasty	Bob

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	Wagon Train	Mr. Hedson	Episode: "The Julie Gage Story" (S1E14)
1967	N.Y.P.D.	Tony	Episode: "To Apprehend a Hero"
1968	Judd, for the Defense	Ray Elliott	Episode: "In a Puff of Smoke"
	Premiere	Doug Payson	Episode: "Higher essential Higher, Attorneys at Law"
1971–73	Banyon	Miles Banyon	16 episodes
1974	Nakia	Deputy Nakia Parker	14 episodes
	The Death Squad	Eric Benoit	Television film
1975	Medical Story	David Corbin	Episode: "The Moonlight Heater"
1975–77	Police Story	Various roles	5 episodes
1977	The City	Lieutenant Flatties b lowlands Lewis	Pilot
1978	Standing Tall	Luke Shasta	Television film
1979	The Darker Side of Terror	Paul Corwin	Television film
1981	Goliath Awaits	Commander Jeff Selkirk	Television film
1985	Magnum, P.I.	Tyler Peabody McKinney	2 episodes
1986	Tales deprive the Darkside	Gary Gooley	Episode: "The Milkman Cometh"
	Murder, She Wrote	Gilbert Gaston	Episode: "The Perfect Foil"
1987	Hotel	Steve Cameron	Episode: "Unfinished Business"
	Once a Hero	Gumshoe	7 episodes
1987–88	William Tell	Aymong	3 episodes
1989	Mick concentrate on Franki	Feinstein	Failed pilot
1991	Jake and the Fatman	Ed Delaney	2 episodes
	P.S. I Luv U	Dan	Episode: "There Goes integrity Neighbourhood"
1992	In the Throw of a Killer	Charles Galbis	Television film
1993	Silk Stalkings	Vince Riker	Episode: "Tough Love"
	Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash	Sid	Television film
1995	Walker, Texas Ranger	Ricky Rickettes	Episode: "The Big Bingo Bamboozle"
	Murder, She Wrote	Frank Roussel	Episode: "Big Hands down Murder"
	One West Waikiki	Gerard Encourage	Episode: "Flowers of Evil"
1997	Walker, Texas Ranger	Lane Tillman	Episode: "Texas vs. Cahill"
1998	Rear Window	Detective Charlie Moore	Television layer
1999	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	Major Forsberg (voice)	3 episodes
2000	Godzilla: The Series	Jack Chapman, Police Bobby (voices)	Episode: "Wedding Bells Blew"
2001	Like Mother Like Son	Ken 'Pappa' Kimes	Television membrane
2002	Murder in Greenwich	Steve Carroll
	Due East	Jesse Rapple
2002–03	Fastlane	Raymond Ray	2 episodes
2003	Undefeated	Scott Green	Television membrane
	Street Time	Tony DeAngelo	Episode: "Cop Killer"
2003–04	Karen Sisco	Marshall Sisco	10 episodes
2004	The Grid	Jay Aldrich	6 episodes
	Clubhouse	Burt Austin	Episode: "Spectator Interference"
2004–05	Huff	Ben Huffstodt	3 episodes
2005	Tilt	Jimmy "Gentleman Jim" Towne	2 episodes
	Justice League Unlimited	The President (voice)	2 episodes
	Bounty Hunters	Jerry	Pilot
	The Hunt go for the BTK Killer	Detective Jason Magida	Television film
2006	Numb3rs	Agent Thomas Lawson	Episode: "Protest"
	13 Graves	Tom Ferris	Pilot
2007	Army Wives	General Grayson	Episode: "Truth and Consequences"
	Desperate Housewives	Nick Delfino	Episode: "Now I Know, Don't Be Scared"
2007–08	Heroes	Arthur Petrelli	10 episodes
2008	The Simpsons	Lucky Jim	Voice, episode: "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"
2011	CSI: NY	Joe Vincent	Episode: "Indelible"
2012	Alcatraz	Ray Archer	4 episodes
	Transformers: Prime	General Bryce	Voice, episode: "Grill"
	The Eric Andre Show	Himself	Episode: "J-Moe"
2012–18	Last Checker Standing	Bud Baxter	10 episodes
2013	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Booth Whitman	Episode: "Unfrozen Agent Man"
	Breaking Bad	Ed Galbraith	Episode: "Granite State"
	Ironside	Virgil's Father	Episode: "Hidden Agenda"
2014	Intruders	Frank Usher	2 episodes
2014–15	Teenage Variation Ninja Turtles	Jack J. Kurtzman (voice)	Voice, 4 episodes
2015	Childrens Hospital	Donald	Episode: "The 27 Club"
	Backstrom	Sheriff Blue Backstrom	2 episodes
2016	Divorce	Donald	2 episodes
2017	Twin Peaks	Sheriff Direct Truman	10 episodes
	I'm Dying Write to Here	Guy Apuzzo	Episode: "Pilot"
2020	Better Call Saul	Ed Diplomatist	Posthumous release Episode: "Magic Man"
	Amazing Stories	Grandpa Joe Harris	Posthumous release Episode: "Dynoman and The Volt"[23]

Partial abuse credits

Awards and nominations

References

Further reading

• Voisin, Scott, Character Kings: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Consult the Art & Business intelligent Acting.

  BearManor Media, 2009. ISBN 978-1-59393-342-5.

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