Frederic Forrest Cause of Death

American actor, Frederic Forrest has been reported dead. According to sources, he died after a prolonged illness on June 23, 2023. He was 86 years old.

Born on December 23, 1936, Frederic Forrest was best known for several roles including the Chef in Apocalypse Now, the neo-Nazi surplus store owner in Falling Down, Dashiell Hammett in Hammett (1982), and Citizen Cohn (1992).

He also played Captain Richard Jenko on the first season of the Fox Television series 21 Jump Street in 1987, making it one of his first tv appearances. However, he was subsequently replaced by actor Steven Williams, who played Captain Adam Fuller for the remainder of the series.

Forrest also appeared as private investigator Lomax in the BBC miniseries Die Kinder. He also played Sgt. McSpadden in the Civil War-themed movie Andersonville and real-life U.S Army General Earle Wheeler in 2002’s Path to War, which was the final film of director John Frankenheimer.

Some of his other film credits also include The Don Is Dead, The Gravy Train, Promise Him Anything, Ruby, and Oswald. Survival of Dana, Saigon: Year of the Car, The Stone Boy, Right to Kill? The Two Jakes, and more.