Posted on 05/23/2013 3:13:20 PM PDT by lowbridge
Steve Forrest, who starred as Lt. Dan “Hondo” Harrelson on the 1970s ABC action series S.W.A.T., died peacefully surrounded by family on May 18 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 87.
In a career spanning more than 60 years, Forrest frequently was cast as a leading man or “heavy.” An aficionado of the American Western, he delighted in roles that glorified the genre, including guest-starring appearances on such television classics as The Virginian, Bonanza and Gunsmoke.
But it was his role as the hard-hitting yet warmhearted Harrelson on the Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg-produced S.W.A.T. that most endeared Forrest to the American audience. As the leader of the police department’s five-man special weapons and tactics team, he often was seen with his bullhorn in hand, jumping into the large dark gray van and shouting the signature line “Let’s roll!”
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Nothing against Mr. Forrest, but SWAT needs to die with him.
The laws that empower SWAT to do what they do need to die.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103986/
Columbo: Season 11, Episode 3
A Bird in the Hand... (22 Nov. 1992)
Harold likes to gamble, but as a rule he loses and he is heavily in debt. His uncle is the famous Big Fred who is the owner of a football team and he is a millionaire. But Harold can’t get a dime from him. So Harold decides to kill his uncle by a pipe bomb under his car. He is not surprised when he is told Big Fred is dead. He is surprised however that the death is due to a road accident.
Oh, him. He looked a lot like my Dad.
The brother of Dana Andrews. I remember Mr. Forrest from “Dallas” when he was trying to impersonate Jock Ewing during the “dream” season. RIP.
A veteran and married to the same woman for 65 years. He was a good man. RIP.
I remember that TV show. Wow I am older!
Sheesh, haven’t thought of him in ages, but he was a “man’s man”, and a good actor. RIP.
RIP Hondo Harrelson.
I have both DVD sets. It was a favorite of mine as a kid.
Dude was way Kewel.
RIP
One of my favorite childhood shows.....that theme is now stuck in my head. RIP, Steve.
He had another brother Harland Andrews. He was the Principal of my high school!
My friends and I always liked to play SWAT with our BB guns. I was usually the sniper, TJ.
I just remember the Cheech and Chong Parody, “Tactical Women’s Alert Team.”
One of the few shows we got on AFN TV when I was a kid when family stationed in Germany. Never missed a show. We all would play SWAT even though we were Army brats....and I had to be Hondo Harrelson
RIP Mr Forrest
He was also ‘The Baron’ in a British TV series that played from 1965-1966.
Plus many many other tv shows back to the 1950’s.
He will be missed.
RIP
He had a beautifully melodic basso voice, nearly as deep as James Earl Jones.
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