made an indelible impact as the fearsome Blue Duck in , the epic 1989 miniseries based on Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A native of Waxahachie, Texas, he made his movie breakthrough playing a Ute Indian rodeo competitor in (1972), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. He also received Oscar and Golden (1979), and earned admiring reviews for his portrayal of a high-strung solider in (1979). His other film credits include (in which he played novelist Dashiell Hammett), , and . Forrest was 86 when he died June 23 in Santa Monica, California.
