Michael Forest Dies: Actor In Roger Corman B-Movies, 'Star Trek's Apollo Was 97
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π° What Happened
Actor Michael Forest died on October 14 at the age of 97. He had been living at an assisted living home in Sparks, Nevada, and his friend James A. Brown announced the death on Facebook.
Forest was a busy character actor. He appeared in Roger Corman's low-budget films, in dozens of TV shows and as a voice actor in anime and video games. Star Trek fans remember him as the god Apollo in a 1967 episode.
π The Backstory
Forest was born Gerald Michael Charlebois in North Dakota in 1929 and moved to Los Angeles in 1955. He met Corman through an acting class and began appearing in his films, including Ski Troop Attack and Atlas.
He guest starred on The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible and Get Smart. Later he played a pilot in Cast Away and returned as Apollo in a fan-made Star Trek series.
π― Why It Matters
Forest worked from drive-in movies to modern video games, so his death marks the end of a living link to an early era of Hollywood.
Actor Michael Forest died on October 14 at the age of 97. He had been living at an assisted living home in Sparks, Nevada, and his friend James A. Brown announced the death on Facebook.
Forest was a busy character actor. He appeared in Roger Corman's low-budget films, in dozens of TV shows and as a voice actor in anime and video games. Star Trek fans remember him as the god Apollo in a 1967 episode.
Forest was born Gerald Michael Charlebois in North Dakota in 1929 and moved to Los Angeles in 1955. He met Corman through an acting class and began appearing in his films, including Ski Troop Attack and Atlas.
He guest starred on The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible and Get Smart. Later he played a pilot in Cast Away and returned as Apollo in a fan-made Star Trek series.
Forest worked from drive-in movies to modern video games, so his death marks the end of a living link to an early era of Hollywood.