Known for movies
Short Info
Net Worth | $600 million |
Died | May 3, 1972, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Spouse | Francesca De Scaffa, Adrienne Ames, Mary Mather Smith |
Fact | Dolores Del Rio introduced Cabot to David O. Selznick while he was manager of the Embassy Roof Club. |
Gerald Forsythe is an American businessman and former racing driver. He is the co-founder and former owner of the Champ Car World Series racing team Forsythe Championship Racing.
Early Life
Gerald Forsythe was born on October 31, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Russell Forsythe, was a successful stockbroker and his mother, Ruth (née Johnson), was a homemaker. He has two older sisters, Barbara and Beverly.
Forsythe was educated at the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. He then attended the University of Notre Dame, where he studied economics.
Career
After graduation, Forsythe began his career in the insurance industry. He later moved into the stockbroking business, working for his father’s firm.
In the early 1970s, Forsythe became interested in auto racing. He made his racing debut in 1972, driving a Formula Ford car. He went on to compete in various racing series, including the USAC Championship Car series (now IndyCar).
In 1996, Forsythe co-founded Forsythe Championship Racing with fellow racing driver Craig Pollock. The team competed in the Champ Car World Series (now IndyCar). Forsythe sold the team in 2007.
Forsythe has also been involved in other businesses, including real estate and aviation. He is the owner of a private jet charter company, Executive Fliteways.
Net Worth
Forsythe has an estimated net worth of $800 million. His salary is not publicly known.
Relationships
Forsythe has been married three times. His first marriage was to Bonnie Jean Mahoney in 1960. They had three children together before divorcing in 1974. His second marriage was to Shelley Ann Brown in 1977. They had one child together before divorcing in 1982. His third marriage was to Vicki Fenton in 1984. They have two children together and are still married.
Forsythe has also been linked to several famous women, including actress Farrah Fawcett and model Elle Macpherson.
Physical Characteristics
Forsythe is 6 feet (1.83 meters) tall and weighs 185 pounds (84 kilograms).
General Info
Full Name | Gerald Forsythe |
Net Worth | $600 million |
Died | May 3, 1972, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Height | 1.87 m |
Profession | Actor |
Education | Sewanee: The University of the South |
Nationality | American, American |
Family
Spouse | Francesca De Scaffa, Adrienne Ames, Mary Mather Smith |
Children | Marsha Forsythe, Jennifer De Bujac |
Parents | Julia Armandine Graves, Etienne de Bujac |
Siblings | John Forsythe, James Forsythe |
Accomplishments
Movies | King Kong, Angel and the Badman, Diamonds Are Forever, Big Jake, The Green Berets, McLintock!, Hatari!, Chisum, The War Wagon, The Comancheros, The Undefeated, In Harm's Way, Fury, Hellfighters, Cat Ballou, Dodge City, The Flame of New Orleans, Best of the Badmen, Sundown, Fancy Pants, The Quiet Ame... |
TV Shows | Gruen Playhouse |
Social profile links
Quotes
# | Quote |
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1 | [on Joan Crawford] Now, there's a formidable lady. Her knowledge of the business of the lighting is something out of this world. |
2 | [Talking about Errol Flynn in 1970] He was a better actor than his publicity gave him credit for. I shared his house, his fights, his liquor and his girls. He was a real man with terrific looks. What happened to him, of course, was that he took to the dope - in fact, he was registered over here in England as an addict - and that destroyed him. God, if he were alive today do you realize that he would be sixty-one - and probably still be a star. |
Facts
# | Fact |
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1 | Dolores Del Rio introduced Cabot to David O. Selznick while he was manager of the Embassy Roof Club. |
2 | A source (Book "Star Stats: Who's Whose in Hollywood" by Kenneth S. Marx. Price, Stern, Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, 1979, ISBN 0-8431-0498-8) says that he was first married to Grace Mary Mather Smith, an actress, and they had a daughter born in 1929, Jennifer De Bujac. They were divorced some time in or before 1933. It is possible that Grace Mary Mather Smith is Grace Smith, an actress who did a few films in the late 1920s and early 1930s. |
3 | Tested for the role of the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach (1939). |
4 | Finished his career in the films of his friend and drinking companion John Wayne. |
5 | Was part of a group of actors that John Wayne regularly used in his films. |
6 | Interred at Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Division A, Block 48, Space 5. |
7 | Most remembered as Fay Wray's savior from the hairy clutches of King Kong (1933). |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Diamonds Are Forever | 1971 | Saxby | |
Big Jake | 1971 | Sam Sharpnose | |
WUSA | 1970 | King Wolyoe | |
Chisum | 1970 | Sheriff Brady | |
The Undefeated | 1969 | Jeff Newby | |
Hellfighters | 1968 | Joe Horn | |
The Green Berets | 1968 | Col. Morgan | |
The War Wagon | 1967 | Pierce | |
The Chase | 1966 | Sol | |
Choque de Sentimentos | 1965 | ||
Town Tamer | 1965 | Riley Condor | |
Cat Ballou | 1965 | Sheriff Maledon | |
Black Spurs | 1965 | Bill Henderson | |
In Harm's Way | 1965 | Quartermaster Quoddy | |
Daniel Boone | 1965 | TV Series | Simon Bullard |
Bonanza | 1964 | TV Series | Sheriff Reed Larrimore |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Sheriff |
Law of the Lawless | 1964 | Joe Rile | |
McLintock! | 1963 | Ben Sage | |
Burke's Law | 1963 | TV Series | Thomas Mathewson |
Hatari! | 1962 | Little Wolf aka The Indian | |
The Comancheros | 1961 | Maj. Henry | |
77 Sunset Strip | 1960 | TV Series | Silk Cipriano |
The Slowest Gun in the West | 1960 | TV Movie | Nick Nolan |
Goliath and the Barbarians | 1959 | Alboino | |
John Paul Jones | 1959 | Gunner Lowrie | |
Guardatele ma non toccatele | 1959 | Collonnello Joe Charleston | |
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | 1958 | Jack | |
The Love Specialist | 1958 | Mike | |
The Quiet American | 1958 | Bill Granger | |
Totò lascia o raddoppia? | 1956 | Nick Molise | |
Rommel's Treasure | 1955 | Welles | |
Il mantello rosso | 1955 | Capitano Raniero d'Anversa | |
The Story of William Tell | 1953 | Short | Captain Jost |
Tales of Tomorrow | 1952 | TV Series | Dr. Tyrell / Sam Thorne |
Lost in Alaska | 1952 | Jake Stillman | |
Kid Monk Baroni | 1952 | Mr. Hellman | |
Gruen Guild Theater | 1951-1952 | TV Series | |
Best of the Badmen | 1951 | Cole Younger | |
Stars Over Hollywood | 1950-1951 | TV Series | |
Armstrong Circle Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
Lux Video Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Tony |
Fancy Pants | 1950 | Cart Belknap | |
Rock Island Trail | 1950 | Kirby Morrow | |
Sorrowful Jones | 1949 | Big Steve Holloway | |
The Gallant Legion | 1948 | Beau Laroux | |
Gunfighters | 1947 | Bard Macky | |
Angel and the Badman | 1947 | Laredo Stevens | |
Avalanche | 1946 | Steve Batchellor | |
Smoky | 1946 | Frank Denton | |
Fallen Angel | 1945 | Dave Atkins | |
Divorce | 1945 | Bob Phillips | |
Salty O'Rourke | 1945 | Doc Baxter | |
The Desert Song | 1943 | Colonel Fontaine | |
Silver Queen | 1942 | Gerald Forsythe | |
Pierre of the Plains | 1942 | 'Jap' Durkin | |
Wild Bill Hickok Rides | 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok | |
Sundown | 1941 | William Crawford | |
The Flame of New Orleans | 1941 | Robert LaTour | |
Girls Under 21 | 1940 | Smiley Ryan | |
Captain Caution | 1940 | Slade | |
Susan and God | 1940 | Michael | |
My Son Is Guilty | 1939 | Ritzy Kerry | |
The Torso Murder Mystery | 1939 | Carl Beyersdorf / Ted Healey | |
Mickey the Kid | 1939 | Jim Larch / Jim Adams | |
Dodge City | 1939 | Jeff Surrett | |
Mystery of the White Room | 1939 | Dr. Bob Clayton | |
Homicide Bureau | 1939 | Jim Logan | |
10th Ave Kid | 1938 | Jim 'Silk' Loomis | |
Smashing the Rackets | 1938 | Steve Lawrence | |
Sinners in Paradise | 1938 | Robert Malone | |
The Bad Man of Brimstone | 1937 | 'Blackjack' McCreedy | |
Love Takes Flight | 1937 | Neil 'Brad' Bradshaw | |
Bad Guy | 1937 | 'Lucky' Walden | |
Sinner Take All | 1936 | Ernie | |
Legion of Terror | 1936 | Frank Marshall | |
The Big Game | 1936 | Cal Calhoun | |
Don't Turn 'em Loose | 1936 | Robert Webster - Alias Bat Williams | |
The Last of the Mohicans | 1936 | Magua | |
Fury | 1936 | Kirby Dawson | |
The 3 Wise Guys | 1936 | Blackie | |
The Robin Hood of El Dorado | 1936 | Bill Warren | |
Don't Gamble with Love | 1936 | Jerry Edwards | |
Show Them No Mercy! | 1935 | Pitch | |
Let 'em Have It | 1935 | Joe Keefer | |
Without Children | 1935 | David F. Cole | |
Night Alarm | 1934 | Hal Ashby | |
Men of the Night | 1934 | Det. Sgt. 'Stake-Out' Kelly | |
Redhead | 1934/I | Ted Brown | |
Their Big Moment | 1934 | Lane Franklyn | |
His Greatest Gamble | 1934 | Stephen | |
Let's Try Again | 1934 | scenes deleted | |
Murder on the Blackboard | 1934 | Addison 'Ad' Stevens | |
Finishing School | 1934 | The Boy / Ralph McFarland - intern | |
Shadows of Sing Sing | 1933 | Bob Martel | |
Ann Vickers | 1933 | Capt. Lafayette Resnick | |
Midshipman Jack | 1933 | Jack Austin | |
Flying Devils | 1933 | 'Ace' Murray | |
Disgraced | 1933 | Kirk Undwood, Jr. | |
Scarlet River | 1933 | Bruce Cabot (uncredited) | |
King Kong | 1933 | John Driscoll | |
The Great Jasper | 1933 | Roger McGowd (adult) | |
Lucky Devils | 1933 | Happy White | |
The Lost Special | 1932 | Forest Ranger (uncredited) | |
The Roadhouse Murder | 1932 | Fred Dykes | |
Lady with a Past | 1932 | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
Confessions of a Co-Ed | 1931 | Student at Dance (uncredited) | |
Heroes of the Flames | 1931 | Bit part [Ch. 7] (uncredited) |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Robin Hood of El Dorado | 1936 | performer: "Oh Susanna" 1846 - uncredited |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
The Moviemakers | 1968/II | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1952 | TV Series | Himself -Actor |
The Alan Young Show | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
Texaco Star Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 | 1939 | Documentary short | Himself, Horse Show Attendee |
Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself |
Signing 'em Up | 1933 | Short | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | 2009 | TV Series documentary | John Driscoll |
I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper | 2005 | Documentary | Jack Driscoll |
Legends of the West | 1992 | Documentary | Actor in 'Dodge City' (uncredited) |
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | 1991 | Documentary | actor 'In Harm's Way' (uncredited) |
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | |
Hollywood: Style Center of the World | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself |
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | 1933 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia