Arthur Forrest, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning director whose 70-year career in television included work on The Honeymooners, The Dick Cavett Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?, has died. He was 95.
Forrest died Oct. 25 of natural causes at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, his wife, Marcy Forrest, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A live-event specialist, Forrest helmed NBC’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade telecast from Pasadena from 1977-2017, when he retired from show business at age 90. “I like starting the new year with marching bands!” he said.
For more than four decades, from New York to Las Vegas, Forrest also ...
Forrest died Oct. 25 of natural causes at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, his wife, Marcy Forrest, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A live-event specialist, Forrest helmed NBC’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade telecast from Pasadena from 1977-2017, when he retired from show business at age 90. “I like starting the new year with marching bands!” he said.
For more than four decades, from New York to Las Vegas, Forrest also ...
- 11/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Arthur Forrest, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning director whose 70-year career in television included work on The Honeymooners, The Dick Cavett Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?, has died. He was 95.
Forrest died Oct. 25 of natural causes at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, his wife, Marcy Forrest, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A live-event specialist, Forrest helmed NBC’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade telecast from Pasadena from 1977-2017, when he retired from show business at age 90. “I like starting the new year with marching bands!” he said.
For more than four decades, from New York to Las Vegas, Forrest also ...
Forrest died Oct. 25 of natural causes at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, his wife, Marcy Forrest, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A live-event specialist, Forrest helmed NBC’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade telecast from Pasadena from 1977-2017, when he retired from show business at age 90. “I like starting the new year with marching bands!” he said.
For more than four decades, from New York to Las Vegas, Forrest also ...
- 11/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Arthur Forrest, a television legend with a 75-year career that covered long-running hits such as “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “That’s Incredible!,” died on Oct. 25. He was 95.
Marcy Forrest, Arthur’s wife, confirmed the death to Variety.
Born in 1926 in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx as a first-generation American, Forrest completed his education at NYU and landed a job at DuMont Network’s studio as a janitor. After learning the business, Forrest went from janitor to page, from page to studio assistant, all the way up to the cameraman on “The Honeymooners” and “Captain Video.”
After leaving DuMont and working for New York’s Channel 5, Forrest directed the popular children’s show, “Wonderama,” and stayed at the station until 1973, when he left to direct the late night “Dick Cavett Show.”
Moving to Los Angeles in 1975, Forrest established himself in the world of live television, finding success with...
Marcy Forrest, Arthur’s wife, confirmed the death to Variety.
Born in 1926 in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx as a first-generation American, Forrest completed his education at NYU and landed a job at DuMont Network’s studio as a janitor. After learning the business, Forrest went from janitor to page, from page to studio assistant, all the way up to the cameraman on “The Honeymooners” and “Captain Video.”
After leaving DuMont and working for New York’s Channel 5, Forrest directed the popular children’s show, “Wonderama,” and stayed at the station until 1973, when he left to direct the late night “Dick Cavett Show.”
Moving to Los Angeles in 1975, Forrest established himself in the world of live television, finding success with...
- 10/31/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
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