Biography
American actor Michael Forest starred in the title role in
Roger Corman's sword-and-sandal opus
Atlas (1961), after which he made the Hollywood adventure movie rounds of the mid to late '60s. He was among the handsome Hollywood hunks prevalent in such films as
The Glory Guys (1966),
The Sweet Ride (1967) and
100 Rifles (1969). Two decades later, Forest was still essaying beefcake supporting roles, notably in 1988's
Deep Space. Soap-opera addicts are most familiar with Michael Forest for his interpretation of Nick Andropoulos on TV's
As the World Turns. Devotees of
Star Trek will remember Forest as the messianic Apollo in the 1967 episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?." And sitcom fans will recall Forest as Laura Petrie's former beau Joe Coogan, who shows up unexpectedly in clerical collar as
Father Coogan on a 1963 episode of
The Dick Van Dyke Show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide