Buck Jones and Ken Maynard were said to be his idols.
After he provided his voice in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), he retired from acting at age 85.
After starring in the movie The Trouble with Harry (1955), he went through a lot of trouble finding starring roles in high-budget box office films, hence, he worked in television.
Although his greatest success came on television and his film credits are comparatively skimpy, h nonetheless appeared in two films each by major directors: Alfred Hitchcock in The Trouble with Harry (1955) and Topaz (1969) and Richard Brooks in In Cold Blood (1967) and The Happy Ending (1969).
Appeared in a stage production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," directed by Elia Kazan.
Appeared in the episode titled "The Golden Blood of the Sun" for "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater" (31 Oct 1974).
As a child, he was a baseball fanatic.
As a little boy he was a fan of the radio series "Amos and Andy", and would listen to the show avidly.
As a teenager, Linda Evans guest starred in "Bachelor Father: A Crush on Bentley (#4.5)" (1960) as a girl who develops a crush on his character. Some twenty years later, Linda Evans costarred with Forsythe on the hit TV series "Dynasty" (1981) as his wife.
As an acting teacher, he taught up-and-coming actors Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Julie Harris and Patricia Neal at the same school. He even taught his future "Dynasty" (1981) co-star Joan Collins acting when she was just a teenager.
At age 11, he and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York.
Attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on a part-scholarship, where he majored in English Literature. His minor was history.
Based his "Dynasty" (1981) character Blake Carrington on MCA Chairman Lew Wasserman.
Became an actor against the wishes of his father.
Before he was a successful actor, he once worked as a waiter in the same restaurant with Kirk Douglas.
Before he was a successful actor, he worked as a baseball announcer and a drama teacher.
Began his contract career as a bit player for Warner Bros. in 1943.
Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Blake Carrington on "Dynasty" (1981).
Diagnosed with colon cancer [October 11, 2006].
Didn't become an actor until he was 30.