Scott Forbes Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended drama school in New York, trained with Morris Carnovisky, and learned his Southern accent from Jeanne Moody, whom he later married
• Studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College at Oxford University
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Night Boat to Dublin" in 1946
• Appeared several times on the London stage in the late 1940s in plays like "The Cradle Song" and "House of Regrets" before signing with Warner Bros․ in 1950
• Was working at the Ministry of Defence in London when a friend convinced him to try out for the leading role in a play, taking on the stage name Julian Dallas
• Became interested in playwriting in the early 1960s, with his first play "The Meter Man" being produced by Ronald Hayman at the Lamda theatre in 1964 and being adapted to film as "The Penthouse" in 1967
• Best known for his role as the title character in "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" and as Lieutenant Larry in "Operation Pacific․"
• Afraid that the American public would not accept a cowboy played by an Englishman, the promoters of "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" created a new biography for him, claiming that he'd been born in South Africa and raised in Pennsylvania