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Arthur Forrest
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Arthur Forrest was an American director.
His 70-year career in television included work on The Honeymooners, The Dick Cavett Show, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
A live-event specialist, Forrest directed NBC's annual Tournament of Roses Parade telecast from Pasadena from 1977-2017, when he retired from show business at age 90.
Forrest also produced and directed Jerry Lewis' sLabor Day Telethon, which raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 1976, he and Frank Sinatra secretly arranged Lewis' semotional reunion with his estranged showbiz partner Dean Martin on the program.
Arthur Forrest was an American director.
His 70-year career in television included work on The Honeymooners, The Dick Cavett Show, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
A live-event specialist, Forrest directed NBC's annual Tournament of Roses Parade telecast from Pasadena from 1977-2017, when he retired from show business at age 90.
Forrest also produced and directed Jerry Lewis' sLabor Day Telethon, which raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 1976, he and Frank Sinatra secretly arranged Lewis' semotional reunion with his estranged showbiz partner Dean Martin on the program.
Forrest won Daytime Emmys for directing the 1995 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade telecast from New York and for the talk shows Leeza in 1996 and The Rosie O'Donnell Show in 1999. He collected 17 Emmy nominations during his career.
Forrest died October 25, 2021 in Check Chase, Maryland. He was 95.
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