Anthony Forrest

Birthday: 25 July 1951, Birmingham, England, UK

Birth Name: Anthony William Forrest

A Canadian actor, writer/director and composer from Montreal, Canada. Best known for his two roles in 'Star Wars - A New Hope', as the Jedi Mind-Tricked Sandtrooper and Fixer a friend of Luke Skywalker. He attended St. Thomas High School, Dawson and Vanier Colleges, Montreal. His first public performance at 15 was in a two hand stage production at the Israeli Pavilion, Montreal under the direction of Bill Millerd. He later joined Maxim Mazumdar's Phoenix Theater Company. He studied music composition in college and flute with Jeanne Baxtresser when she was principal flutist with the Montreal Symphony. Produced a number of successful rock albums during the 1980's for RCA Records following the creation of the nationwide UK, Battle Of The Bands. Show less «

[on his character of Fixer not making the final cut of Star Wars (1977)]I sometimes now think that m...Show more »

[on his character of Fixer not making the final cut of Star Wars (1977)]I sometimes now think that maybe the fact that Fixer's not actually in the finished film has made the character more famous than if he had made the final cut; he might have been completely forgotten. We shot the sequences and you can still see the footage [as an added extra on the Blu-ray version of the film]. He's a friend of Luke's who, basically, runs Tosche Station. He's part of this group of young people who are hanging out in the nether regions of [Luke's home planet of] Tatooine. Show less «

[on filming Star Wars (1977)]One thing that I've always felt about [the making of] Star Wars is that...Show more »

[on filming Star Wars (1977)]One thing that I've always felt about [the making of] Star Wars is that it was much more like an indie film. It didn't feel like a Hollywood film. It felt much more homely, much more independent than that. I think that part of it was that George was a young film-maker at the time and he's very good, he surrounds himself with great people, very talented people, so he's very open-minded like that. I do remember, and it was probably very cheeky of me, but I do remember when I had a chance, I asked George, 'How do you like directing?' and he said, 'I don't. I like to write.' Show less «

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