Forrest Winant

Forrest Winant (1888–1928) was an American stage and silent screen actor. He usually played amiable juveniles but his work became more cagey and challenging as he aged. He attended the Stevens Institute at Hoboken, New Jersey and participated in some amateur plays before making his professional debut in 1907. He appeared in The Country Boy (1910) with Willette Kershaw, The Family Cupboard (1913) with Irene Fenwick and more famously Kick In(1914) with Jane Grey and John Barrymore. The latter play feature a fight scene on stage between Winant and Barrymore.

In 1912 Winant joined the Summer stock cast at the Elitch Theatre. Theatre owner, Mary Elitch, remembered Winant his way, "Forrest Winant had the title role in Bobby Burnit; this handsome young man was a very special favorite with Denver people. Reference to a review of the Gardens' performance of this week reveals the verdict -- 'A Broadway production, plus!'" Winant later returned to Elitch Theatre in 1915 to star in his Broadway hit, The Country Boy, and followed that up at the theater with the leading role in Anatol, but then left for New York rehearsals of The New Shylock. Winant was elected to The Lambs Theatre Club in 1917.

Winant died at the beginning of 1928 and was buried Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn New York.