Michael Forest

Gerald Michael Charlebois (born April 17, 1929), better known as Michael Forest, is an American actor who provides the voices for many animated titles, and played the god Apollo on Star Trek.

Personal life

Forest was married to Diana Hale, an actress, acting coach, and theatre teacher, for over fifty years. The couple married in the late 1960s or early 1970s and remained together until Hale’s death in 2022. Their long marriage was noted by colleagues as an example of stability and dedication within the entertainment industry.

Early life

Forest was born in Harvey, North Dakota and moved with his family at a very early age to Seattle, Washington. He graduated with a B.A. in English and Drama from San Jose State University.

Career

At age 71, Forest voiced Prince Olympius in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. In his earlier years, he was a film and television actor, notably playing Apollo in the 1967 ' episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?" He again played that role in the Star Trek Continues episode "Pilgrim of Eternity", almost 46 years later, with his wife, actress Diana Hale. He also appeared as a priest in a case of mistaken identity on a 1964 episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show and as one of three alien brothers from another planet in the 1964 Twilight Zone episode, “Black Leather Jackets”.

• ' – Gozo Aida, Tsukino (Ep. 2)
• Armitage III – Vice-Minister Jessup
• The Big O – Alex Rosewater
• Black Jack – Dr. Stanfield, Ernesto
• Blade of the Immortal – Asana, Takayuki Asano
• ' – Sneaky Spider Saizo
• ' – Adm. Rudolph
• Crying Freeman – Don Carleone, Shudo Shimazaki
• Cybuster – Ryuzo
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – Ishiyama (Ep. 1), Martin, Sho Mizuki
• Dirty Pair Flight 005 Conspiracy – Dietrch (Streamline Dub)
• Doomed Megalopolis – Eiichi Subasawa (Streamline Dub)
• El-Hazard – Yuba Yarius
• Eureka Seven – Braya
• Gad Guard – Dorgel, Dove, Editor
• Gatchaman – Chief
• ' – Kubota
• Ghost Slayers Ayashi – Doi-Oiokami-Toshitsura, Master (Ep. 21)
• ' – Narrator (Animaze Dub)
• Gungrave – Sid Galarde
• Gun Sword – Jose
• Heat Guy J – Valter Yulgence
• Immortal Grand Prix – Hans
• I'll CKBC – Mr. Hiiragi
• Kamichu! – Mr. Gen (Ep. 9)
• Last Exile – Emperor of Anatoray
• Mars Daybreak – EF Commander
• Megazone 23 – Eigen Yumekanou (Part 1, Streamline Dub)
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Arakawa
• Mermaid Forest – Dr. Shiina (Ep. 4–5), Kohakura
• Mirage of Blaze – Kojyuro Katakura
• Mobile Suit Gundam – The Movie Trilogy – Captain Paolo
• ' – Charlie
• ' – Captain Dry
• ' – Lt. Col. Kojima
• ' – Blacksmith
• ' – Cpt. Mayville
• Orguss 02 – Zante
• Planetes – Clifford, Harry Roland, Norman
• R.O.D the TV – Bookstore Owner B
• Samurai Champloo – Inuyama
• Scrapped Princess – King Balteric
• Serial Experiments Lain – Dr. Hodgeson
• Someday's Dreamers – Councilor Rikiya Furusaki, Kazuki
• Street Fighter II V – Captain Dorai (Animaze Dub)
• Teknoman – Commander Jamison
• Trigun – Lurald
• The Twelve Kingdoms – King Hou Chuutatsu
• Witch Hunter Robin – Inquisitor Cortion
• Zillion – Gord

• 100 Rifles – Humara
• A House is Not a Home – Bernie
• Akira – Council Member (Pioneer Dub)
• Appleseed – Elder (Animaze Dub)
• Armitage III – Dual Matrix – Ohara
• Atlas – Atlas
• Beast from Haunted Cave – Gil Jackson
• Black Jack the Movie – Roger Siegel
• Body of Evidence – Andrew Marsh
• Cast Away – Pilot Jack
• Catnapped! – Suttoboke
• The Castle of Cagliostro – Additional Voices
• ' – Ticket
• The Glory Guys – Fred Cushman
• Deathwatch – Greeneyes
• ' – E. Young
• King Kong Lives – Vance
• Lensman – Adm. Haines
• ' – Agent Gordon (Streamline Dub)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Theo Fairchild
• The Message – Khalid bin Walid
• ' – Kakeru Tsuki
• Paprika – Doctor Seijiro Inui
• Redline – Inuki
• ' – Dr. Gnomm
• Saga of the Viking Women
• Unbelievable!!!!! – Himself
• The Shark – Don
• The Shark Hunter – Donavan
• Ski Troop Attack – Lt. Factor
• The Scarlet Worm – Judge Hanchett
• ' – Apollo (footage from Who Mourns for Adonais?)
• ' – Detective Takeshi Kusumi (as Alfred Thor)

Video games

• Dynasty Warriors 4 – Huang Gai
• ' – Gi
• Seven Samurai 20XX – Yagyu

• Laramie – Cobey
• Death Valley Days – Larry Brooks
• Tombstone Territory – Floyd Rank
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – A Brave
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok – Strong Eagle
• Zorro – Anastacio
• Bat Masterson – "The Desert Ship" as Les Wilkins
• Have Gun – Will Travel – Peter Keystone
• Yancy Derringer – Pierre ("The Fair Freebooter", E15)
• The Rifleman – Chaqua
• Wagon Train – Dallas
• The Dick Van Dyke Show – Father Joe Coogan
• The Outer Limits – "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork" – Stuart Peters
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Lt. Fest ("The Terbuf Affair," S1 E14)
• Gilligan's Island – Ugundi
• Perry Mason – Pierre Dubois
• ' – Apollo (E33 – "Who Mourns for Adonais?")
• Get Smart – Basil
• ' – "Encounter" – Jacques Boutier
• The Twilight Zone – "Black Leather Jackets" – Steve
• Gunsmoke "The Cousin" – Chance; "Innocence" – Bob Sullins; "The Lady" – Ray Pate
• Combat! "Hills are For Heroes" – Captain, Company Commander
• As the World Turns – Nick Andropoulos
• Cheyenne "Renegades" – Yellow Lance & "Wagon-Tongue North" – Lariat Sanga
• Cross Purpose – Captain Robert Holman
• The Virginian "S04EP10 airdate 1965 11 24 title Beyond the Border"
• Rawhide – Yuma
• Bonanza – Young Wolf / Frank Shirmer / Wabuska (3 episodes, 1959–1967)
• Gomer Pyle USMC "The Star Witness" – Fred Cummins