John Forrest (14 May 1931–28 March 2012) was an American-born British actor, artist and stage magician probably best remembered today for playing the young Herbert Pocket in the film Great Expectations (1946), directed by David Lean.
[1] During the War Forrest attended the Imperial Service College in Windsor where a contemporary was the future-racing driver Stirling Moss.
Although the part was small he was noticed by the critics, and the fight between the two youths Pip and Pocket was described in the Best of British film guide as "the funniest scrap ever seen on the screen.
In 1949 Laurence Olivier cast him as the Young Collector opposite Vivien Leigh in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Aldwych Theatre.
In 1961 he played "Grassy" Green, an undercover German agent in a POW camp, in the British comedy film Very Important Person opposite James Robertson Justice.
His television roles included Forbes Thompson in an episode of Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1964) and he appeared in Thunder in the West (1957), Little Women (1958), Emergency Ward 10 (1959), Armchair Theatre (1959), and A Requiem for Modigliani (1970).