Eric Forrester

Infobox soap character
series = The Bold and the Beautiful
name = Eric Forrester Sr.


caption = John McCook as Eric Forrester (2007)
first = Episode 1
March 23 1987
last =
nickname =
residence = The Forrester Mansion 369 Willow Hill Rd., Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, Los Angeles, California
born = 1934
gender = Male
siblings = John Forrester
(brother)
spouse = Stephanie Douglas
(divorced; 1958-1990)
Brooke Logan
(divorced; 1991-1993)
Sheila Carter
(divorced; 1993-1995)
Stephanie Douglas
(divorced; 1999-2005)
Brooke Logan
(divorced; 2005-2006)
Stephanie Douglas
(divorced; 2006-2008)
Donna Logan
(currently separated; 2008-present)
romances = Elizabeth "Beth" Logan
(lovers)
Margo Maclaine Lynley
(affair)
Taylor Hamilton
(lovers)
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
(affair)
Jacqueline "Jackie" Marone
(engaged)
children = Thorne Forrester
(son, with Stephanie)
Felicia Forrester
(daughter, with Stephanie)
Kristen Dominguez
(daughter, with Stephanie)
Angela Forrester
(daughter, with Stephanie; deceased)
Eric "Rick" Forrester Jr.
(son, with Brooke)
Bridget Forrester
(daughter, with Brooke)
grandchildren = Alexandria Forrester
(granddaughter; via Thorne)
Zende Forrester Dominguez
(adopted grandson; via Kristen)
Dominick "Dino" Damiano
(grandson; via Felicia)
Nicole Marone
(granddaughter; via Bridget; stillborn)
other relatives = Ridge Forrester
(step-son)
Marcus Walton
(step-son)
occupation = Owner & CEO of Forrester Creations
portrayer = John McCook
(1987-present)

Eric Forrester Sr. is a fictional character on CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful". Eric has been played by John McCook since the show's beginning in 1987. He made brief guest appearances on "The Young and the Restless" in 1995, 1996, 2005 and 2008.

Character biography

Eric and Stephanie Douglas Forrester (Susan Flannery) are co-founders of the Los Angeles-based fashion house Forrester Creations. They have three living children: Kristen (Tracy Lindsey Melchior), Thorne (Winsor Harmon), and Felicia (Lesli Kay). Stephanie initially hid the truth from Eric about a fourth child, Angela, being alive. Angela was born microcephalic and remained comatose. She was kept a secret to spare Eric the pain who believed she had died at birth. At some point in time, Angela had died due to her condition, and the woman they knew as "Angela"--con artist Deveny Dixon (Judith Borne)--and Angela's doctor Todd Powell were soon exposed for extorting money from Stephanie for Angela's care. It was revealed in 2001 that Ridge (Ronn Moss), who Eric believed to be his eldest son, was fathered by Massimo Marone. Eric also has two children, Rick (Kyle Lowder) and Bridget (Ashley Jones), from his marriage to Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang). He has a brother named John who was never seen on the show, but John's ex-wife Maggie (Barbara Crampton) and their daughter Jessica (Maitland Ward) formerly lived in L.A. Eric deliberately attempted to run down Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) on the road after learning of his engagement to Bridget (then played by Jennifer Finnigan). Years later, he shot Deacon after finding Bridget in his bed. He is also guilty of, for over forty years, hiding Stephanie's trust document, which named her as sole owner of Forrester creations. Upon learning of her husband's deception, Stephanie took over the company, but soon re-hired Eric as head designer.

tephanie Douglas

No matter what happens, no matter what affair Eric has, he and Stephanie always end up together. They first met in college, Eric was with Beth Logan, but when Stephanie became pregnant with her oldest son Ridge Eric left Beth and married Stephanie in 1958, little did he and even Stephanie know that the baby she was carrying was really the child of Massimo Marone. Stephanie gave birth to Ridge and later more: Thorne, Kristen, Felicia and Angela (all Eric's children). In 1988, Eric asked Stephanie to grant him a divorce as he wanted to be with Beth Logan, Stephanie reluctantly agreed but hired an old friend to hire Stephen Logan for a job in Paris, which separated Eric and Beth with him remaining with Stephanie. Eric suspected Stephanie of cheating on him as she always made visits, Stephanie was forced to tell Eric that their daughter Angela did not really die in childbirth but was microcephalic, she said she didn't tell Eric as she didn't want him to suffer.

In 1990, Eric, who had been consoling a heart broken Brooke after Ridge left her, fell in love with Brooke and engaged in an affair with her, when Stephanie finally discovered, she refused Eric a divorce. However Stephanie finally allowed it after Brooke gave birth to their son Rick Forrester was born. Eric and Stephanie grew closer when she lost her memory due to a stroke but even when she regained it she still pretended she had lost it, but Eric still remained with Brooke.

Massimo Marone returned and tried to get with Stephanie but had remarried Eric but with no success. When Ridge had an accident and needed blood Eric was not a match the doctor took Stephanie aside and told her there was no possible way for Eric to be Ridge's father. Stephanie now knew that Massimo had fathered Ridge. Massimo heard the conversation but Stephanie convinced him to keep quiet about it which he did for a year but eventually the truth about Ridge's paternity came out leaving Eric devastated. Stephanie and Eric later reunited after Taylor's "death". After Stephanie faked her heart attack, Eric divorced her in favor of Brooke Logan but Stephanie then found documents in the safe that gave her complete control over all of Forrester Creations. Stephanie discovered that Eric knew all along and fired him from Forrester Creations, but later re hired him, giving him an office in the basement. Felicia returned and informed her parents that the cancer had returned, she asked for Stephanie and Eric to marry, they agreed they would and would divorce after her death but they stayed together and now Eric is disgusted in Stephanie for her part in Brooke's rape, but now she is trying to make amends and Eric has even got Forrester Creations back but has been having an affair with Donna Logan, he is torn between the two but is being pushed towards Donna due to Stephanie's actions.

Eric has quite a lot of grand children: Alexandria Forrester (Thorne & Darla), Dominick "Dino" Damiano (Felicia & Dante), Zende Forrester Dominguez (Kristen & Antonio), Nicole Marone (Bridget and Nick; stillborn).

Affair with Brooke Logan

After Caroline and Ridge got together, Brooke Logan was left heart broken, so her mother Beth Logan asked Eric to look after her which he did happily. One time, Thorne discovered of Stephanie's meddling in the past and discovered that she had offered Stephan Logan a job in Paris to divert Beth (Eric's first love) away from Eric, Eric was disgusted by Stephanie's behaviour. Eric tired of his wife's controlling antics and then turned to Brooke for support, during a dinner date, they poured their feelings out for each other and shared a passionate kiss, Eric went back home where he told Stephanie that he wanted a divorce. Eric and Brooke later ended up in bed together at Big Bear, Thorne eventually discovered the affair and told Stephanie. Brooke eventually found out that she was pregnant, with Eric's child but was heart broken when she heard that he was going to make another go at his marriage with Stephanie. Eric soon learned that Brooke had left for Paris and was thinking about having an abortion as she was pregnant, he got there just in time to stop the operation and their love was stronger than ever, with Eric soon proposing and Brooke accepting. Stephanie agreed to the divorce, soon after Brooke gave birth to Eric Forrester Jr. Ridge tried to tempt Brooke to go back to him but her love for Eric was too strong and she and Eric soon married. Stephanie later suffered a stroke and lost her memory for a while and pretended she still did to have Eric all to herself, Brooke became frustrated and neglected by Eric and ended up sleeping with Ridge on the lab floor and told Eric that she was in love with Ridge. Eric told her that if she stayed with him for two months than he would give her a divorce, (as he thought Ridge would tire of waiting) Eric saved baby Eric's life and Ridge didn't want to break up their family unit, but soon after Eric and his younger wife divorced.

There was more confusion later when Brooke fell pregnant again, and the paternity of the child was uncertain as Brooke had slept with Eric, was it Eric? Or Ridge? A DNA test was taken, however scheming Sheila Carter (Eric's lover) switched Eric's blood with Ridge's blood and the results showed that Ridge was the father but it was later realised that Eric was the father of baby Bridget.

In 2005, after divorcing Stephanie, Eric returned to his true love, Brooke Forrester. Eric and Brooke were keen to marry and married very soon after his divorce in one way to stop Bridget from thinking that Brooke would go with Nick, together, Eric and Brooke became the CEO's of FC, Eric and Brooke fired Stephanie, then Stephanie discovered the trust and Eric and Brooke were fired by Stephanie but then re-hired as designers and given a basement office, they schemed to strip Stephanie of FC but failed, soon after Eric and Brooke decided on a speedy divorce.

heila Carter

Sheila met Eric when he was at his weakest, his emotions flying about after he lost the woman he loved. Sheila realised how damaged Eric's marriage to Brooke was when she babysat for Eric Jr. Sheila lusted after Eric and he finally gave in while in a vulnerable state. Eric pondered the idea of remarrying Brooke, as there was a chance of a reconciling if Brooke's child was his. Sheila couldn't risk Brooke taking Eric back and switched Eric's blood with Ridge's in the DNA test. The results showed that Ridge was the father of Bridget and Eric was left at his lowest. He proposed to Sheila and she accepted. With Eric's family disliking her and Lauren Fenmore coming to LA in an attempt to reveal Sheila's criminal past, things weren't so easy and she even had a nightmare in which Lauren exposed her for who she really was. However, she did marry Eric and became Mrs. Sheila Forrester. Later, after Sheila lied to him about being pregnant, Eric wanted a divorce. Lauren told Dr. James Warwick (Ian Buchanan) and the Forresters of Sheila's crooked past in Genoa City. After holding James hostage in her basement, Sheila arranged for a meeting at the Forrester mansion, with Stephanie, Eric, Ridge, Brooke, Lauren and James present. Sneaking past the cops, who mistook Jessica for their perpetrator, Sheila held Lauren, James and the Forresters at gun point, threatening to kill all of them as a final revenge. She intended to shoot Stephanie but after the others stepped in front of her (including Brooke, who hated Stephanie), Sheila had a change of heart and swallowed a bottle of poison. Sheila survived and was admitted to an institution for the criminally insane, where Eric finally got her to sign the divorce papers.

Relationship with Lauren Fenmore

Lauren Fenmore and Eric started having a relashionship when she moved to LA, however Lauren felt guilty as Stephanie and Eric planned to re marry so Lauren, out of guilt ended their relashionship. However Sally Spectra discovered the fling and then slipped a picture of Lauren and Eric in bed together in the bible at the wedding after the wedding was called off, Lauren and Eric then flew back to LA but the plane crashed on the way and they were taken in by a crazy maniac called Rush, he was eventually killed, then Lauren and Eric returned to LA but their fling soon died out.

Affair with Donna Logan

Eric started to cheat on Stephanie when he learned that she was behind the rape of his ex-wife Brooke Logan, Eric felt partially responsible for Stephanie's part in the rape, Donna Logan (the ex-fiancée of his son, Thorne) assured Eric that it wasn't his fault, and they soon became close. Donna stayed at the Forrester mansion one night and swam in the pool naked, after a long discussion, she and Eric kissed passionately, Eric later shed some thought for his marriage and asked Donna to leave, when Eric later went to bed, he found Donna next to him, and they slept together. Donna later encouraged Eric to go to Nick and try to get his company back from Nick, when she ecompanied him to Forrester Creations, Nick agreed to sell back the company to him if he divorced Stephanie, Eric was reluctant, but Donna convinced him to sign the papers and reminded him of Stephanie's bad treatment of him and how he could start afresh. Donna and Eric were later caught in the act by Thorne who fumed at Donna, Eric was still adamant that he was staying with Donna. Stephanie has since returned and has shown her remorse for her actions, but Eric is torn between who he loves, his wife or his mistress. After Stephanie said sorry to Brooke, she went to Forrester Creations and talked to Eric about their marriage, she realised that his new suit and new hair style meaant that Eric was having an affair. Eric claimed that his lover made him feel great and useful, Stephanie suspected Jackie Marone who had constantly tried to steal Eric away, but then Donna stepped into the room to inform Eric about his catalogue, Stephanie asked her to leave, but Eric asked her to stay and took her into his arms, Stephanie soon realised who the secret mistress was. Despite Stephanie's brazen attempts to sabotage his relationship, (she is aided and abetted in this by Thorne and Felicia) Eric means to make it work with Donna. Stephanie convinced Thorne and Felicia to lock Donna, wearing the showstopper gown, in a steam room at Forrester. Despite the worn look, Donna still had Eric's support; and comforted her after Jake Maclaine, who was now working at Forrester, rescued her. Moments later, Stephanie was shot. Stephanie blackmailed Donna into leaving Eric in exchange for her not telling the police about Storm shooting her. Despite Donna agreeing she continued her affair with Eric, pretending that they had broken up with Eric returning to his wife. Stephanie found out of the lie and after persuasion from Katie, did not tell the police Storm had shot her. She promised to stand by Eric's decision to be with Donna as long as he spends their anniversary with her and the family. This Eric chose to do, and Stephanie indeed kept her word. When their divorce is finalized, Eric and Donna will marry. Although Donna has been tormented by pranks by Pam Douglas, his former sister in-law, he is adamant that he will marry Donna; and even Stephanie has told Pam to not exacerbate the situation. On May 2nd, Stephanie and Eric signed the divorce papers, and that next day, Eric and Donna would marry in the Forrester house. However, Eric got nervous and had major doubts over marrying Donna and began feeling much remorse and reconnecting with Stephanie. Stephanie did her best to implicitly prevent Eric marrying Donna, but it was not enough and Donna and Eric exchanged vows on May 9th.

Heart Attack

In July, Eric had a heart attack and it was revealed that Donna had his power of attorney thus making her acting CEO of Forrester Creations. A bitter fight for control of Forrester Creations has begun between Donna and the Forresters. Donna has maintained control of the company, extending huge promotions to Marcus, Owen, and Rick and firing Ridge, Thorne and Felicia. After being confronted by Marcus and Owen confessed to being in love with Donna which led to his termination and returning to San Diego. Ridge has consulted his mother's lawyer about Donna's control of Forrester Creations and unless Eric regains consciousness nothing will change legally. Eric's condition has worsened with him being put on a breathing machine. However, thanks to some detective work from Marcus, and the checking of a toxicology report from Bridget, it was discovered that Eric didn't have a heart attack, but was deliberately poisoned. (He had drank some gin before his sexcapade with Donna). It is believed that this gin was laced with potassium chloride and that Owen Knight tried to kill Eric. Owen confesses to this crime, but he only did so in hopes of taking suspicion away from Donna. It is ultimately revealed that Pamela Douglas, Stephanie's sister, poisoned Eric by giving him a contaminated lemon bar. Her intention was to only weaken him and discredit Donna in the process.

Stephanie forged Donna's signature on the medical papers that moved Eric home where she brought a doctor from Europe that helped Eric's condition to where he finally woke up. He was hidden when Donna returned from Europe but he entered the bedroom as Donna and Owen were kissing passionately. Eric was extrmely upset despite everyone's attempts to calm him down he ordered Donna to leave which she did as did Owen. Marcus snuck in a letter from Donna to Eric.

External links

* [http://www.soapcentral.com/bb/whoswho/eric.php Eric at soapcentral.com]