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Forsythe attended the University of North Carolina, after graduation he moved to New York City and studied with the Actor's Studio. He has been married twice. He was divorced from his first wife, Parker McCormick. They had one son, Dall. His second wife, Julie Warren, died in 1994. They had two daughters, Page and Brooke. He served in the US Army Air Corp during World War II.

Forsythe began his career as an announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers, quickly moving on to radio soap operas. He eventually drifted towards Broadway. Prior to World War II he had a contract with Warner Brothers studio. He made his first film during this time, Destination Tokyo with Cary Grant. After the war, he returned to Broadway. He also made several television appearances.

In 1957, Forsythe moved to Hollywood to star in the television program, Bachelor Father . The show ran until 1962. He was nominated for an Emmy for this role. He went onto film several other television programs, including The John Forsythe Show , To Rome With Love , Dynasty, and The Powers That Be. He was also the voice of Charlie on the hit show, Charlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels was a television series broadcast from 1976 to 1981, about three women who work for a fictional private investigation agency, the Charles Townsend Agency. Their boss, Charlie (voiced by John Forsythe), was never seen--except in one episod.

During his television career, Forsythe also continued to make movies. Several of the better known films were The Trouble With HarryThe Trouble With Harry is an American comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which was released on October 3, 1955 in the United States. The film follows several quirky residents of a small town as they deal with a dead body that has inconveniently tur, In Cold BloodIn Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences is a book by Truman Capote, detailing the 1959 murder of Herb Clutter, a wealthy farmer from Kansas; his wife, Bonnie; sixteen-year-old daughter, Nancy; and fifteen-year-old son, Keny, and TopazThe mineral topaz is a silicate of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula (AlF)SiO. It is orthorhombic and its crystals are mostly prismatic terminated by pyramidal and other faces, the basal pinacoid often being present. It has an easy and perf. He also appeared on Broadway during those years.