John Douglas

John Douglas is the father of Stephanie Forrester† and Pamela Douglas. He is the grandfather of Ridge Forrester,Thorne Forrester, Angela Forrester†, Felicia Forrester ,Kristen Forrester. He is the great-grandfather of Thomas Forrester, Steffy Forrester, Phoebe Forrester†, R.J. Forrester,Alexandria Forrester†, Dino Damiano, Zende Dominguez (adoptive). He is also the great-great-grandfather of Aspen Forrester-Spencer†, Douglas Forrester, Kelly Spencer and Hayes Finnegan. On screen he appeared only in Stephanie's flashbacks.

Storylines
John abused his daughter Stephanie and his wife Ann never said anything about it. After many years when John was deceased, Stephanie comes to Chicago with her husband Eric Forrester to confront Ann about it not stopping the abuse. Initially Ann denied the abuse and said Stephanie was exaggerating John's discipline but finally Ann admitted she knew about the abuse and hoped it would end because she was too afraid to confront her husband.

When he was alive he made a deal with Eric Forrester that he will lend money to him only if Eric's company will belong 100% to his daughter Stephanie Forrester. Eric agreed, but was hiding this fact from his wife for many years. One day Stephanie had learned the truth and took control however she and Eric made peace later on and she gave most of her shares to him.