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  • DANA ANDREWS


    Information from IMDb


    Date of Birth
    1 January 1909, Covington County, Mississippi, USA

    Date of Death
    17 December 1992, Los Alamitos, California, USA (pneumonia, complicated by congestive heart failure)


    Birth Name
    Carver Dana Andrews


    Height
    5' 10" (1.78 m)


    Spouse
    Mary Todd (17 November 1939 - 17 December 1992) (his death) 3 children
    Janet Murray (31 December 1932 - 29 October 1935) (her death) 2 children


    Trivia
    Trained as an opera singer, but was rarely, e.g. in The North Star (1943), allowed to use his fine singing voice in the movies. In the one musical he did make, State Fair (1945), his voice was dubbed because the studio was unaware he was a trained singer. He later explained that he didn't correct their mistake because he felt the singer dubbing him probably needed the money.


    Brother of actor Steve Forrest.


    Sons: David Andrews (1934-1964) & Stephen Andrews (b. 1944). Daughters: Katharine Andrews (b. 1942) & Susan Andrews (b. 1948).


    In the late 1940s, during the height of his popularity, the publicist for Fox sent a telegram to the mayor of Collins, Mississippi suggesting that the town officially change its name to Andrews in honor of its native son. The mayor wired back: "We will not change our name to Andrews. Have Andrews change his to Collins."


    President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1963-1965]


    Mentioned in the opening song to The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) ("Science Fiction")


    Suffered from Alzheimer's Disease in his last years.


    He appeared with actress Gene Tierney in five films: Tobacco Road (1941), Belle Starr (1941), Laura (1944), The Iron Curtain (1948) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950).


    Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 3, 1991-1993, pages 22-23. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.


    Spent the last years of his life in a nursing facility in Los Alamitos, California due to Alzheimer's Disease. Fellow actor and long-time friend Burt Lancaster was visiting Andrews when Lancaster suffered the paralyzing stroke from which he never recovered and lead to his death 2 years later.


    Personal Quotes
    [after having received 'permission' from Samuel Goldwyn to get married] About a week before the wedding was planned I got a call from the casting director: "Let your hair and your beard grow. You're going to be in a western". So in the society column of the Santa Monica paper there was a picture of the two of us, me with this beard, and it said, "Mr. Andrews is an actor. Note the beard."


    It's not difficult for me to hide emotion [on-screen], since I've always hidden it in my personal life.


    [regarding his alcoholism:] Finally, I said to myself, 'You're a miserable man. Whether or not you want to remain miserable is up to you.' So I quit.


    I went through all the psychiatry thing, trying to find out why I drank. I finally ended up with the president of the American Psychiatry Association in Hartford telling me, 'I'm damned if I know why you drink


    Mini Biography
    President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1963 to 1965, Dana Andrews was one of the first to speak out against the degradation of the acting profession, particularly actresses doing nude scenes just to get a role. Probably the first actor to do a public service announcement about alcoholism (in 1972 for the U.S. Department of Transportation), he was a member of the National Council on Alcoholism and did public speaking tours. Quote from Bob Greene, "Chicago Tribune", November 3, 1993: "To me, Andrews . . . represented both the grand possibilities and the ultimate despair the movies can offer a man. He was a certified movie star, yet by the end of his life he enjoyed neither artistic acclaim granted a Fellini, nor the ease of getting a job taken for granted by a Phoenix." Worked with such directors as Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William A. Wellman, Jean Renoir, Elia Kazan.
    IMDb Mini Biography By:


    Mini Biography-2
    American leading man of the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a Baptist minister (and one of 13 children), Andrews studied business administration at Sam Houston State Teachers College in Texas, but took a bookkeeping job with Gulf Oil in 1929 prior to graduating. In 1931 he hitchhiked to California, hoping to get work as an actor. He drove a school bus, dug ditches, picked oranges, worked as a stock boy, and pumped gas while trying without luck to break into the movies. His employer at a Van Nuys gas station believed in him and agreed to invest in him, asking to be repaid if and when Andrews made it as an actor. Andrews studied opera and also entered the Pasadena Community Playhouse, the famed theatre company and drama school. He appeared in scores of plays there in the 1930s, becoming a favorite of the company. He played opposite future star Robert Preston in a play about composers Gilbert and Sullivan, and soon thereafter was offered a contract by Samuel Goldwyn. It was two years before Goldwyn and 20th Century-Fox (to whom Goldwyn had sold half of Andrews' contract) put him in a film, but the roles, though secondary, were mostly in top-quality pictures such as The Westerner (1940) and The Ox-Bow Incident (1943). A starring role in the hit Laura (1944), followed by one in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), made him a star, but no later film quite lived up to the quality of these. Andrews slipped into a steady stream of unremarkable films in which he gave sturdy performances, until age and other interests resulted in fewer appearances. In addition, his increasing alcoholism caused him to lose the confidence of some producers. Andrews took steps to curb his addiction and in his later years was an outspoken member of the National Council on Alcoholism who decried public refusal to face the problem. He was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1963. He retired from films in the 1960s and made, he said, more money from real estate than he ever did in movies. Yet he and his second wife, actress Mary Todd, lived quietly in a modest home in Studio City, California. Andrews suffered from Alzheimer's Disease in his later years and spent his final days in a nursing facility. He died of congestive heart failure and pneumonia in 1992.
    IMDb Mini Biography By: Jim Beaver


    Filmography
    Actor
    2005 .From Page to Screen to Stage: Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair (video short)
    ...Pat Gilbert
    1985. Prince Jack...The Cardinal
    1982-1983. Falcon Crest (TV series)...Elliot McKay
    – Deliberate Disclosure (1983) … Elliot McKay
    – The Candidate (1982) … Elliot McKay
    1982. The Love Boat (TV series)...Mr. Gerber
    – Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love (1982) … Mr. Gerber
    1980. Ike: The War Years (TV movie)...General George C. Marshall
    1980. The Pilot...Randolph Evers
    1979. Ike (TV mini-series)...Gen. George C. Marshall
    1978. Born Again...Tom Phillips
    1978. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)...Townley
    – Assault on the Tower (1978) … Townley
    1978. Have Girls Will Travel (TV series)...Phillips
    – The Cancelled Czech (1978) … Phillips
    1978. Good Guys Wear Black...Edgar Harolds
    1978. A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (short)
    1977. Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series)...Roger Shanley
    – The Last Hurrah (1977) … Roger Shanley
    1976. The Last Tycoon...Red Ridingwood
    1976. Ellery Queen (TV series)...Lewis Marshall
    – The Adventure of the Judas Tree (1976) … Lewis Marshall
    1975. Take a Hard Ride...Morgan
    1975. The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (TV movie)...Dr. Hutchins
    1975 .A Shadow in the Streets (TV movie)...Len Raeburn
    1974 .Ironside (TV series)...Courtenay Eliot
    – The Lost Cotillion (1974) … Courtenay Eliot
    1974. Airport 1975...Scott Freeman
    1972. Innocent Bystanders...Blake
    1971. Night Gallery (TV series)...Paul Koch
    – The Different Ones/Tell David.../Logoda's Heads (1971) … Paul Koch
    1971. The Failing of Raymond (TV movie)...Allan McDonald
    1970. The Name of the Game (TV series)...Marvin Taylor
    – The Time Is Now (1970) … Marvin Taylor
    1969. Bright Promise (TV series)...Thomas Boswell (1969-1970)
    1969 .Family Affair (TV series)...Harv Mullen
    – The Wings of an Angel (1969) … Harv Mullen
    1968. The Devil's Brigade...Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor
    1967. The Frozen Dead...Dr. Norberg
    1967. The 1000 Carat Diamond...Mr. Kimmins
    1967. I diamanti che nessuno voleva rubare...Il gioielliere
    1967. Il cobra...Capt. Kelly
    1967 .Hot Rods to Hell (TV movie)...Tom Phillips
    1966. Johnny Reno..Johnny Reno
    1965. Battle of the Bulge...Col. Pritchard
    1965. The Loved One...Gen. Buck Brinkman
    1965 .Spy in Your Eye...Col. Lancaster
    1965. Town Tamer..Tom Rosser
    1965. Brainstorm..Cort Benson
    1965. Crack in the World...Dr. Stephen Sorenson
    1965. In Harm's Way...Adm. Broderick
    1965. The Satan Bug...Gen. Williams
    1964. The Presidency: A Splendid Misery (TV movie)
    1964 .Theatre of Stars (TV series)..Douglas Vinson
    – A Wind of Hurricane Force (1964) … Douglas Vinson
    1964. Ben Casey (TV series)...Dr. Ernest Farrow
    – The Light That Loses, the Night That Wins (1964) … Dr. Ernest Farrow
    1962-1963. Alcoa Premiere (TV series)..Adam Stark / Pat Barrat
    – The Town That Died (1963) … Adam Stark
    – The Boy Who Wasn't Wanted (1962) … Pat Barrat
    1962-1963. The Dick Powell Show (TV series)...Nat Keough / Paul Oakland
    – The Last of the Big Spenders (1963) … Paul Oakland
    – Crazy Sunday (1962) … Nat Keough
    1963. The Twilight Zone (TV series)...Paul Driscoll
    – No Time Like the Past (1963) … Paul Driscoll
    1962. The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)...Commander Jason Vanning / Narrator
    – Mutiny (1962) … Commander Jason Vanning
    – Emergency Ward (1962) … Narrator
    1962. Checkmate (TV series)...Judge Leland McIntyre
    – Trial by Midnight (1962) … Judge Leland McIntyre
    1962. Madison Avenue...Clint Lorimer
    1961. The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
    Clint Evans
    – Yanqui Go Home (1961) … Clint Evans
    1960. General Electric Theater (TV series)...Carl Anderson
    – The Playoff (1960) … Carl Anderson
    1960 .The Crowded Sky...Dick Barnett
    1958-1960. Playhouse 90 (TV series)...Leo Bass / Mark Bragg
    – Alas, Babylon (1960) … Mark Bragg
    – The Right Hand Man (1958) … Leo Bass
    1958. Typee...Abner 'Ab' Bedford
    1958. The Fearmakers...Alan Eaton
    1957. Night of the Demon...Dr. John Holden
    1957. Zero Hour!...Lt. Ted Stryker
    1957 Spring Reunion...Fred Davis
    1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt...Tom Garrett
    1956 While the City Sleeps...Edward Mobley
    1956 Comanche..Jim Read
    1955 .Strange Lady in Town...Dr. Rourke O'Brien
    1955. Smoke Signal..Brett Halliday
    1954. Three Hours to Kill..Jim Guthrie
    1954. Duel in the Jungle...Scott Walters
    1954. Elephant Walk...Dick Carver
    1952 .Assignment: Paris...Jimmy Race
    1951. I Want You...Martin Greer
    1951.The Frogmen...Jake Flannigan
    1951. Sealed Cargo...Pat Bannon
    1950. Stronger Than Fear...Father Thomas Roth
    1950. Where the Sidewalk Ends...Det. Mark Dixon
    1949. My Foolish Heart...Walt Dreiser
    1949. Sword in the Desert...Mike Dillon
    1949. Britannia Mews..Henry Lambert/Gilbert Lauderdale
    1948. No Minor Vices...Perry Aswell
    1948.Deep Waters...Hod Stillwell
    1948. The Iron Curtain...Igor Gouzenko
    1947. Daisy Kenyon...Dan O'Mara
    1947. Night Song...Dan Evans
    1947 .Boomerang!..State's Atty. Henry L. Harvey
    1946. The Best Years of Our Lives..Fred Derry
    1946. Canyon Passage...Logan Stuart
    1945 .A Walk in the Sun..Sgt. Bill Tyne
    1945. Fallen Angel..Eric Stanton
    1945. State Fair...Pat Gilbert
    1944. Laura..Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
    1944. Wing and a Prayer..Lt. Cmdr. Edward Moulton
    1944. The Purple Heart..Capt. Harvey Ross
    1944.. Up in Arms..Joe Nelson
    1943. The North Star...Kolya Simonov
    1943. The Ox-Bow Incident...Donald Martin
    1943. Crash Dive...Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors
    1943. December 7th...Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
    1942.Berlin Correspondent...Bill Roberts
    1941. Ball of Fire...Joe Lilac
    1941. The Man Who Came Back...Ben
    1941. Belle Starr...Major Thomas Crail
    1941. Tobacco Road...Capt. Tim Harmon
    1940. The Westerner...Hod Johnson
    1940.Kit Carson...Captain John C. Fremont
    1940. Sailor's Lady...Scrappy Wilson
    1940. Lucky Cisco Kid...Sergeant Dunn

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • I've always thought Dana Andrews was an excellent actor and am amazed he is not more remembered.
    He was the lead in so, so many films and have thought he deserves at least the same recognition as another fantastic film noir/ western actor Richard Widmark.
    If anyone is in doubt watch The Ox Bow incident, he totally 'owns' the film.

    "Pour yourself some backbone and shut up!"

  • The Devil's Brigade! Great movie! He was great in war movies, always seem to have a small part though. Didn't see a lot of what he did, but what i saw was good.

  • The Devil's Brigade! Great movie! He was great in war movies, always seem to have a small part though. Didn't see a lot of what he did, but what i saw was good.


    He has small role in In Harm's Way and Battle of the Bulge.
    Swamp water is a great film too, along with the classic film noirs like Laura, boomerang etc.

    "Pour yourself some backbone and shut up!"