Dana Andrews

Born: 1909-01-01 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA

Died: 1992-12-17

Known For: Acting

Biography

Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American actor. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts into the 1980s. He is best known for his portrayal of obsessed police detective Mark McPherson in the noir Laura (1944) and his critically acclaimed performance as World War II veteran Fred Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dana Andrews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self (archive footage)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1985

Prince Jack as The Cardinal

1983

The Horror of It All as Self

1982

Showbiz Goes to War as Self (archive footage)

1981

Falcon Crest as Elliot McKay

1980

The Pilot as Randolph Evers

1979

Ike as Gen. George C. Marshall
Ike as Gen. George C. Marshall

1978

The American Girls as Phillips
Good Guys Wear Black as Edgar Harolds
Born Again as Tom Phillips
A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud as The Man

1977

The Love Boat as Mr. Paul Gerber
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Townley
The Last Hurrah as Roger Shanley

1976

The Last Tycoon as Red Ridingwood

1975

Ellery Queen as Lewis Marshall
Take a Hard Ride as Morgan
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant as Dr. Hutchins
A Shadow in the Streets as Len Raeburn

1974

Get Christie Love! as Sarge
Airport 1975 as Scott Freeman

1970

Night Gallery as Paul Koch (segment "The Different Ones")

1969

Bright Promise as Thomas Boswell

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
The Devil's Brigade as Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor

1967

Ironside as Courtenay Eliot
Hot Rods to Hell as Tom Phillips
The Cobra as Capt. Kelly
The Ten Million Dollar Grab as George Kimmins
No Diamonds for Ursula as Il gioielliere

1966

Family Affair as Harv Mullen
Johnny Reno as Johnny Reno
The Frozen Dead as Dr. Norberg

1965

Battle of the Bulge as Colonel Pritchard
In Harm's Way as Admiral Broderick
The Loved One as Gen. Buck Brinkman
The Satan Bug as Gen. Williams
Crack in the World as Dr. Stephen Sorenson
Town Tamer as Tom Rosser
Spy in Your Eye as Col. Lancaster
Brainstorm as Cort Benson

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Douglas Vinson

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Ben Casey as Dr. Ernest Farrow
The Dick Powell Show as Paul Oakland
The DuPont Show of the Week as Cdr. Jason Vanning
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Madison Avenue as Clint Lorimer

1960

Checkmate as Judge Leland McIntyre
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Clint Evans
The Crowded Sky as Dick Barnett

1959

The Twilight Zone as Paul Driscoll

1958

The Fearmakers as Alan Eaton
Enchanted Island as Abner "Ab" Bedford

1957

Spring Reunion as Fred Davis
Night of the Demon as Dr. John Holden
Zero Hour! as Lt. Ted Stryker
Armored Attack! as Kolya Simonov

1956

Playhouse 90 as Mark Bragg
Comanche as Jim Read
While the City Sleeps as Edward Mobley
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt as Tom Garrett

1955

Smoke Signal as Brett Halliday
Strange Lady in Town as Dr. Rourke O'Brien

1954

Elephant Walk as Dick Carver
Three Hours to Kill as Jim Guthrie
Duel in the Jungle as Scott Walters

1953

General Electric Theater as Carl Anderson

1952

Assignment: Paris as Jimmy Race

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Roger Shanley
The Frogmen as Jake Flannigan
I Want You as Martin Greer
Sealed Cargo as Pat Bannon

1950

What's My Line? as Self
Where the Sidewalk Ends as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon
My Foolish Heart as Walt Dreiser
Edge of Doom as Thomas Roth

1949

The Forbidden Street as Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale
The Art Director as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sword in the Desert as Mike Dillon

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
The Iron Curtain as Igor Gouzenko
Deep Waters as Hod Stillwell
No Minor Vices as Perry Ashwell
Night Song as Dan Evans

1947

Daisy Kenyon as Dan O'Mara
Boomerang! as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives as Fred Derry
Canyon Passage as Logan Stuart

1945

Fallen Angel as Eric Stanton
A Walk in the Sun as Sgt. Bill Tyne
State Fair as Pat Gilbert

1944

Laura as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
Wing and a Prayer as Edward Moulton
Up in Arms as Joe Nelson
The Purple Heart as Capt. Harvey Ross

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident as Donald Martin
The North Star as Kolya Simonov
Crash Dive as Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors
December 7th as Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

1942

Berlin Correspondent as Bill Roberts

1941

Belle Starr as Thomas Crail
Ball of Fire as Joe Lilac
Tobacco Road as Capt. Tim Harmon
Swamp Water as Ben Ragan

1940

The Westerner as Hod Johnson
Kit Carson as Captain John C. Fremont
Sailor's Lady as Scrappy Wilson
Lucky Cisco Kid as Sergeant Dunn