Dana Andrews

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-01-01 (83 years old)

Deathday

1992-12-17

Place of Birth

Covington County, Mississippi, USA

Dana Andrews

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.

Acting

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Donald Martin

1944

Laura

as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Dan O'Mara

1956

1965

Crack in the World

as Dr. Stephen Sorenson

1957

Night of the Demon

as Dr. John Holden

1945

Fallen Angel

as Eric Stanton

1948

The Iron Curtain

as Igor Gouzenko

1945

State Fair

as Pat Gilbert

1965

The Satan Bug

as Gen. Williams

1958

The Fearmakers

as Alan Eaton

1974

Airport 1975

as Scott Freeman

1965

Battle of the Bulge

as Colonel Pritchard

1967

Hot Rods to Hell

as Tom Phillips

1965

Brainstorm

as Cort Benson

1948

Deep Waters

as Hod Stillwell

1950

Edge of Doom

as Thomas Roth

1941

Ball of Fire

as Joe Lilac

1956

While the City Sleeps

as Edward Mobley

1940

The Westerner

as Hod Johnson

1946

Canyon Passage

as Logan Stuart

1944

The Purple Heart

as Capt. Harvey Ross

1954

Elephant Walk

as Dick Carver

1945

A Walk in the Sun

as Sgt. Bill Tyne

1976

The Last Tycoon

as Red Ridingwood

1975

1951

The Frogmen

as Jake Flannigan

1965

In Harm's Way

as Admiral Broderick

1941

Swamp Water

as Ben Ragan

1965

The Loved One

as Gen. Buck Brinkman

1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

1943

The North Star

as Kolya Simonov

1941

Tobacco Road

as Capt. Tim Harmon

1947

Boomerang!

as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

1967

The Cobra

as Capt. Kelly

1944

Wing and a Prayer

as Edward Moulton

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1941

Belle Starr

as Thomas Crail

1957

Zero Hour!

as Lt. Ted Stryker

1961

Madison Avenue

as Clint Lorimer

1943

Crash Dive

as Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors

1980

The Pilot

as Randolph Evers

1960

The Crowded Sky

as Dick Barnett

1952

Assignment: Paris

as Jimmy Race

1943

December 7th

as Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

1966

Johnny Reno

as Johnny Reno

1956

Comanche

as Jim Read

1966

The Frozen Dead

as Dr. Norberg

1955

Strange Lady in Town

as Dr. Rourke O'Brien

1950

My Foolish Heart

as Walt Dreiser

1944

Up in Arms

as Joe Nelson

1949

The Forbidden Street

as Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale

1955

Smoke Signal

as Brett Halliday

1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

as Sergeant Dunn

1948

Night Song

as Dan Evans

1951

Sealed Cargo

as Pat Bannon

1957

Spring Reunion

as Fred Davis

1940

Kit Carson

as Captain John C. Fremont

1979

Ike

as Gen. George C. Marshall

1954

Three Hours to Kill

as Jim Guthrie

1951

I Want You

as Martin Greer

1958

Enchanted Island

as Abner "Ab" Bedford

1971

The Failing of Raymond

as Allan McDonald

1948

No Minor Vices

as Perry Ashwell

1965

Town Tamer

as Tom Rosser

1975

Shadow in the Street

as Len Raeburn

1967

No Diamonds for Ursula

as Il gioielliere

1967

1965

Spy in Your Eye

as Col. Lancaster

1954

Duel in the Jungle

as Scott Walters

1949

Sword in the Desert

as Mike Dillon

1978

Good Guys Wear Black

as Edgar Harolds

1940

Sailor's Lady

as Scrappy Wilson

1942

Berlin Correspondent

as Bill Roberts

1985

Prince Jack

as The Cardinal

1977

The Last Hurrah

as Roger Shanley

1978

Born Again

as Tom Phillips

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1968

The Devil's Brigade

as Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor

1949

The Art Director

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1957

Armored Attack!

as Kolya Simonov

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)

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