
Dana Andrews
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1909-01-01
- Died
- 1992-12-17
- Place of birth
- Covington County, Mississippi, USA
- Also known as
- Carver 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).
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Known For
TV Shows (27)

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Falcon Crest
1981
as Elliot McKay

The Love Boat
1977
as Mr. Paul Gerber

Ironside
1967
as Courtenay Eliot

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Paul Driscoll
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Douglas Vinson

Ben Casey
1961
as Dr. Ernest Farrow

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Night Gallery
1970
as Paul Koch (segment "The Different Ones")

Playhouse 90
1956
as Mark Bragg / Leo Bass

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
as Townley

Family Affair
1966
as Harv Mullen

Checkmate
1960
as Judge Leland McIntyre

Ellery Queen
1975
as Lewis Marshall

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Clint Evans

The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Paul Oakland / Nat Keough

Bright Promise
1969
as Thomas Boswell

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Roger Shanley

Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961

General Electric Theater
1953
as Carl Anderson

Get Christie Love!
1974
as Sarge

Ike
1979
as Gen. George C. Marshall

The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Cdr. Jason Vanning / Narrator

The American Girls
1978
as Phillips
Movies (87)

Laura
1944
as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson

Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Colonel Pritchard

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Fred Derry

In Harm's Way
1965
as Admiral Broderick

Tobacco Road
1941
as Capt. Tim Harmon

Airport 1975
1974
as Scott Freeman

Fallen Angel
1945
as Eric Stanton

Kit Carson
1940
as Captain John C. Fremont

Belle Starr
1941
as Thomas Crail

Canyon Passage
1946
as Logan Stuart

Assignment: Paris
1952
as Jimmy Race

Swamp Water
1941
as Ben Ragan

Elephant Walk
1954
as Dick Carver

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
as Tom Garrett

The Satan Bug
1965
as Gen. Williams

The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor

Night of the Demon
1957
as Dr. John Holden

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Donald Martin

Deep Waters
1948
as Hod Stillwell

Boomerang!
1947
as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

Ike
1979
as Gen. George C. Marshall

The Loved One
1965
as Gen. Buck Brinkman

Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

The Last Tycoon
1976
as Red Ridingwood

Crash Dive
1943
as Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors

While the City Sleeps
1956
as Edward Mobley

December 7th
1943
as Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

Ball of Fire
1941
as Joe Lilac

Sealed Cargo
1951
as Pat Bannon

Zero Hour!
1957
as Lt. Ted Stryker

The Westerner
1940
as Hod Johnson

The North Star
1943
as Kolya Simonov

A Walk in the Sun
1945
as Sgt. Bill Tyne

Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Dan O'Mara

Madison Avenue
1961
as Clint Lorimer

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crack in the World
1965
as Dr. Stephen Sorenson

Good Guys Wear Black
1978
as Edgar Harolds

State Fair
1945
as Pat Gilbert

Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as Self (archive footage)

Comanche
1956
as Jim Read

Johnny Reno
1966
as Johnny Reno

Smoke Signal
1955
as Brett Halliday

Brainstorm
1965
as Cort Benson

Take a Hard Ride
1975
as Morgan

Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Dr. Rourke O'Brien

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self (archive footage)

The Frogmen
1951
as Jake Flannigan

Up in Arms
1944
as Joe Nelson

Spring Reunion
1957
as Fred Davis

Hot Rods to Hell
1967
as Tom Phillips

The Crowded Sky
1960
as Dick Barnett

The Last Hurrah
1977
as Roger Shanley

Prince Jack
1985
as The Cardinal

My Foolish Heart
1950
as Walt Dreiser

The Pilot
1980
as Randolph Evers

The Failing of Raymond
1971
as Allan McDonald

Town Tamer
1965
as Tom Rosser

Sailor's Lady
1940
as Scrappy Wilson

The Fearmakers
1958
as Alan Eaton

Duel in the Jungle
1954
as Scott Walters

The Horror of It All
1983
as Self

Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
as Sergeant Dunn

I Want You
1951
as Martin Greer

The Iron Curtain
1948
as Igor Gouzenko

The Ten Million Dollar Grab
1967
as George Kimmins

A Shadow in the Streets
1975
as Len Raeburn

Three Hours to Kill
1954
as Jim Guthrie

Wing and a Prayer
1944
as Edward Moulton

The Cobra
1967
as Capt. Kelly

Innocent Bystanders
1972
as Blake

Edge of Doom
1950
as Thomas Roth

Armored Attack!
1957
as Kolya Simonov

Born Again
1978
as Tom Phillips

The Frozen Dead
1966
as Dr. Norberg

Spy in Your Eye
1965
as Col. Lancaster

The Forbidden Street
1949
as Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale

Enchanted Island
1958
as Abner "Ab" Bedford

Night Song
1948
as Dan Evans

The Purple Heart
1944
as Capt. Harvey Ross

No Minor Vices
1948
as Perry Ashwell

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
as Dr. Hutchins

No Diamonds for Ursula
1967
as Il gioielliere

The Art Director
1949
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sword in the Desert
1949
as Mike Dillon

Berlin Correspondent
1942
as Bill Roberts
A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud
1978
as The Man
About Dana Andrews
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. With 114 credits spanning from 1940 to 2001, Dana Andrews has appeared in 87 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dana Andrews Movies
- Laura (1944) — as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
- Battle of the Bulge (1965) — as Colonel Pritchard
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — as Fred Derry
- In Harm's Way (1965) — as Admiral Broderick
- Tobacco Road (1941) — as Capt. Tim Harmon
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