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Dana Andrews

Acting

Born January 1, 1909 · Covington County, Mississippi, USA

Died December 17, 1992

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dana Andrews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Paul Driscoll

The Horror of It All

1983as Self

Innocent Bystanders

1972as Blake

Night Gallery

1969as Paul Koch (segment "The Different Ones")

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946as Fred Derry

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943as Donald Martin

Laura

1944as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson

Ball of Fire

1941as Joe Lilac

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977as Townley

Boomerang!

1947as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

The Westerner

1940as Hod Johnson

Curse of the Demon

1957as Dr. John Holden

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Ironside

1967as Courtenay Eliot

Battle of the Bulge

1965as Colonel Pritchard

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956as Tom Garrett

While the City Sleeps

1956as Edward Mobley

Smoke Signal

1955as Brett Halliday

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Tobacco Road

1941as Capt. Tim Harmon

Family Affair

1966as Harv Mullen

Zero Hour!

1957as Lt. Ted Stryker

Canyon Passage

1946as Logan Stuart

In Harm's Way

1965as Admiral Broderick

My Foolish Heart

1950as Walt Dreiser

Daisy Kenyon

1947as Dan O'Mara

Fallen Angel

1945as Eric Stanton

State Fair

1945as Pat Gilbert

Johnny Reno

1966as Johnny Reno

Night Song

1948as Dan Evans

Crash Dive

1943as Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors

The Love Boat

1977as Mr. Paul Gerber

The Last Tycoon

1976as Red Ridingwood

The Devil's Brigade

1968as Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor

The Loved One

1965as Gen. Buck Brinkman

The Fearmakers

1958as Alan Eaton

The Frogmen

1951as Jake Flannigan

Brainstorm

1965as Cort Benson

The Satan Bug

1965as Gen. Williams

Edge of Doom

1950as Thomas Roth

Kit Carson

1940as Captain John C. Fremont

The North Star

1943as Kolya Simonov

Elephant Walk

1954as Dick Carver

A Walk in the Sun

1945as Sgt. Bill Tyne

Belle Starr

1941as Thomas Crail

Airport 1975

1974as Scott Freeman

Crack in the World

1965as Dr. Stephen Sorenson

December 7th

1943as Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor