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Name: Dana Andrews  
   
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Date of Birth: 1st January 1909
   
Place of Birth: Covington County, Mississippi, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
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Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 - December 17, 1992) was an American actor. He was born in Covington County, Mississippi, one of 13 children. His father was a Baptist minister. Soon his family moved to Kentucky, and later to Texas, where they settled in Huntsville. Andrews attended college there and also studied business administration in Houston.

In 1931 Andrews went to Los Angeles, California seeking opportunities as a singer. He worked at various jobs to earn his living, including pumping gas at a filling station in Van Nuys. One of his employers believed in him and paid for his studies in opera and also at the Pasadena Playhouse, a prestigious theater and acting school. Andrews later signed a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and nine years after arriving in Los Angeles was offered his first movie role in William Wyler's The Westerner (1940) which starred Gary Cooper.

Andrews' role in the 1943 movie adaptation of The Ox-Bow Incident with Henry Fonda is often cited as his most memorable. His appearances in the 1944 film Laura with Gene Tierney and the 1946 film The Best Years Of Our Lives, co-starring Fredric March and Myrna Loy made him a star but his popularity was fleeting. Save for a few exceptions like Elephant Walk (with Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Finch) he was unable to build on his early successes. Most of his later films were not commercial or critical successes and he drifted into supporting roles and character parts in B-movies. He suffered from alcoholism, reportedly beginning from the 1940s. He eventually overcame his addiction and was one of the first celebrities to do a public service announcement for AA.

In 1963 Andrews was briefly elected president of the Screen Actors Guild.

Andrews married Janet Murray in 1932 but she died three years later (their son died in 1964). He married actress Mary Todd in 1939 (they had a son and two daughters). Andrews suffered from Alzheimer's disease in later life and in 1992 died from heart failure in Los Alamitos, California.

Filmography

  • Wild About Ari (1993)
  • Prince Jack (1984)
  • The Pilot (1979)
  • Born Again (1978)
  • A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1978)
  • Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
  • The Last Tycoon (1976)
  • Take a Hard Ride (1976)
  • Airport 1975 (1974)
  • Innocent Bystanders (1972)
  • The Devil's Brigade (1968)
  • Cobra II (1967)
  • Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
  • The Frozen Dead (1966)
  • Johnny Reno (1966)
  • The Loved One (1965)
  • Battle of the Bulge (1965)
  • Town Tamer (1965)
  • Crack in the World (1965)
  • Brainstorm (1965)
  • The Satan Bug (1965)
  • In Harm's Way (1965)
  • Madison Avenue (1962)
  • The Crowded Sky (1960)
  • Enchanted Island (1958)
  • The Fearmakers (1958)
  • Night of the Demon (1957)
  • Zero Hour! (1957)
  • Spring reunion (1957)
  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
  • Comanche (1956)
  • While the City Sleeps (1956)
  • Smoke Signal (1955)
  • Strange Lady in Town (1955)
  • Duel in the Jungle (1954)
  • Three Hours to Kill (1954)
  • Elephant Walk (1954)
  • Assignment: Paris (1952)
  • I Want You (1951)
  • Sealed Cargo (1951)
  • The Frogmen (1951)
  • Edge of Doom (1950)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
  • Sword in the Desert (1949)
  • My Foolish Heart (1949)
  • Britannia Mews (1949)
  • Deep Waters (1948)
  • No Minor Vices (1948)
  • The Iron Curtain (1948)
  • Night Song (1948)
  • Boomerang! (1947)
  • Daisy Kenyon (1947)
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  • Canyon Passage (1946)
  • A Walk in the Sun (1945)
  • Fallen Angel (1945)
  • State Fair (1945)
  • Laura (1944)
  • Wing and a Prayer (1944)
  • The Purple Heart (1944)
  • Up in Arms (1944)
  • December 7th (1943)
  • The North Star (1943)
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
  • Crash Dive (1943)
  • Berlin Correspondent (1942)
  • Swamp Water (1941)
  • Ball of Fire (1941)
  • Belle Starr (1941)
  • Tobacco Road (1941)
  • Kit Carson (1940)
  • Sailor's Lady (1940)
  • Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
  • The Westerner (1940)

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