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Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

Birthday: 1909-01-01 | Place of Birth: Covington County, Mississippi, USA

President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1963 to 1965, Dana Andrews was one of the first to speak out against the degradation of the acting profession, particularly actresses doing nude scenes just to get a role. Probably the first actor to do a public service announcement about alcoholism (in 1972 for the U.S. Department of Transportation), he was a member of the National Council on Alcoholism and did public speaking tours. Quote from Bob Greene, "Chicago Tribune", November 3, 1993: "To me, Andrews . . . represented both the grand possibilities and the ultimate despair the movies can offer a man. He was a certified movie star, yet by the end of his life he enjoyed neither artistic acclaim granted a Fellini, nor the ease of getting a job taken for granted by a Phoenix." Worked with such directors as Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William A. Wellman, Jean Renoir, Elia Kazan.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1983
The Horror of It All

as    Self

1981
The Pilot

as    Randolph Evers

1978
Good Guys Wear Black

as    Edgar Harolds

1976
The Last Tycoon

as    Red Ridingwood

1975
Take a Hard Ride

as    Morgan

1974
Airport 1975

as    Scott Freeman

1973
Innocent Bystanders

as    Blake

1971
The Failing of Raymond

as    Allan McDonald

1968
The Cobra

as    Capt. Kelly

1967
The Frozen Dead

as    Dr. Norberg

1967
The Ten Million Dollar Grab

as    George Kimmins

1967
Hot Rods to Hell

as    Tom Phillips

1966
Johnny Reno

as    Johnny Reno

1965
In Harm's Way

as    Admiral Broderick

1965
Battle of the Bulge

as    Colonel Pritchard

1965
Brainstorm

as    Cort Benson

1965
Crack in the World

as    Dr. Stephen Sorenson

1965
The Loved One

as    Gen. Buck Brinkman

1965
The Satan Bug

as    Gen. Williams

1965
Town Tamer

as    Tom Rosser

1960
The Crowded Sky

as    Dick Barnett

1958
Enchanted Island

as    Abner "Ab" Bedford

1958
The Fearmakers

as    Alan Eaton

1958
Night of the Demon

as    Dr. John Holden

1957
Zero Hour!

as    Lt. Ted Stryker

1956
While the City Sleeps

as    Edward Mobley

1956
Comanche

as    Jim Read

1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

as    Tom Garrett

1955
Smoke Signal

as    Brett Halliday

1955
Strange Lady in Town

as    Dr. Rourke O'Brien