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.

Known For

Fred Derry

The Best Years of Our Lives

Donald Martin

The Ox-Bow Incident

Det. Lt. Mark McPherson

Laura

Dan O'Mara

Daisy Kenyon

Tom Garrett

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Dr. Stephen Sorenson

Crack in the World

Dr. John Holden

Night of the Demon

Eric Stanton

Fallen Angel

Igor Gouzenko

The Iron Curtain

Pat Gilbert

State Fair

Gen. Williams

The Satan Bug

Alan Eaton

The Fearmakers

Scott Freeman

Airport 1975

Colonel Pritchard

Battle of the Bulge

Tom Phillips

Hot Rods to Hell

Cort Benson

Brainstorm

Self

The Horror of It All

Hod Stillwell

Deep Waters

Thomas Roth

Edge of Doom

Joe Lilac

Ball of Fire

Edward Mobley

While the City Sleeps

Hod Johnson

The Westerner

Logan Stuart

Canyon Passage

Capt. Harvey Ross

The Purple Heart

Dick Carver

Elephant Walk

Sgt. Bill Tyne

A Walk in the Sun

Red Ridingwood

The Last Tycoon

Morgan

Take a Hard Ride

Jake Flannigan

The Frogmen

Admiral Broderick

In Harm's Way

Ben Ragan

Swamp Water

Gen. Buck Brinkman

The Loved One

Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Kolya Simonov

The North Star

Capt. Tim Harmon

Tobacco Road

State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

Boomerang!

Capt. Kelly

Il cobra

Edward Moulton

Wing and a Prayer

(archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

Thomas Crail

Belle Starr

Lt. Ted Stryker

Zero Hour!

Clint Lorimer

Madison Avenue

Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors

Crash Dive

Randolph Evers

The Pilot

Dick Barnett

The Crowded Sky

Jimmy Race

Assignment: Paris

Blake

Innocent Bystanders

Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

December 7th

Johnny Reno

Johnny Reno

Jim Read

Comanche

Dr. Norberg

The Frozen Dead

Dr. Rourke O'Brien

Strange Lady in Town

Walt Dreiser

My Foolish Heart

Joe Nelson

Up in Arms

Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale

Britannia Mews

Brett Halliday

Smoke Signal

Sergeant Dunn

Lucky Cisco Kid

Pat Bannon

Sealed Cargo

Dan Evans

Night Song

Fred Davis

Spring Reunion

Captain John C. Fremont

Kit Carson

Gen. George C. Marshall

Ike

Jim Guthrie

Three Hours to Kill

Martin Greer

I Want You

Abner "Ab" Bedford

Enchanted Island

Dr. Hutchins

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

Allan McDonald

The Failing of Raymond

Perry Ashwell

No Minor Vices

Tom Rosser

Town Tamer

Il gioielliere

I diamanti che nessuno voleva rubare

Len Raeburn

Shadow in the Street

The Man

A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud

George Kimmins

Supercolpo da 7 miliardi

Col. Lancaster

Berlino - Appuntamento per le spie

Scott Walters

Duel in the Jungle

Mike Dillon

Sword in the Desert

Edgar Harolds

Good Guys Wear Black

Scrappy Wilson

Sailor's Lady

Bill Roberts

Berlin Correspondent

The Cardinal

Prince Jack

Roger Shanley

The Last Hurrah

Tom Phillips

Born Again

Self (archive footage)

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor

The Devil's Brigade

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Art Director

Kolya Simonov

Armored Attack!

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

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-01-01

Place of Birth

Covington County, Mississippi, USA

Also Known As

Carver Dana Andrews