Dana Andrews
Highest Rated: 100% Canyon Passage (1946)
Lowest Rated: 17% Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
Birthday: Jan 1, 1909
Birthplace: Covington County, Mississippi, USA
Solid (sometimes to the point of being wooden), average-Joe leading man of the 1940s who specialized in earnest, embittered and/or disillusioned characters. Having worked as an accountant and a singer, Andrews entered films in the early 40s as a supporting player in Westerns. After portraying the victim of a lynch mob in "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), his career took off and he starred in a succession of strong vehicles, often as flawed heroes.
Photos
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | December 7th: The Movie | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prince Jack | The Cardinal (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 29% | The Pilot | Randolph Evers (Character) | - | 1980 |
17% | 36% | Good Guys Wear Black | Edgar Harolds (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born Again | Tom Phillips (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ike: The War Years | Gen. George C. Marshall (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Hurrah | Roger Shanley (Character) | - | 1977 |
33% | 40% | The Last Tycoon | Red Ridingwood (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Take a Hard Ride | Morgan (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Shadow in the Streets | Len Raeburn (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant | Dr. Hutchins (Character) | - | 1975 |
30% | 38% | Airport 1975 | Scott Freeman (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Innocent Bystanders | Blake (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Failing of Raymond | Allan McDonald (Character) | - | 1971 |
57% | 68% | The Devil's Brigade | Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cobra | Capt. Kelly (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Hot Rods to Hell | Tom Phillips (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 43% | The Frozen Dead | Dr. Norberg (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Diamonds for Ursula | Il gioielliere (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spy in Your Eye | Col. Lancaster (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Johnny Reno | Johnny Reno (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ten Million Dollar Grab | George Kimmins (Character) | - | 1966 |
86% | 44% | Crack in the World | Dr. Stephen Sorenson (Character) | - | 1965 |
57% | 45% | The Satan Bug | Gen. Williams (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Brainstorm | Cort Benson (Character) | - | 1965 |
47% | 76% | The Loved One | Gen. Buck Brinkman (Character) | - | 1965 |
63% | 67% | Battle of the Bulge | Col. Pritchard (Character) | - | 1965 |
37% | 80% | In Harm's Way | Adm. Broderick (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Town Tamer | Tom Rosser (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madison Avenue | Clint Lorimer (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 14% | The Crowded Sky | Dick Barnett (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 36% | The Fearmakers | Alan Eaton (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La Isla Encantada | Unknown (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Enchanted Island | Abner `'Ab'` Bedford (Character) | - | 1958 |
100% | 85% | Curse of the Demon | Dr. John Holden (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Zero Hour | Lt. Ted Stryker (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spring Reunion | Fred Davis (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Comanche | Jim Read (Character) | - | 1956 |
68% | 56% | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Tom Garrett (Character) | - | 1956 |
91% | 66% | While the City Sleeps | Edward Mobley (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smoke Signal | Brett Halliday (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Lady in Town | Dr. Rourke O'Brien (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Three Hours to Kill | Jim Guthrie (Character) | - | 1954 |
60% | 50% | Elephant Walk | Dick Carver (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Duel in the Jungle | Scott Walters (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Assignment -- Paris | Jimmy Race (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 40% | I Want You | Martin Greer (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 53% | The Frogmen | Jake Flannigan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Sealed Cargo | Pat Bannon (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Edge of Doom | Father Thomas Roth (Character) | - | 1950 |
100% | 88% | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Det. Mark Dixon (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 49% | My Foolish Heart | Walt Dreiser (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sword in the Desert | Mike Dillon (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forbidden Street |
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- | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deep Waters | Hod Stillwell (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Minor Vices | Perry Ashwell (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind the Iron Curtain | Igor Gouzenko (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 53% | The Iron Curtain | Igor Gouzenko (Character) | - | 1948 |
76% | 64% | Boomerang! | State's Atty. Henry L. Harvey (Character) | - | 1947 |
86% | 59% | Daisy Kenyon | Dan O'Mara (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Song | Dan Evans (Character) | - | 1947 |
100% | 64% | Canyon Passage | Logan Stuart (Character) | - | 1946 |
97% | 93% | The Best Years of Our Lives | Fred Derry (Character) | - | 1946 |
83% | 78% | State Fair | Pat Gilbert (Character) | - | 1945 |
85% | 61% | Fallen Angel | Eric Stanton (Character) | - | 1945 |
88% | 75% | A Walk in the Sun | Sgt. Bill Tyne (Character) | - | 1945 |
80% | 73% | Up in Arms | Joe (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 40% | The Purple Heart | Capt. Harvey Ross (Character) | - | 1944 |
100% | 90% | Laura | Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (Character) | - | 1944 |
80% | 48% | Wing and a Prayer | Lt. Cmdr. Edward Moulton (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 64% | December 7th | Ghost of US Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor (Character) | - | 1943 |
92% | 91% | The Ox-Bow Incident | Donald Martin (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 31% | The North Star | Kolya Simonov (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Crash Dive | Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Berlin Correspondent | Bill Roberts (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Tobacco Road | Capt. Tim Harmon (Character) | - | 1941 |
100% | 89% | Ball of Fire | Joe Lilac (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Swamp Water | Ben (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Belle Starr | Maj. Thomas Crail (Character) | - | 1941 |
100% | 76% | The Westerner | Hod Johnson (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Kit Carson | Captain John C. Fremont (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sailor's Lady | Scrappy Wilson (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Cisco Kid | Sergeant Dunn (Character) | - | 1940 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1971 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Affair | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Dr. Ernest Farrow (Guest Star) | 1964 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Paul Driscoll (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got a Secret | Guest | 1958 1960 |