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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1909
Died
December 17, 1992
Place of Birth
Covington County, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
- Carver Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
1.2 Popularity
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
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
7.7
Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
0.0
The Cardinal
Prince Jack
1985
8.0
Self
The Horror of It All
1983
10.0
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
5.5
Elliot McKay
Falcon Crest
1981
6.7
Randolph Evers
The Pilot
1980
6.2
Gen. George C. Marshall
Ike
1979
6.5
Gen. George C. Marshall
Ike
1979
8.0
Tom Phillips
Born Again
1978
Credits
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2001
8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Prince Jack
as The Cardinal
1985
0.0
The Horror of It All
as Self
1983
8.0
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Falcon Crest
as Elliot McKay
1981
5.5
The Pilot
as Randolph Evers
1980
6.7
Ike
as Gen. George C. Marshall
1979
6.2
Ike
as Gen. George C. Marshall
1979
6.5
Born Again
as Tom Phillips
1978
8.0
The American Girls
as Phillips
1978
3.5
Good Guys Wear Black
as Edgar Harolds
1978
5.1
🎬
A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud
as The Man
1978
0.0
The Last Hurrah
as Roger Shanley
1977
0.0
The Love Boat
as Mr. Paul Gerber
1977
6.3
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Townley
1977
7.1
The Last Tycoon
as Red Ridingwood
1976
6.3
Take a Hard Ride
as Morgan
1975
5.2
Ellery Queen
as Lewis Marshall
1975
7.4
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Dr. Hutchins
1975
0.0
A Shadow in the Streets
as Len Raeburn
1975
2.0
Airport 1975
as Scott Freeman
1974
5.7
Get Christie Love!
as Sarge
1974
7.9
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Innocent Bystanders
as Blake
1972
7.2
The Failing of Raymond
as Allan McDonald
1971
6.0
Night Gallery
as Paul Koch (segment "The Different Ones")
1970
7.8
Bright Promise
as Thomas Boswell
1969
3.7
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Devil's Brigade
as Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor
1968
6.3
No Diamonds for Ursula
as Il gioielliere
1967
5.7
Ironside
as Courtenay Eliot
1967
6.8
The Cobra
as Capt. Kelly
1967
7.5
The Ten Million Dollar Grab
as George Kimmins
1967
0.0
Hot Rods to Hell
as Tom Phillips
1967
4.8
The Frozen Dead
as Dr. Norberg
1966
5.0
Family Affair
as Harv Mullen
1966
6.7
Johnny Reno
as Johnny Reno
1966
6.4
Battle of the Bulge
as Colonel Pritchard
1965
6.9
The Loved One
as Gen. Buck Brinkman
1965
6.2
Spy in Your Eye
as Col. Lancaster
1965
4.8
Town Tamer
as Tom Rosser
1965
6.5
Brainstorm
as Cort Benson
1965
6.0
Crack in the World
as Dr. Stephen Sorenson
1965
5.7
In Harm's Way
as Admiral Broderick
1965
6.6
The Satan Bug
as Gen. Williams
1965
6.1
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Douglas Vinson
1963
5.7
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
as Dr. Ernest Farrow
1961
5.6
The Dick Powell Show
as Paul Oakland
1961
5.5
The Dick Powell Show
as Nat Keough
1961
5.5
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Cdr. Jason Vanning
1961
6.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Narrator
1961
6.0
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
6.0
Madison Avenue
as Clint Lorimer
1961
6.0
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Clint Evans
1960
6.2
Checkmate
as Judge Leland McIntyre
1960
4.1
The Crowded Sky
as Dick Barnett
1960
5.6
The Twilight Zone
as Paul Driscoll
1959
8.5
Enchanted Island
as Abner "Ab" Bedford
1958
4.5
The Fearmakers
as Alan Eaton
1958
6.2
Zero Hour!
as Lt. Ted Stryker
1957
6.6
Night of the Demon
as Dr. John Holden
1957
7.0
Spring Reunion
as Fred Davis
1957
5.8
Armored Attack!
as Kolya Simonov
1957
6.2
Playhouse 90
as Mark Bragg
1956
7.6
Playhouse 90
as Leo Bass
1956
7.6
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
as Tom Garrett
1956
6.8
While the City Sleeps
as Edward Mobley
1956
6.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Comanche
as Jim Read
1956
5.0
Strange Lady in Town
as Dr. Rourke O'Brien
1955
4.5
Smoke Signal
as Brett Halliday
1955
6.8
Three Hours to Kill
as Jim Guthrie
1954
4.7
Duel in the Jungle
as Scott Walters
1954
5.9
Elephant Walk
as Dick Carver
1954
5.8
General Electric Theater
as Carl Anderson
1953
6.4
Assignment: Paris
as Jimmy Race
1952
5.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Roger Shanley
1951
8.6
I Want You
as Martin Greer
1951
4.7
Sealed Cargo
as Pat Bannon
1951
6.4
The Frogmen
as Jake Flannigan
1951
6.1
Edge of Doom
as Thomas Roth
1950
5.9
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon
1950
7.2
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
My Foolish Heart
as Walt Dreiser
1950
6.4
The Art Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Sword in the Desert
as Mike Dillon
1949
7.3
The Forbidden Street
as Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale
1949
6.7
No Minor Vices
as Perry Ashwell
1948
6.5
Deep Waters
as Hod Stillwell
1948
6.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Iron Curtain
as Igor Gouzenko
1948
5.8
Night Song
as Dan Evans
1948
6.2
Daisy Kenyon
as Dan O'Mara
1947
6.6
Boomerang!
as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey
1947
7.0
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Fred Derry
1946
7.8
Canyon Passage
as Logan Stuart
1946
6.6
A Walk in the Sun
as Sgt. Bill Tyne
1945
5.8
Fallen Angel
as Eric Stanton
1945
6.5
State Fair
as Pat Gilbert
1945
6.6
Laura
as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
1944
7.6
The Purple Heart
as Capt. Harvey Ross
1944
6.0
Up in Arms
as Joe Nelson
1944
5.6
Wing and a Prayer
as Edward Moulton
1944
6.5
The North Star
as Kolya Simonov
1943
6.1
Crash Dive
as Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors
1943
6.3
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Donald Martin
1943
7.7
December 7th
as Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
1943
5.8
Berlin Correspondent
as Bill Roberts
1942
5.9
Ball of Fire
as Joe Lilac
1941
7.3
Swamp Water
as Ben Ragan
1941
6.3
Belle Starr
as Thomas Crail
1941
5.6
Tobacco Road
as Capt. Tim Harmon
1941
6.6
The Westerner
as Hod Johnson
1940
7.1
Kit Carson
as Captain John C. Fremont
1940
6.1
Sailor's Lady
as Scrappy Wilson
1940
4.0
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Sergeant Dunn
1940
5.6