Dana Andrews

1909-1992

Biography: life and films

Dana Andrews was an American actor. He was born in Covington County, Mississippi, USA on 1st January 1909 and died in Los Alamitos, California, USA on 17th December 1992, aged 83.

His best films as an actor include Otto Preminger's crime-thriller Laura (1944), William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), Fritz Lang's Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) and Jacques Tourneur's thriller Night of the Demon (1957).

Dana Andrews appeared in 75 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Otto Preminger (5 films), Lewis Milestone (4), Mark Robson (3), Jacques Tourneur (3), William Wyler (2), William A. Wellman (2), H. Bruce Humberstone (2), Gino Mangini (2), George Sherman (2), Fritz Lang (2), Elia Kazan (2), Allan Dwan (2) and Alfred L. Werker (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (47 films), Western (13), Thriller (12), War (11), romance (8), comedy (5), Biography (3), history (2), crime-thriller (2) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Dana Andrews over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

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Kit Carson (1940) [a]

Lucky Cisco Kid (1940) [a]

Sailor's Lady (1940) [a]

The Westerner (1940) [a]

Ball of Fire (1941) [a]

Belle Starr (1941) [a]

Swamp Water (1941) [a]

Berlin Correspondent (1942) [a]

Crash Dive (1943) [a]

The North Star (1943) [a]

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) [a]

Laura (1944) [a]

The Purple Heart (1944) [a]

Up in Arms (1944) [a]

Wing and a Prayer (1944) [a]

A Walk in the Sun (1945) [a]

Fallen Angel (1945) [a]

State Fair (1945) [a]

Canyon Passage (1946) [a]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) [a]

Boomerang! (1947) [a]

Daisy Kenyon (1947) [a]

Deep Waters (1948) [a]

Night Song (1948) [a]

No Minor Vices (1948) [a]

The Iron Curtain (1948) [a]

Britannia Mews (1949) [a]

My Foolish Heart (1949) [a]

Sword in the Desert (1949) [a]

Edge of Doom (1950) [a]

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) [a]

I Want You (1951) [a]

Sealed Cargo (1951) [a]

The Frogmen (1951) [a]

Assignment: Paris (1952) [a]

Duel in the Jungle (1954) [a]

Elephant Walk (1954) [a]

Three Hours to Kill (1954) [a]

Smoke Signal (1955) [a]

Strange Lady in Town (1955) [a]

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) [a]

Comanche (1956) [a]

While the City Sleeps (1956) [a]

Night of the Demon (1957) [a]

Spring Reunion (1957) [a]

Zero Hour! (1957) [a]

Enchanted Island (1958) [a]

The Fearmakers (1958) [a]

The Story on Page One (1959) [a]

The Crowded Sky (1960) [a]

Madison Avenue (1962) [a]

Battle of the Bulge (1965) [a]

Berlino - Appuntamento per le spie (1965) [a]

Brainstorm (1965) [a]

Crack in the World (1965) [a]

In Harm's Way (1965) [a]

The Loved One (1965) [a]

The Satan Bug (1965) [a]

Town Tamer (1965) [a]

Johnny Reno (1966) [a]

Supercolpo da 7 miliardi (1966) [a]

The Frozen Dead (1966) [a]

Hot Rods to Hell (1967) [a]

I diamanti che nessuno voleva rubare (1967) [a]

Il Cobra (1967) [a]

The Devil's Brigade (1968) [a]

Innocent Bystanders (1972) [a]

Airport 1975 (1974) [a]

Take a Hard Ride (1975) [a]

The Last Tycoon (1976) [a]

Born Again (1978) [a]

Good Guys Wear Black (1978) [a]

The Pilot (1980) [a]

Prince Jack (1985) [a]



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