Dana Andrews
Birthday: 1909-01-01 | Place of Birth: Covington County, Mississippi, USAPresident 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Randolph Evers
as Edgar Harolds
as Red Ridingwood
as Morgan
as Scott Freeman
as Blake
as Allan McDonald
as Capt. Kelly
as Dr. Norberg
as George Kimmins
as Tom Phillips
as Johnny Reno
as Admiral Broderick
as Colonel Pritchard
as Cort Benson
as Dr. Stephen Sorenson
as Gen. Buck Brinkman
as Gen. Williams
as Tom Rosser
as Dick Barnett
as Abner "Ab" Bedford
as Alan Eaton
as Dr. John Holden
as Lt. Ted Stryker
as Edward Mobley
as Jim Read
as Tom Garrett
as Brett Halliday
as Dr. Rourke O'Brien