Person
Dana Andrews
Actor· Covington County, Mississippi, USA
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).
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Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Laura
Det. Lt. Mark McPherson · 1944
The Best Years of Our Lives
Fred Derry · 1946
The Ox-Bow Incident
Donald Martin · 1943
Night of the Demon
Dr. John Holden · 1957
Airport 1975
Scott Freeman · 1974
Battle of the Bulge
Colonel Pritchard · 1965
Ball of Fire
Joe Lilac · 1941
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon · 1950
Filmography
70 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Self | Film |
| 1980 | The Pilot | Randolph Evers | Film |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. George C. Marshall | Film |
| 1978 | Good Guys Wear Black | Edgar Harolds | Film |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Red Ridingwood | Film |
| 1975 | Take a Hard Ride | Morgan | Film |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Scott Freeman | Film |
| 1972 | Innocent Bystanders | Blake | Film |
| 1969 | Bright Promise | Thomas Boswell | TV |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor | Film |
| 1967 | Hot Rods to Hell | Tom Phillips | Film |
| 1967 | The Cobra | Capt. Kelly | Film |
| 1966 | The Frozen Dead | Dr. Norberg | Film |
| 1966 | Johnny Reno | Johnny Reno | Film |
| 1965 | The Loved One | Gen. Buck Brinkman | Film |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Admiral Broderick | Film |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | Gen. Williams | Film |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Colonel Pritchard | Film |
| 1965 | Brainstorm | Cort Benson | Film |
| 1965 | Crack in the World | Dr. Stephen Sorenson | Film |
| 1965 | Town Tamer | Tom Rosser | Film |
| 1961 | Madison Avenue | Clint Lorimer | Film |
| 1960 | The Crowded Sky | Dick Barnett | Film |
| 1958 | The Fearmakers | Alan Eaton | Film |
| 1958 | Enchanted Island | Abner "Ab" Bedford | Film |
| 1957 | Night of the Demon | Dr. John Holden | Film |
| 1957 | Zero Hour! | Lt. Ted Stryker | Film |
| 1957 | Spring Reunion | Fred Davis | Film |
| 1956 | Comanche | Jim Read | Film |
| 1956 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Tom Garrett | Film |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | Edward Mobley | Film |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town | Dr. Rourke O'Brien | Film |
| 1955 | Smoke Signal | Brett Halliday | Film |
| 1954 | Elephant Walk | Dick Carver | Film |
| 1952 | Assignment: Paris | Jimmy Race | Film |
| 1951 | The Frogmen | Jake Flannigan | Film |
| 1951 | I Want You | Martin Greer | Film |
| 1951 | Sealed Cargo | Pat Bannon | Film |
| 1950 | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon | Film |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom | Thomas Roth | Film |
| 1950 | My Foolish Heart | Walt Dreiser | Film |
| 1949 | Sword in the Desert | Mike Dillon | Film |
| 1949 | The Forbidden Street | Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale | Film |
| 1948 | The Iron Curtain | Igor Gouzenko | Film |
| 1948 | Deep Waters | Hod Stillwell | Film |
| 1948 | Night Song | Dan Evans | Film |
| 1948 | No Minor Vices | Perry Ashwell | Film |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey | Film |
| 1947 | Daisy Kenyon | Dan O'Mara | Film |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Fred Derry | Film |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | Logan Stuart | Film |
| 1945 | Fallen Angel | Eric Stanton | Film |
| 1945 | State Fair | Pat Gilbert | Film |
| 1945 | A Walk in the Sun | Sgt. Bill Tyne | Film |
| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer | Edward Moulton | Film |
| 1944 | The Purple Heart | Capt. Harvey Ross | Film |
| 1944 | Up in Arms | Joe Nelson | Film |
| 1944 | Laura | Det. Lt. Mark McPherson | Film |
| 1943 | Crash Dive | Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors | Film |
| 1943 | The North Star | Kolya Simonov | Film |
| 1943 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Donald Martin | Film |
| 1943 | December 7th | Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor | Film |
| 1942 | Berlin Correspondent | Bill Roberts | Film |
| 1941 | Tobacco Road | Capt. Tim Harmon | Film |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Ben Ragan | Film |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Thomas Crail | Film |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Joe Lilac | Film |
| 1940 | The Westerner | Hod Johnson | Film |
| 1940 | Kit Carson | Captain John C. Fremont | Film |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Sergeant Dunn | Film |
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