
Dana Andrews
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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
Credits

Laura (1944)
as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson

Battle of the Bulge (1965)
as Colonel Pritchard

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Fred Derry

Airport 1975 (1974)
as Scott Freeman

In Harm's Way (1965)
as Admiral Broderick

Spring Reunion (1957)
as Fred Davis

Ike (1979)
as Gen. George C. Marshall

Belle Starr (1941)
as Thomas Crail

Comanche (1956)
as Jim Read

Fallen Angel (1945)
as Eric Stanton

Night of the Demon (1957)
as Dr. John Holden

Innocent Bystanders (1972)
as Blake

The Devil's Brigade (1968)
as Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor

Berlin Correspondent (1942)
as Bill Roberts

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

The Last Tycoon (1976)
as Red Ridingwood

Ball of Fire (1941)
as Joe Lilac

While the City Sleeps (1956)
as Edward Mobley

The Westerner (1940)
as Hod Johnson

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
as Donald Martin

My Foolish Heart (1950)
as Walt Dreiser

A Shadow in the Streets (1975)
as Len Raeburn

Elephant Walk (1954)
as Dick Carver

Wing and a Prayer (1944)
as Edward Moulton

Canyon Passage (1946)
as Logan Stuart

Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
as Edgar Harolds

Crack in the World (1965)
as Dr. Stephen Sorenson

The Satan Bug (1965)
as Gen. Williams

The Frogmen (1951)
as Jake Flannigan

Up in Arms (1944)
as Joe Nelson

Assignment: Paris (1952)
as Jimmy Race

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
as Tom Garrett

The Loved One (1965)
as Gen. Buck Brinkman

Strange Lady in Town (1955)
as Dr. Rourke O'Brien

Zero Hour! (1957)
as Lt. Ted Stryker

Johnny Reno (1966)
as Johnny Reno

Tobacco Road (1941)
as Capt. Tim Harmon

Crash Dive (1943)
as Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors

The Crowded Sky (1960)
as Dick Barnett

A Walk in the Sun (1945)
as Sgt. Bill Tyne

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Smoke Signal (1955)
as Brett Halliday

The Failing of Raymond (1971)
as Allan McDonald

Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
as Tom Phillips

Take a Hard Ride (1975)
as Morgan

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as Self (archive footage)

I Want You (1951)
as Martin Greer

The North Star (1943)
as Kolya Simonov

Daisy Kenyon (1947)
as Dan O'Mara

Spy in Your Eye (1965)
as Col. Lancaster

Swamp Water (1941)
as Ben Ragan

Boomerang! (1947)
as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

The Iron Curtain (1948)
as Igor Gouzenko

Edge of Doom (1950)
as Thomas Roth

The Forbidden Street (1949)
as Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale

Town Tamer (1965)
as Tom Rosser

Duel in the Jungle (1954)
as Scott Walters

The Purple Heart (1944)
as Capt. Harvey Ross

Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Scrappy Wilson

December 7th (1943)
as Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

Three Hours to Kill (1954)
as Jim Guthrie

Born Again (1978)
as Tom Phillips

Kit Carson (1940)
as Captain John C. Fremont

State Fair (1945)
as Pat Gilbert

The Pilot (1980)
as Randolph Evers

The Frozen Dead (1966)
as Dr. Norberg

Enchanted Island (1958)
as Abner "Ab" Bedford

Madison Avenue (1961)
as Clint Lorimer

Deep Waters (1948)
as Hod Stillwell

Brainstorm (1965)
as Cort Benson

Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
as Sergeant Dunn

No Minor Vices (1948)
as Perry Ashwell

Night Song (1948)
as Dan Evans

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)
as Dr. Hutchins

The Horror of It All (1983)
as Self

The Ten Million Dollar Grab (1967)
as George Kimmins

The Fearmakers (1958)
as Alan Eaton

The Cobra (1967)
as Capt. Kelly

Sealed Cargo (1951)
as Pat Bannon

Prince Jack (1985)
as The Cardinal

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)
as Self (archive footage)

Sword in the Desert (1949)
as Mike Dillon

The Art Director (1949)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Armored Attack! (1957)
as Kolya Simonov

The Last Hurrah (1977)
as Roger Shanley

No Diamonds for Ursula (1967)
as Il gioielliere
A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1978)
as The Man





