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Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts into the 1980s.
Dana Andrews. Actor: Laura. American leading man of the 1940s and 1950s, Dana Andrews was born Carver Dana Andrews on New Years Day 1909 on a farmstead outside Collins, Covington County, Mississippi.
Dana Andrews. Actor: Laura. American leading man of the 1940s and 1950s, Dana Andrews was born Carver Dana Andrews on New Years Day 1909 on a farmstead outside Collins, Covington County, Mississippi.
Dec 18, 1992 · Dana Andrews, whose film portrayals ranged from a sensitive, tough-talking detective in the 1944 movie “Laura” to a bombardier returning to a troubled civilian life in the post-World War II...
Carver Dana Andrews was an American actor known for his roles in films like ‘Laura’ and ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’. Born in southern Mississippi, in Covington County, he was the son of a Baptist minister and his wife.
Dana Andrews (born Jan. 1, 1909, Collins, Miss., U.S.—died Dec. 17, 1992, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American actor, a handsome leading man who appeared in such films of the 1940s as The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Laura (1944), A Walk in the Sun (1945), and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
Jan 1, 2021 · Dana Andrews was one of Hollywood’s masked men, and even more than bigger stars like Bogart, he was the quintessential nineteen-forties man. He got his start playing heroic “average” G.I.’s in war movies, and enacted the plight of the returning vet in The Best Years of Our Lives.
Dana Andrews Movies: Film Noir actor outstanding in portrayals of angst-ridden characters which made him unique mix of Hollywood hero and antihero.
Jun 27, 2022 · Dana Andrews — TCM’s Star of the Month for July — could go from a suave, handsome leading man to film noir detective who kept his emotions intact. Often mistakenly called a “wooden actor,” Andrews could calmly underplay his film characters.
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Dec 17, 1992 · LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. -- Actor Dana Andrews, a Hollywood leading man best known for such movies as 'Best Years of Our Lives' and 'The Ox-Bow Incident,' died Thursday. He was 83.