Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

American actor (1909–1992)

Carver Dana Andrews was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir and later in Western films. 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 mystery Laura (1944) and his critically acclaimed performance as World War II veteran Fred Derry returning home in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 69 films (1940–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 11 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1978 Born Again Irving Rapper
1978 Good Guys Wear Black Mar Vista Productions 100 min Color sound
1976 The Last Tycoon Academy Pictures, A.G 123 min Color sound
1974 Airport 1975 Universal Pictures 107 min Color sound
1967 The Cobra. American International Pictures 98 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Battle Of The Bulge. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. & United States Pictures Inc. 9 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Hot Rods To Hell. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. & Four Leaf Productions Inc. 92 min 35mm Color sound
1965 BRAINSTORM. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 2 reels 35mm B&W sound
1965 In Harm's Way. Sigma Productions Inc. 165 min 35mm B&W sound
1965 JOHNNY RENO R. G. Springsteen 83 min 16mm sound
1965 Johnny Reno. Paramount Pictures Corp. & A. C. Lyles Productions Inc. 83 min 35mm Color sound
1965 Town tamer. Paramount Pictures Corp. & A. C. Lyles Productions Inc. 89 min 35mm Color sound
1964 Crack In The World. Paramount Pictures Corp. & Security Pictures Inc. 96 min 35mm Color sound
1961 Madison Avenue. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 35mm B&W sound
1960 The Crowded Sky. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 104 min 35mm Color sound
1959 The story on page one. Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 4420 35mm B&W sound
1958 Enchanted Island Ideal Pictures Inc 93 min 16mm Color sound
1958 Enchanted Island. Waverly Productions Inc. 93 min 35mm Color sound
1958 The Fearmakers. Pacemaker Productions Inc. 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Night of the Demon Jacques Tourneur 95 min B&W
1957 Spring Reunion. Bryna Productions Inc. 79 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Zero Hour. Paramount Pictures Corp. Carmel Enterprises Inc. & Delta Enterprises Inc. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Fritz Lang 80 min B&W
1956 Comanche George Sherman
1956 WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 100 min 35mm B&W sound
1955 Smoke signal Jerry Hopper 88 min Color
1955 Smoke Signal. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 Strange lady in town. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 112 min 35mm Color sound
1954 Duel in the jungle. Moulin Productions Inc. 102 min 35mm Color sound
1954 Elephant Walk. Paramount Pictures Corp. 103 min 35mm Color sound
1954 Three Hours To Kill. Columbia Pictures Corp. 8 reels 35mm Color sound
1952 Assignment Paris. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels 35mm B&W sound
1951 I Want You. Samuel Goldwyn Productions Inc. 101 min 35mm B&W sound
1951 Sealed Cargo. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 The Frogmen. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 96 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Edge Of Doom. Samuel Goldwyn Productions Inc. 99 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Where The Sidewalk Ends. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 My Foolish Heart. Samuel Goldwyn Productions Inc. 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Sword In The Desert. George Sherman 100 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 The Forbidden Street. Jean Negulesco 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Deep Waters. Henry King 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 No Minor Vices. Enterprise Productions Inc. and Niagara Enterprises Inc. 96 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 The Iron Curtain William A. Wellman 12:00 B&W
1948 The Iron Curtain. William A. Wellman 87 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Boomerang Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.: Publisher 1:27:00 16mm B&W sound
1947 Night Song. John Cromwell 102 min 35mm B&W sound
1946 Canyon passage. Jacques Tourneur 2500 16mm Color sound
1946 The Best Years Of Our Lives. William Wyler 172 min. 35mm B&W sound
1945 A walk in the sun. Lewis Milestone 4000 16mm B&W sound
1945 Fallen Angel Otto Preminger