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Acting

Dana Andrews

Career: Active from 1940 to 1985, busiest in 1965 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 62
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Laura
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dana Andrews Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Historical Drama 8
Social Commentary 7
Historical Setting 6
Classic Hollywood 6
Character Study 5
World War II 4
Psychological Tension 4
Classic Western 4
Western 3
Tension 3
Tense Atmosphere 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

105

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

3 titles · average score 62

Prince Jack

as The Cardinal

Falcon Crest

59

TV show · as Elliot McKay

The Pilot

66

as Randolph Evers

1970s

19 titles · average score 61

Ike

69

as Gen. George C. Marshall

Ike

71

TV show · as Gen. George C. Marshall

Good Guys Wear Black

32

as Edgar Harolds

A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud

as The Man

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Mr. Paul Gerber

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

48

TV show · as Townley

Take a Hard Ride

45

as Morgan

A Shadow in the Streets

as Len Raeburn

Ellery Queen

79

TV show · as Lewis Marshall

Innocent Bystanders

68

as Blake

The Failing of Raymond

as Allan McDonald

Night Gallery

85

TV show · as Paul Koch (segment "The Different Ones")

1960s

27 titles · average score 57

Bright Promise

TV show · as Thomas Boswell

Hot Rods to Hell

46

as Tom Phillips

The Cobra

as Capt. Kelly

Johnny Reno

48

as Johnny Reno

The Frozen Dead

50

as Dr. Norberg

Crack in the World

71

as Dr. Stephen Sorenson

Town Tamer

63

as Tom Rosser

Battle of the Bulge

65

as Colonel Pritchard

Brainstorm

63

as Cort Benson

The Satan Bug

56

as Gen. Williams

Madison Avenue

62

as Clint Lorimer

The Crowded Sky

48

as Dick Barnett

1950s

25 titles · average score 64

Night of the Demon

88

as Dr. John Holden

Spring Reunion

60

as Fred Davis

Zero Hour!

58

as Lt. Ted Stryker

While the City Sleeps

79

as Edward Mobley

Comanche

54

as Jim Read

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

67

as Tom Garrett

Strange Lady in Town

55

as Dr. Rourke O'Brien

Elephant Walk

58

as Dick Carver

I Want You

58

as Martin Greer

The Frogmen

63

as Jake Flannigan

Where the Sidewalk Ends

88

as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

My Foolish Heart

61

as Walt Dreiser

1940s

30 titles · average score 69

Boomerang!

71

as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

Daisy Kenyon

75

as Dan O'Mara

The Best Years of Our Lives

89

as Fred Derry

Canyon Passage

83

as Logan Stuart

Fallen Angel

75

as Eric Stanton

A Walk in the Sun

76

as Sgt. Bill Tyne

State Fair

68

as Pat Gilbert

Laura

90

as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson

The Ox-Bow Incident

86

as Donald Martin

The North Star

49

as Kolya Simonov

Berlin Correspondent

61

as Bill Roberts

Belle Starr

53

as Thomas Crail