Dana Andrews - Actor Profile

Dana Andrews

20Movies
10.0 Best Rating

Biography

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.

Top Rated Movies

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (archive footage) ★ 10.0 HIT
1983 The Horror of It All Self ★ 8.0 HIT
1978 Born Again Tom Phillips ★ 8.0 HIT
2001 Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies Self (archive footage) ★ 8.0 HIT
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Fred Derry ★ 7.8 HIT
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident Donald Martin ★ 7.7 HIT
1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 7.7 HIT
1944 Laura Det. Lt. Mark McPherson ★ 7.6 HIT
1967 The Cobra Capt. Kelly ★ 7.5 HIT
1941 Ball of Fire Joe Lilac ★ 7.4 HIT
1949 Sword in the Desert Mike Dillon ★ 7.3 HIT
1950 Where the Sidewalk Ends Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon ★ 7.2 HIT
1972 Innocent Bystanders Blake ★ 7.2 HIT
1957 Night of the Demon Dr. John Holden ★ 7.0 HIT
1940 The Westerner Hod Johnson ★ 7.0 HIT
1947 Boomerang! State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey ★ 7.0 HIT
1965 Battle of the Bulge Colonel Pritchard ★ 6.9 HIT
1956 While the City Sleeps Edward Mobley ★ 6.9 HIT
1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Tom Garrett ★ 6.8 HIT
1955 Smoke Signal Brett Halliday ★ 6.8 HIT