DIED
December 17, 1992

PROFESSIONS
Actor, Gas Station Attendant, Bookkeeper
SOMETIMES CREDITED AS
Carver Daniel Andrews
BIOGRAPHY
Solid (sometimes to the point of being wooden), average-Joe leading man of the 1940s who specialized in earnest, embittered and/or disillusioned characters. Having worked as an accountant and a singer, Andrews entered films in the early 40s as a supporting player in Westerns. After portraying the victim of a lynch mob in "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), his career took off and he....
Solid (sometimes to the point of being wooden), average-Joe leading man of the 1940s who specialized in earnest, embittered and/or disillusioned characters. Having worked as an accountant and a singer, Andrews entered films in the early 40s as a supporting player in Westerns. After portraying the victim of a lynch mob in "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), his career took off and he starred in a succession of strong vehicles, often as flawed heroes.

Most memorable in urban settings, Andrews successfully teamed up with director Otto Preminger and co-star Gene Tierney for "Laura" (1944) and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (1950); he was equally superb as the re-adjusting bombardier in "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) and as the unflinchingly honest prosecuting attorney in Elia Kazan's "Boomerang!" (1947). With his big-screen career on the wane, Andrews starred in prestige TV showcases in the 50s and headlined a daytime soap opera, "Bright Promise", in the late 60s. Andrews' second wife, Mary Todd, was an actress and his brother, Steve Forrest, an actor.



Family

Brother:  Steve Forrest  (perhaps best remembered as the star of the 1970s action series, "S.W.A.T.")
Daughter:  Susan Diana Andrews  (born on January 29, 1948; mother, Mary Todd)
Daughter:  Katharine Andrews  (born on July 10, 1942; mother, Mary Todd)
Father:  Charles Forrest Andrews  
Son:  David Murray Andrews  (born on November 30, 1933; died at age 30 on February 15, 1964; mother, Janet Murray)
Son:  Stephen Todd Andrews  (born on December 15, 1944; mother, Mary Todd)
Wife:  Janet Murray  (married from 1932 until her death in 1935)
Wife:  Mary Todd  (married from 1939 until his death in 1992)

Education

Teacher's College, Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas business
Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena, California
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