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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)....

Filmography

Prince Jack - ( Cardinal / 1984 / Released / Shapiro Entertainment )
The Pilot - ( / 1979 / Released / )
Born Again - ( Tom Phillips / 1978 / Released / Avco Embassy Film )
Good Guys Wear Black - ( Edgar Harolds--Government Man / 1978 / Released / )
The Last Tycoon - ( Red Ridingwood / 1976 / Released / )
Airport 1975 - ( Small Plane Pilot Freeman / 1975 / Released / Universal )
Take a Hard Ride - ( Morgan / 1975 / Released / )
Innocent Bystanders - ( Blake / 1972 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
The Devil's Brigade - ( Brig Gen Walter Naylor / 1968 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Johnny Reno - ( Johhny Reno / 1966 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Battle of the Bulge - ( Colonel Pritchard / 1965 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Brainstorm - ( Cort Benson / 1965 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Crack in the World - ( / 1965 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
In Harm's Way - ( Admiral "Blackjack" Broderick / 1965 / Released / )
The Loved One - ( General Brinkman / 1965 / Released / )
The Satan Bug - ( The General / 1965 / Released / )
Town Tamer - ( Tom Rosser / 1965 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Madison Avenue - ( Clint Lorimer / 1962 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
The Crowded Sky - ( Dick Barnett / 1960 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Curse of the Demon - ( John Holden / 1958 / Released / )
The Fearmakers - ( Alan Eaton / 1958 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Zero Hour! - ( Ted Stryker / 1957 / Released / )
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - ( Tom Garrett / 1956 / Released / )
While The City Sleeps - ( Edward Mobley / 1956 / Released / )
Comanche - ( Read / 1955 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Smoke Signal - ( Brett Halliday / 1955 / Released / Universal )
Strange Lady in Town - ( Rork O'Brien / 1955 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Duel in the Jungle - ( Scott Walters / 1954 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Elephant Walk - ( Dick Carver / 1954 / Released / )
Three Hours to Kill - ( Jim Guthrie / 1954 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Edge of Doom - ( Father Roth / 1950 / Released / )
Boomerang - ( Henry L Harvey / 1947 / Released / )
Night Song - ( / 1947 / Released / )
Canyon Passage - ( / 1946 / Released / )
The Best Years of Our Lives - ( / 1946 / Released / )
Laura - ( / 1944 / Released / )
The Ox-Bow Incident - ( / 1943 / Released / )
Ball of Fire - ( Joe Lilac / 1941 / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
TV Credits
The Horror of It All ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Ike ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
The Last Hurrah ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
A Shadow in the Streets ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
The Failing of Raymond ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
Bright Promise ( 1969 / Released ): Actor
The Bob Hope Show (02/15/61) ( 1961 / Released ): Actor
The Twilight Zone ( 1959 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

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.


Profession(s):
Actor, gas station attendant, bookkeeper
Sometimes Credited As:
Carver Daniel Andrews
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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)

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Education
Teacher's College, Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas business
Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena, California
Milestones (Back to top)
1940 Film debut, "The Westerner"
1930 - 1931 Worked as accountant with Gulf Refining Company and as chief accountant with Tobins Inc.
Sang professionally
Acted with Pasadena Playhouse


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