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Beaming, hearty character player with ubiquitous glasses who made a memorable film debut after a twenty-year stage career (at age forty) as the disingenuous power broker in "The Phenix City Story" (1955). Andrews used his amiable presence to convey quietly menacing villains and bluff, scheming bureaucrats as easily as he played avuncular, hale-and-hearty types; he was often cast as innocent dupes as well as clever business sharks. Andrews was featured in four Doris Day films and made guest appearances as her publisher on "The Doris Day Show" (1968-73)....
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Filmography

Gremlins - ( Mr Corben / 1984 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
Sixteen Candles - ( Howard / 1984 / Released / )
The Final Countdown - ( Crew Member / 1980 / Released / )
Seniors - ( / 1978 / Released / Cinema Shares International Distribution )
Charley and the Angel - ( Banker / 1973 / Released / )
Avanti! - ( J J Blodgett / 1972 / Released / )
Now You See Him, Now You Don't - ( Mr Sampson / 1972 / Released / )
$1,000,000 Duck - ( / 1971 / Released / )
How to Frame a Figg - ( Mayor Chrisholm / 1971 / Released / )
Tora! Tora! Tora! - ( Admiral Stark / 1970 / Released / )
The Trouble With Girls - ( Johnny / 1969 / Released / )
Birds Do It - ( General SMithburn / 1966 / Released / )
The Glass Bottom Boat - ( Gen Wallace Bleeker / 1966 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Fluffy - ( Griswald / 1965 / Released / Universal )
A Tiger Walks - ( Governor / 1964 / Released / )
Good Neighbor Sam - ( Mr Burke / 1964 / Released / )
Kisses For My President - ( Senator Walsh / 1964 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Send Me No Flowers - ( Dr Ralph Morrissey / 1964 / Released / Universal )
The Brass Bottle - ( Professor Kenton / 1964 / Released / )
The Man From Galveston - ( Hyde / 1964 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Youngblood Hawke - ( Quentin Judd / 1964 / Released / )
40 Pounds of Trouble - ( Herman / 1963 / Released / )
Son of Flubber - ( Defense Secretary / 1963 / Released / )
The Thrill of It All - ( Gardiner Fraleigh / 1963 / Released / Universal )
Advise and Consent - ( Senator Orrin Knox / 1962 / Released / )
Love in a Goldfish Bowl - ( Senator Clyde Holloway / 1961 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
The Young Doctors - ( Bannister / 1961 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
The Young Savages - ( Dan Cole / 1961 / Released / )
Elmer Gantry - ( George Babbitt / 1960 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
The Absent-Minded Professor - ( Defense Secretary / 1960 / Released / )
Night of the Quarter Moon - ( Clinton Page / 1959 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
The Fiend Who Walked the West - ( Judge Parker / 1958 / Released / )
Hot Summer Night - ( Lou Follett / 1957 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Trooper Hook - ( Charlie Travers / 1957 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Tea and Sympathy - ( Herb Lee / 1956 / Released / )
The Harder They Fall - ( Jim Weyerhause / 1956 / Released / )
These Wilder Years - ( Mr Spottsford / 1956 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Three Brave Men - ( Reverend Browning / 1956 / Released / )
Three Brave Men - ( Major Jensen / 1956 / Released / )
The Phenix City Story - ( Rhett Tanner / 1955 / Released / Allied Artists )

TV Credits
Supertrain ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Undercover With the KKK ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Bell, Book and Candle ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Where's the Fire? ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Keep U.S. Beautiful ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
The Don Rickles Show ( 1972 / Released ): Actor
The Man Who Came to Dinner ( 1972 / Released ): Actor
The Streets of San Francisco ( 1972 / Released ): Actor
Eddie ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
Inside O.U.T. ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
Travis Logan, D.A. ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
The Intruders ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
The Kowboys ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
The Over-the-Hill Gang ( 1969 / Released ): Actor
The Doris Day Show ( 1968 / Released ): Actor
Make More Room For Daddy ( 1967 / Released ): Actor
Death of a Salesman ( 1966 / Released ): Actor
Call to Danger ( 1961 / Released ): Actor
O'Connor's Ocean ( 1960 / Released ): Actor
The Twilight Zone ( 1959 / Released ): Actor
Studio One ( 1948 / Released ): Actor
The Young Loner ( Released ): Actor

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Beaming, hearty character player with ubiquitous glasses who made a memorable film debut after a twenty-year stage career (at age forty) as the disingenuous power broker in "The Phenix City Story" (1955). Andrews used his amiable presence to convey quietly menacing villains and bluff, scheming bureaucrats as easily as he played avuncular, hale-and-hearty types; he was often cast as innocent dupes as well as clever business sharks. Andrews was featured in four Doris Day films and made guest appearances as her publisher on "The Doris Day Show" (1968-73).

Profession(s):
Actor
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Education
University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
Milestones (Back to top)

1964 - 1965 Played Commander Rogers Adrian on TV series, "Broadside"
1955 Screen acting debut in "The Phenix City Story"
1935 Broadway acting debut, "How Beautiful With Shoes"
1926 Stage acting debut

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