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3	->''"All people are half actors."''
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5	Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American actor during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, famous for his TallDarkAndHandsome detectives which regularly appeared in classic [[FilmNoir films noirs]].
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7	Starting out as a gas jockey and accountant but with Hollywood aspirations, Andrews was discovered and signed by Samuel Goldwyn in 1938, with his first movie role coming in ''Lucky Cisco Kid'' two years later. The early [[TheForties Forties]] gave him bit parts such as a gangster in Creator/HowardHawks’ ScrewballComedy ''Film/BallOfFire'', and a lynching victim in the Creator/WilliamAWellman drama ''Film/TheOxBowIncident''. But it wasn't until he was loaned out to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox that his StarMakingRole came as the portrait-obsessed detective in Creator/OttoPreminger’s ''Film/{{Laura}}'', a classic of the FilmNoir genre. Here Andrews portrayed a man torn by complex emotions, a running theme in many of his roles. Andrews would later work with Preminger several more times, though without duplicating the success of their first collaboration. Another big role came in 1946 with Creator/WilliamWyler's drama ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives'', in which he plays a war veteran suffering from PTSD.
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9	He also was an accomplished opera singer, a talent which he was only [[TheCastShowoff able to show off]] in one film, ''Film/TheNorthStar''.
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11	A talented actor, Andrews never much cared for the Hollywood lifestyle, in contrast with his peers. Although alcoholism was a constant battle and is generally attributed to hindering his stardom, he was able to finally curb the addiction in 1969.
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13	However, Andrews did stack up quite the résumé, working with several of the best directors of his era: Creator/JohnFord, Creator/WilliamWyler, Creator/FritzLang, Creator/OttoPreminger, Creator/EliaKazan, and Creator/LewisMilestone, just to name a few. He also costarred with Creator/GeneTierney [[ThoseTwoActors in five films]].
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15	Though his major roles were behind him by the [[TheSixties '60s]], throughout that decade and into the [[TheSeventies '70s]] he continued to work on stage and have supporting roles in films and television, most notably appearing in the all-star cast of ''Film/{{Airport}}''.
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17	He died at the age of 83.
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19	His younger brother Creator/SteveForrest was also an actor.
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22	!!Partial filmography:
23	* ''Film/BallOfFire'' (1941)
24	* ''Film/TheOxBowIncident'' (1943)
25	* ''Film/TheNorthStar'' (1943)
26	* ''Film/{{Laura}}'' (1944)
27	* ''Film/{{Fallen Angel\|1945}}'' (1945)
28	* ''Film/StateFair'' (1945)
29	* ''Film/AWalkInTheSun'' (1945)
30	* ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives'' (1946)
31	* ''Film/CanyonPassage'' (1946)
32	* ''Film/{{Boomerang\|1947}}'' (1947) -- Not to be confused with the Creator/EddieMurphy film of the same name.
33	* ''Film/NightSong'' (1948)
34	* ''Deep Waters'' (1948) -- notable as the very first program shown on what is now Creator/{{TBS}} in 1976 when it became a satellite-distributed susperstation
35	* ''Film/MyFoolishHeart'' (1949)
36	* ''Film/WhereTheSidewalkEnds'' (1950)
37	* ''Film/BeyondAReasonableDoubt'' (1956)
38	* ''Film/WhileTheCitySleeps'' (1956)
39	* ''Film/NightOfTheDemon'' (1957)
40	* ''[[Film/ZeroHour1957 Zero Hour!]]'' (1957) -- in which Andrews originated the timeless role of [[Film/{{Airplane}} Ted Stryker]]
41	* ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge'' (1965)
42	* ''Film/TheSatanBug'' (1965)
43	* ''Film/InHarmsWay'' (1965)
44	* ''Film/TheLovedOne'' (1965)
45	* ''Film/JohnnyReno'' (1966)
46	* ''Film/{{Airport}}'' (1970)
47	* ''Film/{{Good Guys Wear Black\|1978}}'' (1978)

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