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9 unusual facts about Dana Andrews


Berlin Correspondent

Dana Andrews portrays an American radio correspondent reporting from within Nazi Germany, whose principal source of information is an elderly philatelist.

Collins, Mississippi

Film legend Dana Andrews was born on a farmstead just outside Collins, and actor Gerald McRaney, and NFL stars Steve McNair, Correll Buckhalter and former NBA star Randolph Keys, were all born in Collins.

Dana MacDuff

He is named for his father's close friend, the actor Dana Andrews.

Gregory Gaye

In 1944, he received a bit part as a Russian correspondent Peter Voroshevski, who again is stopped at the door and not allowed in the trial, in The Purple Heart starring Dana Andrews and Richard Conte based on the captured pilots from the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo.

Igor Gouzenko

The story of the Gouzenko Affair was made into the film The Iron Curtain in 1948, directed by William Wellman, with screenplay by Milton Krims, and starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney as Igor and Anna Gouzenko, produced by Twentieth Century Fox.

Reub Long

During these productions, Reub got to know a number of well-known actors including Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges, Ward Bond, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Kirk Douglas, and Susan Hayward.

Spring Reunion

When she runs into an old flame at the reunion (Dana Andrews), it looks as if the two might be meant for each other after all.

Take a Hard Ride

Pike (Jim Brown), the right-hand man of cattle rancher Bob Morgan (Dana Andrews), is entrusted with a mission to deliver $86,000 across the border to the Morgan Ranch in Sonora, Mexico after his boss dies.

William Eythe

He was given a screen-test, and landed a role in the film The Ox-Bow Incident, which co-starred Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews.


Arnold Manoff

Three more of his screenplays were made into movies prior to his being blacklisted: My Buddy (1944), Casbah (1948, starring Peter Lorre and Yvonne De Carlo), and No Minor Vices (1948, starring Dana Andrews, Lilli Palmer, and Louis Jordan).

Bright Promise

Original cast members included the show's star, movie favorite Dana Andrews, with Susan Brown, Paul Lukather, David Lewis, Coleen Gray, Susannah Darrow, Cheryl Miller, and Eric James.


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