EDWARD ANDREWS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Edward Andrews was born on October 9th, 1914 in Griffin, Georgia. By the age of twelve he was already performing as a stage actor and then he joined a stock company adding more theater credits to his resume. He also attended the University of Virginia for three years and then made his Broadway debut in 1935.
By the mid 30's he appeared in his first film, "Rushin' Art" (1936) but then returned to stage acting up until 1950 when he was cast on the television series, "Mama". As his career progressed he alternated between stage, television and film work.
Some of his more well known film roles included, "The Phenix City Story" (1955) with John McIntire and Richard Kiley, "The Young Doctors" (1961) starring starring Ben Gazzara, Fredric March, Dick Clark, Ina Balin, Eddie Albert, Phyllis Love, Aline MacMahon, George Segal and Dolph Sweet, "Advise and Consent" (1962) starring alongside Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Eddie Hodges, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Will Geer and Betty White, "Youngblood Hawke" (1964) starring James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, Genevieve Page, Eva Gabor, Mary Astor, Lee Bowman, Don Porter, John Dehner, Hayden Rorke, Mildred Dunnock, Kent Smith, John Emery and Werner Klemperer, "The Over-the-Hill Gang" (1969) starring Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Chill Wills, Pat O'Brien, Jack Elam, Andy Devine, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ricky Nelson and William Smith, "Tora! Tora! Tora" (1970), "How to Frame a Figg" (1971) starring Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Yvonne Craig, Elaine Joyce and John Archer, Walt Disney's "Charley and the Angel" (1973) starring Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Kurt Russell, Kathleen Cody, Harry Morgan, Vincent Van Patten and George Lindsey, "The Seniors" (1978) starring Jeffrey Byron, Gary Imhoff, Dennis Quaid, Lou Richards, Rocky Flintermann, Priscilla Barnes and Alan Reed, "Sixteen Candles" (1984) starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Justin Henry, John Cusack, Max Showalter and Anthony Michael Hall and his final film role in 1984 on, "Gremlins", portraying Mr. Corben.
Along with film work he made numerous guest appearances on a variety of television shows such as, "Love, American Style", "Justice", "Cheyenne', "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "Climax!", "The Danny Thomas Hour", "Bewitched', "Hawaii Five-O", "Sanford and Son", "Rawhide", "Naked City", "Gunsmoke", "Hands of Mystery", "Charlie's Angels", "Playhouse 90", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Bonanza" and "The Bob Newhart Show", among others.
In addition to stage, film and television work, many remember him for his commercial work for a long distance telephone company.
Edward Andrews married only once to a lady by the name of Emily and they had three children together. On March 8th, 1985, Andrews passed away in Santa Monica, California after suffering from a heart attack at the age of seventy. His remains were cremated and scattered in the Ocean.
Filmography
1984 Gremlins
1984 Sixteen Candles
1982 Diff'rent Strokes
1982 Three's Company
1966-1981 Insight
1981 B.J. and the Bear
1979 Quincy, M.E.
1979 Undercover with the KKK
1979 Supertrain
1978 The Seniors
1978 Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
1978 Fantasy Island
1978 The Bob Newhart Show
1978 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
1977 Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977 One Day at a Time
1977 The Love Boat
1977 Charlie's Angels
1977 Chico and the Man
1976 Sanford and Son
1976 How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976 Monster Squad
1976 Bell, Book and Candle
1975 Ellery Queen
1975 Barbary Coast
1975 Police Woman
1975 The Fireman's Ball
1975 Police Story
1975 Archer
1975 The Rookies
1974 The Photographer
1968-1974 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1974 The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
1973 The Starlost
1972-1973 McMillan & Wife
1969-1973 Love, American Style
1973 Charley and the Angel
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1973 Alvin the Magnificent
1970-1972 The Doris Day Show
1972 Avanti!
1972 The New Temperatures Rising Show
1972 The Man Who Came to Dinner
1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 The Don Rickles Show
1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1963-1971 Bonanza
1971 Eddie
1971 The Million Dollar Duck
1971 Inside O.U.T.
1965-1971 The F.B.I.
1971 Travis Logan, D.A.
1971 How to Frame a Figg
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
1969-1970 Bewitched
1970 The Intruders
1970 Hawaii Five-O
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 Men at Law
1970 The Kowboys
1969-1970 The Name of the Game
1969 The Over-the-Hill Gang
1969 The Bold Ones: The Protectors
1969 The Trouble with Girls
1969 The Mod Squad
1968 The Good Guys
1968 Blondie
1968 The Young Loner
1968 I Dream of Jeannie
1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 Accidental Family
1967 The Andy Griffith Show
1967 The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 Run for Your Life
1967 Ironside
1967 The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
1967 The Wild Wild West
1967 The Invaders
1967 Hey, Landlord
1966 The Beverly Hillbillies
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 Birds Do It
1966 The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 Death of a Salesman
1965 Gunsmoke
1965 The Smothers Brothers Show
1965 Fluffy
1964-1965 Broadside
1964 Youngblood Hawke
1964 Send Me No Flowers
1964 Kisses for My President
1964 Good Neighbor Sam
1964 The Brass Bottle
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964 A Tiger Walks
1964 Mr. Novak
1960-1964 Twilight Zone
1963 The Man from Galveston
1963 The Great Adventure
1963 The Thrill of It All
1963 Son of Flubber
1962 40 Pounds of Trouble
1962 Ben Casey
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre
1961-1962 Rawhide
1962 Saints and Sinners
1962 The Eleventh Hour
1962 Alcoa Premiere
1962 Poor Mr. Campbell
1962 Advise & Consent
1961-1962 G.E. True Theater
1962 Frontier Circus
1962 The New Breed
1962 Naked City
1961-1962 Thriller
1961 The Defenders
1961 Margie
1961 Follow the Sun
1961 Cain's Hundred
1961 Dr. Kildare
1961 The Young Doctors
1961 Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961 The Young Savages
1961 Route 66
1961 The AbsentMinded Professor
1961 Outlaws
1960 O'Conner's Ocean
1960 Hong Kong
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater
1960 Elmer Gantry
1960 The Untouchables
1959 Adventures in Paradise
1954-1959 The United States Steel Hour
1959 The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1959 Night of the Quarter Moon
1959 Look Up and Live
1958 The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958 Decision
1949-1958 Studio One in Hollywood
1958 The DuPont Show of the Month
1956-1958 Climax!
1958 Playhouse 90
1958 Suspicion
1957 The Phil Silvers Show
1957 Trooper Hook
1957 Schlitz Playhouse
1954-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents
1955-1957 Goodyear Playhouse
1957 The Tattered Dress
1957 Omnibus
1957 Hot Summer Night
1957 The Alcoa Hour
1956 Three Brave Men
1956 The Unguarded Moment
1956 Friendly Persuasion
1956 Tension at Table Rock
1956 Tea and Sympathy
1956 These Wilder Years
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
1956 The Harder They Fall
1956 Justice
1955 Cheyenne
1955 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1955 Kraft Theatre
1955 The Phenix City Story
1955 Star Tonight
1951 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1949-1951 Hands of Mystery
1950 Mama
1936 Rushin' Art
