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Edward Andrews

April 27, 2024

For other uses, see Edward Andrews (disambiguation).

Edward Bryan Andrews Jr. (October 9, 1914 – March 8, 1985)[1] was an American stage, film and television actor. Andrews was one of the most recognizable character actors on television and in films from the 1950s through the 1980s. His stark white hair, imposing build and horn-rimmed glasses influenced the roles he received, as he was often cast as an ornery boss, a cagey businessman or other officious types.

Edward Andrews
Andrews (left) and Dick Van Dyke (1973)
Born(1914-10-09)October 9, 1914
Griffin, Georgia, U.S.
DiedMarch 8, 1985(1985-03-08) (aged 70)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Other namesEddy Andrews, Ed Andrews, Eddie Andrews
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1985
Spouse
Emily Barnes Andrews
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(m. 1955⁠–⁠1985)​
Children3
Edward Andrews and Paul Newman from The Kaiser Aluminum Hour presentation of "Army Game".

Life and career edit

Andrews was born in Griffin, Georgia, the son of an Episcopal priest, and was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia. At the age of 12, he won a walk-on role in a stock theater production featuring James Gleason.

He attended the University of Virginia, and at age 21 made his stage debut in 1935, progressing to Broadway that same year. During this period, Andrews starred in the short-lived but well-received military drama So Proudly We Hail in the lead role opposite Richard Cromwell. In 1936, Andrews debuted in the film Rushin' Art. In 1949 he made a brief, uncredited appearance as a neighbor to David Wayne's character in Adam's Rib. His next film appearance came in 1955 as the subversive and corrupt Rhett Tanner, head of a violent political machine, in The Phenix City Story. This was soon followed by roles in other films such as The Harder They Fall (1956), These Wilder Years (1956), Tea and Sympathy (1956), Tension at Table Rock (1956), The Unguarded Moment (1956), Hot Summer Night (1957), The Tattered Dress (1957), The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) and Night of the Quarter Moon (1959).

Films edit

While Andrews' film acting career began in earnest in his forties, he appeared much older than he actually was and he was consistently typecast as a grandfatherly type. Though he often played amiable characters, Andrews was equally adept at portraying characters such as sleazy businessmen types or uptight bureaucrats.

Andrews appeared in several popular films, including Elmer Gantry (1960) in which he was memorable as George F. Babbitt, The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and Son of Flubber (1963) as the secretary of defense, The Thrill of It All (1963) with Doris Day and James Garner, Send Me No Flowers (1964) with Doris Day and Rock Hudson and Avanti! (1972) as a government agent. Among his other film credits are The Young Savages (1961), The Young Doctors (1961), Advise & Consent (1962), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), Youngblood Hawke (1964), Kisses for My President (1964), The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Trouble with Girls (1969) with Elvis Presley, Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Admiral Harold R. Stark, How to Frame a Figg (1971), The Million Dollar Duck (1971), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), Charley and the Angel (1973) and The Seniors (1978). He played Molly Ringwald's grandfather in the John Hughes film Sixteen Candles (1984) before making his final feature-film appearance in Gremlins (1984).[1]

Television edit

Andrews guest-starred on many television series including Mama, Thriller, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Hands of Mystery, The United States Steel Hour, Justice (1954 series), Cheyenne, The Twilight Zone (in the episodes "Third From the Sun" and "You Drive"), The Real McCoys, The Eleventh Hour, Route 66, Naked City, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Untouchables, Bonanza, Alias Smith and Jones, The Wild Wild West, Ironside, The F.B.I., The Beverly Hillbillies, Mr. Novak, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, Love American Style, Ellery Queen, The Invaders, Bewitched, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angels, The Rookies, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Storefront Lawyers, Sergeant Bilko, The Love Boat, The Andy Griffith Show, Fantasy Island, Three's Company, The Bob Newhart Show and Quincy, M.E..

Andrews was a regular on the ABC series Broadside (1964–1965) as Commander Roger Adrian. He had previously filmed the pilot for the popular series Hazel in the role of George Baxter. His was the only role recast when the pilot became a series; he was replaced by actor Don DeFore.

Andrews played the character of Charley in the 1966 dramatization of Death of a Salesman, and appeared on was active throughout the 1970s. He played Elton Dykstra on The Intruders, Ernest W. Stanley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mayor Robert Chisholm alongside Don Knotts in the film How to Frame a Figg (1971), and Mayor Massey on the television film The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton. In 1968, he played a safecracker in a four-part episode of I Dream of Jeannie and in early 1969, he appeared as a drug-dealing mortician on Mod Squad. He also had the lead role as Harry Flood in the NBC short-lived 1979 series Supertrain. In 1982, he appeared in an episode of ABC's Three's Company.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Andrews appeared in a series of popular commercials for Bell Telephone as an overbearing executive.

Personal life edit

Andrews' Broadway career was interrupted by military service during World War II.[2] He served as the captain and commanding officer of Battery C within the 751st Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army[3] and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in September 1945.[4]

Andrews married Emily Barnes in 1955. They had two daughters, Abigail and Tabitha, and a son, Edward III.[5]

Andrews was an avid yachtsman.[1]

Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery selected Tabitha as the name for her character's daughter after Andrews' daughter. She said: "The name was my idea. I loved it, because it was so old-fashioned. I got it from one of the daughters of Edward Andrews, the actor. The two Andrews girls are named Tabitha and Abigail."[6][7]

Death edit

On March 8, 1985, Andrews suffered a heart attack at his home in Pacific Palisades.[8] He was transported to Santa Monica Hospital where he died later that day.[5] A memorial service was held at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Pacific Palisades on March 11.[9] Andrews was later cremated.

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Cox, Stephen; Marhanka, Kevin (2008). The Incredible Mr. Don Knotts. Cumberland House. p. 111. ISBN 9781581826586.
  2. ^ "Edward Andrews, 70, Actor In Broadway Plays and Films". The New York Times. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  3. ^ ""C Battery"". Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  4. ^ "751st FABN WWII > Honors and Awards > Bronze Star Medals". Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Veteran Character Actor Edward Andrews Dies At 70". apnewsarchive.com. March 9, 1985. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  6. ^ Connolly, Mike (February 1967). "Elizabeth Montgomery: The Risks I Take With My Marriage". Screen Stories.
  7. ^ "And Then There Were Three... - Bewitched @ Harpies Bizarre". www.harpiesbizarre.com. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  8. ^ "Edward Andrews, film veteran, succumbs to heart attack at 70". Reading Eagle. March 10, 1985. pp. D–14. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  9. ^ McGraw, Carol (March 10, 1985). "Edward Andrews, Veteran Character Actor, Dead at 70". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

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VirginiaOccupationActorYears active1936 1985SpouseEmily Barnes Andrews m 1955 1985 wbr Children3 Edward Andrews and Paul Newman from The Kaiser Aluminum Hour presentation of Army Game Contents 1 Life and career 1 1 Films 1 2 Television 2 Personal life 3 Death 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External linksLife and career editAndrews was born in Griffin Georgia the son of an Episcopal priest and was raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Cleveland Ohio and Wheeling West Virginia At the age of 12 he won a walk on role in a stock theater production featuring James Gleason He attended the University of Virginia and at age 21 made his stage debut in 1935 progressing to Broadway that same year During this period Andrews starred in the short lived but well received military drama So Proudly We Hail in the lead role opposite Richard Cromwell In 1936 Andrews debuted in the film Rushin Art In 1949 he made a brief uncredited appearance as a neighbor to David Wayne s character in Adam s Rib His next film appearance came in 1955 as the subversive and corrupt Rhett Tanner head of a violent political machine in The Phenix City Story This was soon followed by roles in other films such as The Harder They Fall 1956 These Wilder Years 1956 Tea and Sympathy 1956 Tension at Table Rock 1956 The Unguarded Moment 1956 Hot Summer Night 1957 The Tattered Dress 1957 The Fiend Who Walked the West 1958 and Night of the Quarter Moon 1959 Films edit While Andrews film acting career began in earnest in his forties he appeared much older than he actually was and he was consistently typecast as a grandfatherly type Though he often played amiable characters Andrews was equally adept at portraying characters such as sleazy businessmen types or uptight bureaucrats Andrews appeared in several popular films including Elmer Gantry 1960 in which he was memorable as George F Babbitt The Absent Minded Professor 1961 and Son of Flubber 1963 as the secretary of defense The Thrill of It All 1963 with Doris Day and James Garner Send Me No Flowers 1964 with Doris Day and Rock Hudson and Avanti 1972 as a government agent Among his other film credits are The Young Savages 1961 The Young Doctors 1961 Advise amp Consent 1962 Good Neighbor Sam 1964 Youngblood Hawke 1964 Kisses for My President 1964 The Glass Bottom Boat 1966 The Trouble with Girls 1969 with Elvis Presley Tora Tora Tora 1970 as Admiral Harold R Stark How to Frame a Figg 1971 The Million Dollar Duck 1971 Now You See Him Now You Don t 1972 Charley and the Angel 1973 and The Seniors 1978 He played Molly Ringwald s grandfather in the John Hughes film Sixteen Candles 1984 before making his final feature film appearance in Gremlins 1984 1 Television edit Andrews guest starred on many television series including Mama Thriller Goodyear Television Playhouse Hands of Mystery The United States Steel Hour Justice 1954 series Cheyenne The Twilight Zone in the episodes Third From the Sun and You Drive The Real McCoys The Eleventh Hour Route 66 Naked City Gunsmoke Rawhide The Untouchables Bonanza Alias Smith and Jones The Wild Wild West Ironside The F B I The Beverly Hillbillies Mr Novak Sanford and Son One Day at a Time Love American Style Ellery Queen The Invaders Bewitched Hawaii Five O Charlie s Angels The Rookies The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Storefront Lawyers Sergeant Bilko The Love Boat The Andy Griffith Show Fantasy Island Three s Company The Bob Newhart Show and Quincy M E Andrews was a regular on the ABC series Broadside 1964 1965 as Commander Roger Adrian He had previously filmed the pilot for the popular series Hazel in the role of George Baxter His was the only role recast when the pilot became a series he was replaced by actor Don DeFore Andrews played the character of Charley in the 1966 dramatization of Death of a Salesman and appeared on was active throughout the 1970s He played Elton Dykstra on The Intruders Ernest W Stanley in The Man Who Came to Dinner Mayor Robert Chisholm alongside Don Knotts in the film How to Frame a Figg 1971 and Mayor Massey on the television film The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton In 1968 he played a safecracker in a four part episode of I Dream of Jeannie and in early 1969 he appeared as a drug dealing mortician on Mod Squad He also had the lead role as Harry Flood in the NBC short lived 1979 series Supertrain In 1982 he appeared in an episode of ABC s Three s Company In the late 1970s and early 1980s Andrews appeared in a series of popular commercials for Bell Telephone as an overbearing executive Personal life editAndrews Broadway career was interrupted by military service during World War II 2 He served as the captain and commanding officer of Battery C within the 751st Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army 3 and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in September 1945 4 Andrews married Emily Barnes in 1955 They had two daughters Abigail and Tabitha and a son Edward III 5 Andrews was an avid yachtsman 1 Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery selected Tabitha as the name for her character s daughter after Andrews daughter She said The name was my idea I loved it because it was so old fashioned I got it from one of the daughters of Edward Andrews the actor The two Andrews girls are named Tabitha and Abigail 6 7 Death editOn March 8 1985 Andrews suffered a heart attack at his home in Pacific Palisades 8 He was transported to Santa Monica Hospital where he died later that day 5 A memorial service was held at St Matthew s Episcopal Church in Pacific Palisades on March 11 9 Andrews was later cremated Filmography editThe Phenix City Story 1955 Rhett Tanner The Harder They Fall 1956 Jim Weyerhause These Wilder Years 1956 Leland G Spottsford Tea and Sympathy 1956 Herb Lee Tension at Table Rock 1956 Kirk Friendly Persuasion 1956 Soldier uncredited The Unguarded Moment 1956 Mr Bennett Three Brave Men 1956 Mayor Henry L Jensen Hot Summer Night 1957 Deputy Lou Follett The Tattered Dress 1957 Lester Rawlings Trooper Hook 1957 Charlie Travers The Fiend Who Walked the West 1958 Judge Parker Night of the Quarter Moon 1959 Clinton Page Elmer Gantry 1960 George F Babbitt The Absent Minded Professor 1961 Defense Secretary The Young Savages 1961 R Daniel Cole Love in a Goldfish Bowl 1961 Sen Clyde Holloway The Young Doctors 1961 Jim Bannister Rawhide 1961 Ben Andrews in S4 E1 Incident at Rio Salado Rawhide 1962 Lije Crowning in S5 E12 Incident of the Querencias Advise amp Consent 1962 Senator Orrin Knox 40 Pounds of Trouble 1962 Herman Son of Flubber 1963 Defense Secretary Bonanza 1963 T4E16 Song in the Dark The Thrill of It All 1963 Gardiner Fraleigh The Man from Galveston 1963 Alonzo Hyde A Tiger Walks 1964 Governor Robbins The Brass Bottle 1964 Prof Kenton Good Neighbor Sam 1964 Mr Burke Kisses for My President 1964 Sen Walsh Send Me No Flowers 1964 Dr Ralph Morrissey Youngblood Hawke 1964 Quentin Judd Fluffy 1965 Griswald The Glass Bottom Boat 1966 Gen Wallace Bleecker Birds Do It 1966 Gen Smithburn The Hardy Boys The Mystery of the Chinese Junk 1967 Dr Montrose The Trouble with Girls 1969 Johnny Tora Tora Tora 1970 Admiral Harold R Stark The Doris Day Show 1970 Colonel Fairburn in S2 E16 Today s World Catches the Measles The Doris Day Show 1970 Colonel Fairburn in S2 E26 Colonel Fairburn Takes Over The Doris Day Show 1970 Colonel Fairburn in S3 E16 Doris vs Pollution How to Frame a Figg 1971 Mayor Robert Chisholm The Million Dollar Duck 1971 Morgan The Doris Day Show 1971 Colonel Fairburn in S3 E21 Colonel Fairburn Jr The Doris Day Show 1972 Colonel Fairburn in S5 E13 The New Boss Now You See Him Now You Don t 1972 Mr Sampson Avanti 1972 J J Blodgett Charley and the Angel 1973 Ernie Banker Wilbur and Orville The First to Fly 1973 The Photographer 1974 Sgt Sid Collins The Seniors 1978 The Banker Sixteen Candles 1984 Howard Baker Gremlins 1984 Mr Roland Corben final film role References edit a b c Cox Stephen Marhanka Kevin 2008 The Incredible Mr Don Knotts Cumberland House p 111 ISBN 9781581826586 Edward Andrews 70 Actor In Broadway Plays and Films The New York Times Retrieved June 23 2018 C Battery Retrieved 23 June 2018 751st FABN WWII gt Honors and Awards gt Bronze Star Medals Retrieved 23 June 2018 a b Veteran Character Actor Edward Andrews Dies At 70 apnewsarchive com March 9 1985 Retrieved June 20 2014 Connolly Mike February 1967 Elizabeth Montgomery The Risks I Take With My Marriage Screen Stories And Then There Were Three Bewitched Harpies Bizarre www harpiesbizarre com Retrieved 2023 06 01 Edward Andrews film veteran succumbs to heart attack at 70 Reading Eagle March 10 1985 pp D 14 Retrieved June 20 2014 McGraw Carol March 10 1985 Edward Andrews Veteran Character Actor Dead at 70 The Los Angeles Times Retrieved June 20 2014 External links edit nbsp Biography portal Edward Andrews at IMDb Edward Andrews at the Internet Broadway Database nbsp Edward Andrews at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Andrews amp oldid 1211715757, wikipedia, wiki, 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