People
Tom D'Andrea
Biography:
Thomas J. D'Andrea was an American actor in films and on television. D'Andrea's first job was at the Chicago Public Library, after which he worked in publicity at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago. Contacts with entertainers at the hotel led to an opportunity to work in Hollywood. After moving there in 1934, he became a publicist for Betty Grable, Gene Autry, Mae Clarke and Jackie Coogan.
He began writing scripts in 1937, creating lines for Ben Bernie, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and Olsen and Johnson and continued in television, writing for Cantor and Donald O'Connor on their shows. In 1941, D'Andrea was drafted into the Army Air Corps. He was assigned to write a Gracie Fields program after being... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Divorce American Style as Mildred's Irate Husband (voice) (uncredited) | 1967-06-21 |
A House Is Not a Home as Gabe | 1964-08-12 |
Little Egypt as Max | 1951-10-01 |
The Next Voice You Hear... as Harry Magee | 1950-06-29 |
Kill the Umpire as Roscoe Snooker | 1950-04-27 |
Tension as Freddie, Coast to Coast Counter Man | 1949-11-25 |
Flaxy Martin as Sam Malko | 1949-02-15 |
Fighter Squadron as M / Sgt. James F. Dolan | 1948-11-27 |
To the Victor as Gus Franklin | 1948-10-26 |
Smart Girls Don't Talk as Sparky Lynch | 1948-10-09 |
Silver River as 'Pistol' Porter | 1948-05-20 |
Dark Passage as Cabby (Sam) | 1947-09-05 |
Love and Learn as Wells | 1947-05-02 |
Humoresque as Phil Boray | 1947-01-25 |
Never Say Goodbye as Jack Gordon | 1946-11-09 |
Two Guys from Milwaukee as Happy | 1946-07-26 |
Night and Day as Tommy | 1946-07-02 |
Pride of the Marines as Tom | 1945-08-24 |
This Is the Army as Tom D'Andrea | 1943-08-14 |
Across the Pacific as Toy Seller (uncredited) | 1942-09-04 |