About
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 stationed at Camp Roberts, California..Reading lines at a rehearsal, Fields decided to have him read the lines in the show. He was assigned to the Overseas Radio Unit in 1943, and he began performing...
Known for
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962
The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries • 1961
Green AcresSeries • 1965
The Addams FamilySeries • 1964
That GirlSeries • 1966
The Life Of RileySeries • 1953
Dark PassageMovie • 1947
Night and DayMovie • 1946
HumoresqueMovie • 1947
TensionMovie • 1949
This Is the ArmyMovie • 1943
Across the PacificMovie • 1942
Silver RiverMovie • 1948
Divorce American StyleMovie • 1967
Flaxy MartinMovie • 1949