1. Andrew Lewis Prine was an American film, stage, and television actor.
26 Facts About Andrew Prine
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Andrew Prine made his acting debut in an episode of United States Steel Hour, in 1957.
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Andrew Prine was the lead in the Broadway production of Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel.
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In 1958, Andrew Prine was brought in as a replacement for Anthony Perkins.
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Andrew Prine left Broadway in pursuit of acting, after he realised the greater pay difference.
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In 1962, Andrew Prine was cast in the Academy Award-nominated film The Miracle Worker as Helen Keller's older brother James.
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Andrew Prine had fond memories of his co-star Anne Bancroft, who was dating Mel Brooks at the time.
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In 1962, Andrew Prine landed the lead role of Andy Guthrie with Earl Holliman in the 28-episode NBC series Wide Country, a drama about two brothers who are rodeo performers which aired between 1962 and 1963.
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Andrew Prine learnt from rodeo performer and technical advisor Slim Pickens.
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Andrew Prine later credited Holliman for the quality of the series, in terms of rewriting the script and his dedication.
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Andrew Prine notably played Dr Richard Kimble's brother Ray in an important first-season episode of The Fugitive.
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Out of all the films in his career, Andrew Prine confessed that the Westerns were his personal favorite.
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Andrew Prine appeared in a succession of cult horror films Simon, King of the Witches, Hannah, Queen of the Vampires, Terror Circus, The Centerfold Girls, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Grizzly, The Evil, and Amityville II: The Possession.
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Andrew Prine's appearances included Weird Science and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Andrew Prine worked with director Quentin Tarantino on an Emmy-winning episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and in Saving Grace with Holly Hunter, Boston Legal, and Six Feet Under, in addition to feature films with Johnny Knoxville.
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The Encore Western Channel has featured him on Conversations with Andrew Prine, interviewing Hollywood actors such as Eli Wallach, Harry Carey, Jr.
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Andrew Prine received the Golden Boot Award for his body of work in Westerns and two Dramalogue Critics Awards for Best Actor in a leading role.
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Andrew Prine briefly married his first wife, actress Sharon Farrell in 1963.
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Andrew Prine married his second wife, actress Brenda Scott in 1965.
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The issue with Kupcinet was Andrew Prine had told her that he was newly divorced and was dating other girls, and not interested in an exclusive relationship.
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Andrew Prine said he had talked with Kupcinet twice by phone on Wednesday, the day before her murder, when he was trying to resolve a strange phone call from Kupcinet who told him that a baby had been left on her doorstep.
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Andrew Prine told her to call the police and later followed up with calls to see if she had contacted the authorities.
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In 1988, Kupcinet's father Irv Kupcinet published a memoir in which he revealed that he and his wife Essee believed that Andrew Prine had nothing to do with their daughter's murder.
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Andrew Prine was suspicious of a person, still alive when he wrote his memoir, who had no connection to Prine.
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Andrew Prine thought his demeanor was strange because Lange often had been in Karyn's apartment.
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Andrew Prine died of natural causes while on vacation in Paris, France on October 31,2022, at the age of 86.