1. Tod Andrews graduated from Los Angeles High School and Washington State College.
17 Facts About Tod Andrews
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Tod Andrews began his career as Michael Ames at the Pasadena Playhouse and moved to New York City to appear onstage.
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Tod Andrews acted with the Margo Jones Company in New York City from 1944 to 1948, when he was spotted by Joshua Logan.
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On Broadway, Tod Andrews played in Summer and Smoke and A Girl Can Tell.
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Tod Andrews returned to films in 1965, appearing as Captain Tuthill in Otto Preminger's World War II action blockbuster In Harm's Way.
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In 1968, Tod Andrews appeared on film in Ted Post's Hang 'Em High as a defense attorney.
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Tod Andrews did a screen test for the Perry Mason 1950s TV series playing Perry Mason opposite Raymond Burr as Hamilton Burger.
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Tod Andrews was cast as Captain Lynn Parker in the 1960 episode, "Yankee Confederate," on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Tod Andrews.
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Tod Andrews was cast in two episodes of the CBS sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1962 series finale, "The Hoax," of the ABC adventure series, Straightaway, starring Brian Kelly and John Ashley.
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In 1973, Tod Andrews played the US President in the made-for-TV political thriller, The President's Plane is Missing.
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Tod Andrews won a Theatre World Award in 1949 for his work in Summer and Smoke.
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Tod Andrews was married three times, to Gloria Eleanor Folland, Alice Kirby Hooker, and Karolyn Rainwater.
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In early August 1961 Tod Andrews was hospitalized following a suicide attempt.
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Tod Andrews was hospitalized on a Saturday in critical condition but taken off the critical list later the same day.
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Tod Andrews died of a heart attack on November 7,1972, in Los Angeles, two days before his 58th birthday.
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Tod Andrews was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.
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Tod Andrews was survived by, among others, his wife Karolyn, at least two children, and his mother.