1. Thomas J D'Andrea was an American actor in films and on television.
12 Facts About Tom D'Andrea
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Tom D'Andrea graduated from high school with honors and excelled in basketball.
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Tom D'Andrea began writing scripts in 1937, creating lines for Ben Bernie, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and Olsen and Johnson and later continued in television, writing for Cantor and Donald O'Connor on their shows.
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In 1941, Tom D'Andrea was drafted into the Army Air Corps.
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Tom D'Andrea was assigned to write a Gracie Fields program after being stationed at Camp Roberts, California.
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Tom D'Andrea was assigned to the Overseas Radio Unit in 1943, and he began performing comedy in addition to writing.
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Tom D'Andrea went on to roles in Pride of the Marines with John Garfield, Night and Day with Cary Grant, Never Say Goodbye, Silver River with Errol Flynn, and Dark Passage with Humphrey Bogart.
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Tom D'Andrea's last film was A House Is Not a Home with Shelley Winters in 1964.
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On television, Tom D'Andrea portrayed Biff the bartender in Dante and acted as himself in The Soldiers.
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Tom D'Andrea appeared in the films This Is the Army, Pride of the Marines, Night and Day, Two Guys from Milwaukee, Never Say Goodbye, Humoresque, Love and Learn, Dark Passage, To the Victor, Silver River, Smart Girls Don't Talk, Fighter Squadron, Flaxy Martin, Tension, Kill the Umpire, The Next Voice You Hear.
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Tom D'Andrea was raised Catholic and a member of the Masquers Club in Hollywood, The Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA.
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Tom D'Andrea died the day before his 89th birthday on May 14,1998, in Port Charlotte, Florida, at South Port Square.