About Andrew Prine
Andrew Prine, a well-known stage actor also known for military and western dramas, was first seen in Kiss Her Goodbye (1959), then in The Miracle Worker (1962). Prine, who has a Texan-sounding voice, was also well remembered in westerns like Texas Across the River (1966), Generation (1969) and Chisum (1970), which featured his close and well-known friends Christopher George, John Wayne and Richard Jaeckel. Prine next starred in Simon, King of the Witches (1971), One Little Indian (1973), The Centerfold Girls (1974) and Grizzly (1976), which also featured Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel. Prine also wrote his own little dialogue story for Grizzly (1976). During this time, through the '60s and '70s, Prine was married four times but kept his acting career up. Prine later was in The Evil (1978), Amityville II: The Possession (1982), Eliminators (1986), Chill Factor (1989) and Gettysburg (1993), which got Prine a big and great role. Prine is a great veteran actor in Hollywood who will always be remembered. He has also been in over 30 great films and made 79 guest appearances.::Anonymous
Appearing on Broadway, Andrew Prine soared to recognition in the leading role of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Look Homeward Angel and in his role in the Academy Award winner The Miracle Worker (1962). He has worked with Hollywood legends such as John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, William Holden, Glenn Ford, Dean Martin, Ben Johnson, Carl Reiner, Raquel Welch, and Anne Bancroft. When westerns were king on television, he was a guest star almost every week on several of them. His appearances in western feature films include Chisum (1970), Bandolero! (1968), Texas Across the River (1966), and Gettysburg (1993). While appearing on television in war dramas, Prine had to learn to ski while filming The Devil's Brigade (1968), which was shot in Italy with an all-star cast that included William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Richard Jaeckel and Claude Atkins. Andrew starred in several television series, beginning with Earl Holliman in the series Wide Country (1962) and joined forces with Barry Sullivan in The Road West (1966). In W.E.B. (1978), he portrayed the network executive Dan Costello. Adept at comedy, he co-starred in the series Room For Two (1992) and was featured in the cast of Weird Science (1994). A member of the prestigious Actor's Studio, Andrew's work in theatre includes Long Day's Journey Into Night with Charlton Heston and Deborah Kerr, The Caine Mutiny directed by Henry Fonda, and Sam Shepard's Buried Child, for which he received his second Dramalogue Critics Award for Best Actor in the leading role. Displaying his acting range by portraying a variety of characters in his long career, Andrew Prine has delighted fans of many genres--western, military, science fiction, and horror--and is considered one of Hollywood's consummate actors....