EDWARD ANDREWS

NOW MANY OF YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS NAME AND SAY WHO IS THIS GUY, BUT ONCE YOU SEE THE PHOTO YOU, OF COURSE,RECOGNIZE HIM. EDWARD ANDREWS WAS FAMOUS FOR PLAYING A CROOKED BUSINESSMAN OR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. THIS GUY HAD REAL STAGE PRESCENCE.

IN THE 1970'S HE WAS THE SPOKESMEN FOR ONE OF THE BIG TELEPHONE COMPANIES. EDWARD ANDREWS STARTED APPEARING ON TV IN DRAMAS IN THE EARLY 1950'S. WE REMEMBER HIM PERHAPS BEST FROM A "TWILIGHT ZONE" EPISODE CALLED "YOU DRIVE". IN THIS EPISODE HE PLAYS A STRESSED OUT BUSINESSMAN WHO RUNS A KID DOWN WITH HIS CAR.. A CO-WORKER OF HIS COMES TO HIS HOUSE AND TELLS HIM THE BOY JUST DIED. AS THE CO-WORKER DRIVES AWAY, THE POLICE STOP THE CO-WORKER AND BLAME HIM FOR HITTING THE KID. THIS EPISODE WAS REAL SPOOKY, AS EDWARD ANDREWS CAR ACTS AS HIS CONSCIENCE AND DRIVES HIM TO THE POLICE STATION TO TURN HIMSELF IN.

IN THE 1960'S HE APPEARED IN SOME SCI-FI SHOWS SUCH AS "THRILLER", "ALFRED HITCHCOCK" AND "THE INVADERS". A REAL CLASSIC EPISODE OF "THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" FROM THE EARLY 70'S HAD EDWARD ANDREWS PLAYING A MAFIA BOSS WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR TO DICK VAN DYKE. DICK HAD NO IDEA WHO HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WAS. HE WALKED IN ON A BUSINESS MEETING THEY HAD AND SAID "YOU GUYS ALL LOOK FAMILIAR." TURNS OUT HE SAW THEM ON WANTED POSTERS AT THE POST OFFICE.

IN THE 1970'S EDWARD ANDREWS MADE HIS ROUNDS TO THE VARIOUS POLICE SHOWS SUCH AS "HAWAII FIVE O", "MOD SQUAD", AND "POLICE STORY.". (INSERT POLICE STORY PHOTO) AS THE EIGHTIES APPROCHED HE WAS GETTING UP IN YEARS STARTED TO DO MORE COMEDY.. HE APPEARED ON "THE LOVE BOAT" IN 1977, "BJ & THE BEAR" IN 1981 AND A REAL MEMORABLE APPEARANCE AS JACK TRIPPER'S GRANDFATHER ON "THREE'S COMPANY". (INSERT LOVE BOAT PHOTO) HIS FINAL TV APPEARANCE WAS IN 1982 ON "DIFFERENT STROKES". HE APPEARED IN TWO MOVIES IN 1984.

EDWARD ANDREWS DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ON MARCH 8, 1985.