| | Altogether, D'Andrea appeared in thirty-five films, including ''Pride of the Marines'', a 1945 picture starring John Garfield and Eleanor Parker; ''Silver River'' with Errol Flynn, and ''Night and Day'', with [[Cary Grant]], a 1946 picture based on the life of [[composer]] [[Cole Porter]]. In 1947, he was cast in his favorite role in ''Dark Passage'' as Sam the Cabbie, a taxi driver assigned to drive the [[Humphrey Bogart]] character, Vincent Parry, an escaped convict to obtain plastic surgery so as to change his identity.<ref name=obit/> D'Andrea's last theater film was in the role of Gabe in the author Polly Adler's ''A House Is Not a Home'' (1964) with Shelley Winters. His last television film was as the father of the lead Ted Bessell character in ''Bobby Parker and Company'', a comedy. Joan Blondell, the older sister of Gloria Blondell from ''The Life of Riley,'' was cast as D'Andrea's wife in this production.<ref name=imdb/> | | Altogether, D'Andrea appeared in thirty-five films, including ''Pride of the Marines'', a 1945 picture starring John Garfield and Eleanor Parker; ''Silver River'' with Errol Flynn, and ''Night and Day'', with [[Cary Grant]], a 1946 picture based on the life of [[composer]] [[Cole Porter]]. In 1947, he was cast in his favorite role in ''Dark Passage'' as Sam the Cabbie, a taxi driver assigned to drive the [[Humphrey Bogart]] character, Vincent Parry, an escaped convict to obtain plastic surgery so as to change his identity.<ref name=obit/> D'Andrea's last theater film was in the role of Gabe in the author Polly Adler's ''A House Is Not a Home'' (1964) with Shelley Winters. His last television film was as the father of the lead Ted Bessell character in ''Bobby Parker and Company'', a comedy. Joan Blondell, the older sister of Gloria Blondell from ''The Life of Riley,'' was cast as D'Andrea's wife in this production.<ref name=imdb/> |
| − | His television guest-starring roles varied from ''The Danny Thomas Show'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Green Acres (three appearances) to, finally, ''That Girl'', starring Marlo Thomas, as the character Frankie in the 1971 episode, "Chef's Night Out".<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195235/?ref_=tt_cl_t5|title=Tom D'Andrea|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref> | + | His television guest-starring roles varied from ''The Danny Thomas Show'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Green Acres'' (three appearances) to, finally, ''That Girl'', as the character Frankie in the 1971 episode, "Chef's Night Out".<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195235/?ref_=tt_cl_t5|title=Tom D'Andrea|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref> |
| | D'Andrea performed with [[Frank Sinatra]] at the Sands Hotel and Casino in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. He was a [[Roman Catholic]] and a member of the Friar's Club and the [[Screen Actors Guild]].<ref name=obit/> | | D'Andrea performed with [[Frank Sinatra]] at the Sands Hotel and Casino in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. He was a [[Roman Catholic]] and a member of the Friar's Club and the [[Screen Actors Guild]].<ref name=obit/> |