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==Biography==

==Biography==

From 1953 to 1958, he played the [[California]] aircraft company worker Jim Gillis in sixty-seven episodes  of the situation comedy, '' The Life of Riley,'' starring William Bendix as factory worker Chester T. Riley who is living the "American dream."  D'Andrea obtained the part of Gillis after he was cast as a myopic ballplayer in Bendix's 1950 comedy film, ''Kill the Umpire''. He left ''The Life of Riley'' to co-star with Hal March in the failed 1956 summer series, ''The Soldiers'', but returned when that program ended after a single summer. Gloria Blondell played Gillis' wife, Honeybee, in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/16439/Tom-D-Andrea|title=Tom D'Andria|publisher=''[[New York Times]]''|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref> From 1960 to 1961, he was cast as Biff the bartender in ''Dante'', starring Howard Duff as Willie Dante, a former [[Gambling|gambler]] supposedly trying to run a legitimate nightclub in [[San Francisco]] but tempted by the lawless element.<ref name=obit/>

From 1953 to 1958, he played the [[California]] aircraft company worker Jim Gillis in sixty-seven episodes  of the situation comedy, '' The Life of Riley,'' starring William Bendix as factory worker Chester T. Riley who is living the "American dream."  D'Andrea obtained the part of Gillis after he was cast as a myopic ballplayer in Bendix's 1950 comedy film, ''Kill the Umpire''. Gloria Blondell played Gillis' wife, Honeybee, in the series. He left ''The Life of Riley'' to co-star with Hal March in the 1956 summer series, ''The Soldiers'', but returned when that program ended.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/16439/Tom-D-Andrea|title=Tom D'Andria|publisher=''[[New York Times]]''|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref> From 1960 to 1961, he was cast as Biff the bartender in ''Dante'', starring Howard Duff as Willie Dante, a former [[Gambling|gambler]] supposedly trying to run a legitimate nightclub in [[San Francisco]] but tempted by the lawless element.<ref name=obit/>

D'Andrea first worked in the Chicago Public Library in his native [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He was then employed at the Sherman Hotel in the Chicago Loop, where many of the lodgers were members of the big bands passing through Chicago. In 1934, he moved to [[Hollywood]] to work as a publicist for [[Gene Autry]], Mae Clark, Jackie Coogan, and Betty Grable. He debuted in a comedy stage act with his friend, Wilkie Mahoney, for whom he had previously substituted on a radio program. In 1937, D'Andrea began writing radio scripts for comedians [[Jack Benny]] and Eddie Cantor.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/28/local/me-54090|title=Thomas J. D'Andrea; Actor, Fixture in Comedy|publisher=''The Los Angeles Times''|date=May 28, 1997|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref>

D'Andrea first worked in the Chicago Public Library in his native [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He was then employed at the Sherman Hotel in the Chicago Loop, where many of the lodgers were members of the big bands passing through Chicago. In 1934, he moved to [[Hollywood]] to work as a publicist for [[Gene Autry]], Mae Clark, Jackie Coogan, and Betty Grable. He debuted in a comedy stage act with his friend, Wilkie Mahoney, for whom he had previously substituted on a radio program. In 1937, D'Andrea began writing radio scripts for comedians [[Jack Benny]] and Eddie Cantor.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/28/local/me-54090|title=Thomas J. D'Andrea; Actor, Fixture in Comedy|publisher=''The Los Angeles Times''|date=May 28, 1997|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref>