Andrew Prine

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Stage actor Andrew Prine was first seen on-screen as James Keller, older brother to Helen, in 1962's The Miracle Worker. The gangling, athletic Prine went on to specialize in frontier adventures and military dramas--sometimes a combination of both, as in the made-for-cable epic Gettysburg (1993). Prine's first starring TV role was as rodeo rider Andy Guthrie in the 1962 weekly Wide Country. Andrew Prine's subsequent TV-series assignments included homesteader Timothy Pride in The Road West (1966), bibulous network sales chief Dan Costello in W.E.B. (1978), and talk-show personality Reed Ellis in Room for Two (1992). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Andrew Prine

Andrew Prine attending the "Night of 100 Stars" for the 82nd Academy Awards viewing party at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA on March 7, 2010
Born Andrew Lewis Prine
(1936-02-14) February 14, 1936 (age 76)
Jennings, Hamilton County, Florida, U.S.
Years active 1957-present
Spouse Sharon Farrell (1962–1962; divorced)
Brenda Scott (1965–1966; 1966–19??; divorce)
Heather Lowe (1986–present)

Andrew Lewis Prine (born February 14, 1936) is an American film, stage, and television actor.

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Biography

Early life and career

Prine was born in Jennings, Florida. After graduation from Andrew Jackson High School in Miami, Prine made his acting debut three years later in an episode of CBS U.S. Steel Hour. His next role was in the 1959 Broadway production of Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel.[1] In 1962, Prine was cast in Academy Award-nominated film,The Miracle Worker as Helen Keller's older brother, James.

In 1962, Prine landed a lead role with Earl Holliman in the 28-episode NBC series, The Wide Country, a drama about two brothers who are rodeo performers.

After Wide Country, Prine continued to work throughout the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in films with John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, William Holden, and Dean Martin and on television series such as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, Wagon Train, Dr. Kildare, Baretta, Hawaii Five-O, Twelve O'Clock High, and The Bionic Woman. During the 1980s and 1990s, Prine continued to work in film and television. In the 1983–84 season, he appeared on W.E.B., Dallas, Weird Science, Boone, and as Steven in the science fiction mini-series V and its sequel V: The Final Battle.

Most recently, Prine has worked with director Quentin Tarantino on an Emmy-winning episode of CSI and in Saving Grace with Holly Hunter, Boston Legal and Six Feet Under in addition to feature films with Johnny Knoxville. The Encore Western Channel has featured him on Conversations with Andrew Prine interviewing Hollywood actors like Eli Wallach, Harry Carey, Jr., Patrick Wayne, and film makers such as Mark Rydell with behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

Prine's stage work includes Long Day's Journey into Night with Charlton Heston and Deborah Kerr, The Caine Mutiny, directed by Henry Fonda, and A Distant Bell on Broadway. He has received the Golden Boot Award for his body of work in Westerns and two Best Actor Dramalogue awards.

Personal life

In 1962, Prine married actress Sharon Farrell, but the marriage ended a few months later. In 1965, Prine married actress Brenda Scott (born 1943), but that union ended after one month. Prine and Scott remarried in 1966; that union also resulted in divorce. While divorced, Prine and Scott co-starred as brother and sister, along with Barry Sullivan, Kathryn Hays, Kelly Corcoran, and Glenn Corbett in the NBC western series The Road West (1966–1967), which featured stories of a pioneer family in Kansas. Hays played Prine's stepmother in the series, though she is only three years his senior. Prine is currently married to actress Heather Lowe, whom he wed in 1986.[citation needed]

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