- Born: Feb 14, 1936 in Jennings, Florida
- Occupation: Actor
- Active: '60s-'90s
- Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
- Career Highlights: The Miracle Worker, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Riding Tall
- First Major Screen Credit: The Miracle Worker (1962)
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| Born | Andrew Lewis Prine February 14, 1936 Jennings, Hamilton County, Florida, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon Farrell (1962 - 1962) (divorced) Brenda Scott (1965 - 1966) Brenda Scott (1966 - ?) Heather Lowe (1986 – present) |
Andrew Lewis Prine (born February 14, 1936) is an American film, stage, and television actor.
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Prine was born in Jennings in Hamilton County in northern 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 movies 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-0, and The Bionic Woman.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Prine maintained working in films and as a television series regular. In the 1983–1984 season, he played A.W. Holly in the NBC series Boone, Room for Two, Dallas, W.E.B., Weird Science and as Steven in the Mini-Series V.
Most recently, Mr. Prine has worked with director Quentin Tarantino on the 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 recently featured Mr. Prine 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.
Andrew 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.
In 1962, Prine married actress Sharon Farrell, but the marriage ended a few months later. In 1965, Prine married actress Brenda Scott (born 1943). The marriage ended after one month, but the couple remarried in 1966. That union also resulted in divorce. While divorced, Prine and Scott co-starred as brother-and-sister with Barry Sullivan, Kathryn Hays, Kelly Corcoran, and Glenn Corbett in the NBC western series The Road West (1966-1967), 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.
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