Andrew Lewis Prine (born February 14, 1936) is an American film, stage, and television actor.
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 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-O, and The Bionic Woman. During the 1980s… read more
Andrew Lewis Prine (born February 14, 1936) is an American film, stage, and television actor.
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 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-O, 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 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.
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. —wikipedia
