Tige Andrews
Actor

Tige Andrews Net Worth

Tige Andrews was an American actor and writer born in Brooklyn, New York on March 19, 1920. He was best known for his roles in The Mod Squad (1968), The Detectives (1959) and The Last Tycoon (1976). He was married to Norma Thornton and passed away on January 27, 2007 in Encino, California.
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Who is it? Actor, Writer
Birth Day March 19, 1920
Birth Place  Brooklyn, New York, United States
Age 100 YEARS OLD
Died On January 27, 2007(2007-01-27) (aged 86)\nEncino, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Aries
Cause of death Cardiac arrest
Alma mater American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation Actor
Years active 1950–1991
Spouse(s) Norma Thornton Andrews (m. 1950; her death 1996)

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1946

Andrews was wounded in Sicily while serving in the United States Army during World War II and after returning home, graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1946.

1955

In 1955, Andrews won critical acclaim in the off-Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera, as the Streetsinger. He reprised the role in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. Andrews went on to direct The Threepenny Opera in Arizona. While in New York, Director John Ford cast him in the 1955 film version of Mister Roberts after seeing his Broadway performance.

1958

His film career included roles in Onionhead (1958), A Private's Affair (1959), In Enemy Country (1968), The Last Tycoon (1976), and Raid on Entebbe (1977, as Shimon Peres). He retired from acting in the early 1990s after having appeared in more than one hundred acting roles onstage, on film and on television.

1960

Andrews made frequent appearances on television in the 1960s. In addition to being a cast member of The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1957, as Tiger Andrews), Andrews appeared in such series as U.S. Marshal, The Lawless Years, Mr. Novak, Dundee and the Culhane, The Big Valley, The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and Star Trek (as Kras in the episode "Friday's Child", in which he was the first Klingon ever to die in that series).

1979

His best known roles were Lieutenant Johnny Russo on The Detectives and as Captain Adam Greer on The Mod Squad. For the latter role, he received both an Emmy and a Golden Globe award nomination and won a Logie Award. Andrews reunited with his fellow Mod Squad cast members for a 1979 made-for-television film, The Return Of Mod Squad; it was their last appearance together. After The Mod Squad ended, Andrews continued to make guest appearances on various television series, such as Kojak, Marcus Welby, M.D., Police Story, CHiPs, and Murder, She Wrote.

1996

Before moving to California, Tige married Norma Thornton, a ballerina who was a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show. Norma Thornton Andrews died in 1996.

2007

Andrews died of cardiac arrest at his home in Encino, California, on January 27, 2007, aged 86.

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