Hotmail
Andy Devine
:
Overview
 Avg.User Rating:  10 RatingsRate this person:
Actor Born: October 7, 1905 in Flagstaff, AZ Death: February 18, 1977 in Orange, CA Biography:"Andy Devine" was born in Kingman, Arizona, where his father ran a hotel. During his youth, Devine was a self-confessed hellraiser, and stories of his rowdy antics are still part of Kingman folklore (though they've undoubtedly improved in the telling). His trademarked ratchety voice was the result of a childhood accident, when he fell while carrying a stick in his mouth, resulting in permanent vocal-chord injuries. A star football player at Santa Clara University, Andy decided to break into movies in 1926; he was almost immediately cast in Universal's two-reel series The Collegians. When talkies came, Devine was convinced that his voice was unsuitable for the microphone. He reportedly became so despondent at one point that he attempted to commit suicide by asphyxiation, only to discover that his landlady had turned off the gas! Devine needn't have worried; his voice became his greatest asset, and from... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||
| advertisement |
Movie data provided by:
