Andrew Prine

Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022) was an American film, stage, and television actor.

Early life and career

Prine was born in Jennings, Florida. After graduation from Miami Jackson High School in Miami, Prine attended the University of Miami and performed at the acclaimed Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. Prine made his acting debut three years later in an episode of '' United States Steel Hour''. His next role was in the 1959 Broadway production of Thomas Wolfe's ''Look Homeward, Angel''. 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 series '' Wide Country'', a drama about two brothers who are rodeo performers. After the cancellation of ''Wide Country'', Prine continued to work throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and in such television series as ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', '' The Virginian'', ''Wagon Train'', '' Dr. Kildare'', ''Cannon'', ''Barnaby Jones'', '' Baretta'', Combat!, '' Hawaii Five-O'', '' Twelve O'Clock High'', and '' The Bionic Woman''. He played Dr. Richard Kimble's brother Ray in an important first-season episode of '' The Fugitive''.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Prine appeared in supporting roles in a number of films. Prominent among these were three films he made for director Andrew V. McLaglen: '' The Devil's Brigade'' (1968), ''Bandolero!'' (1968), and '' Chisum'' (1970).

During the 1980s and 1990s, Prine continued to work in film and television. Appearances included ''W.E.B.'', ''Dallas'', '' Weird Science'', and as Steven in the science-fiction miniseries '' V'' and its sequel '' V: The Final Battle''.

Prine worked with director Quentin Tarantino on an Emmy-winning episode of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' 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 such as Eli Wallach, Harry Carey, Jr., and Patrick Wayne, and film makers such as Mark Rydell with behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

A life member of the Actors Studio, Prine's stage work includes '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' with Charlton Heston and Deborah Kerr, ''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', directed by Henry Fonda, and ''A Distant Bell'' on Broadway.

Prine received the Golden Boot Award for his body of work in Westerns (in 2001) and two Dramalogue Critics Awards for Best Actor in a leading role.

Death

Prine died of natural causes while vacationing in Paris on October 31, 2022, at the age of 86.

Filmography

* ''Kiss Her Goodbye'' (1959) as Kenneth 'Kenny' Grimes
* '' The Miracle Worker'' (1962) as James Keller
* ''Advance to the Rear'' (1964) as Pvt. Owen Selous
* '' Texas Across the River'' (1966) as Lt. Sibley
* '' The Devil's Brigade'' (1968) as Pvt. Theodore Ransom
* ''Bandolero!'' (1968) as Deputy Sheriff Roscoe Bookbinder
* ''This Savage Land'' (1969, TV Movie) as Timothy Pride
* ''Generation'' a.k.a. ''A Time for Caring'', ''A Time for Giving'' (1969) as Winn Garand
* ''Along Came a Spider'' (1970, TV Movie) as Sam Howard
* '' Chisum'' (1970) as Alex McSween
* ''Lost Flight'' (1970, TV Movie) as Jonesy
* ''Night Slaves'' (1970, TV Movie) as Fess Beany / Noel
* ''Simon, King of the Witches'' (1971) as Simon Sinestrari
* ''Squares'' a.k.a. ''Honky Tonk Cowboy'', ''Riding Tall'' (1972) as Austin Ruth
* ''Another Part of the Forest'' (1972, TV Movie) as Oscar Hubbard
* '' Crypt of the Living Dead'' a.k.a. ''La tumba de la isla maldita'', ''Vampire Women'' (1973) as Chris Bolton
* ''One Little Indian'' (1973) as Chaplain
* ''Wonder Woman'' (1974, TV Movie) as George Calvin
* '' Nightmare Circus'' (1974) as Andre
* ''Centerfold Girls'' (1974) as Clement Dunne
* '' Rooster Cogburn'' (1975) as Fiona's Husband (uncredited)
* ''The Deputies'' a.k.a. ''The Law of the Land'' (1976, TV Movie) as Travis Carrington
* ''Grizzly'' (1976) as Don Stober
* '' The Winds of Autumn'' (1976) as Wire Hankins
* ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' (1976) as Deputy Norman Ramsey
* '' The Evil'' (1978) as Prof. Raymond Guy
* ''Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter'' (1978) as Luke
* '' Amityville II: The Possession'' (1982) as Father Tom
* '' They're Playing with Fire'' (1984) as Michael Stevens
* '' Eliminators'' (1986) as Harry Fontana
* ''Chill Factor'' (1989) as Kioshe Jones
* ''Life on the Edge'' (1992) as Dr. Roger Hardy
* ''Deadly Exposure'' (1993) as Richard Anthony
* '' Gettysburg'' (1993) as Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett
* ''Wolfridge'' (1994) as Jack Haig
* '' Without Evidence'' (1995) as John Nelson
* ''Serial Killer'' (1995) as Perry Jones
* ''The Dark Dancer'' (1995) as Dr. Paul Orenstein
* ''The Shadow Men'' (1998) as MIB #1
* ''Possums'' (1998) as Mayor Charlie Lawton
* ''The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes'' a.k.a. ''X-Ray Boy'', ''X-treme Teens'' (1999) as Malcolm Baker
* ''Witchouse 2: Blood Coven'' (2000) as Sheriff Jake Harmon / Angus Westmore
* ''Critical Mass'' (2001) as Sen. Cook
* '' Sweet Home Alabama'' (2002) as Sheriff Holt (uncredited)
* '' Gods and Generals'' (2003) as Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett (uncredited)
* '' Glass Trap'' (2005) as Sheriff Ed
* ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' (2005) as Angry Man
* ''Hell to Pay'' (2005) as Matt Elden
* ''Daltry Calhoun'' (2005) as Sheriff Cabot
* ''Sutures'' (2009) as Dr. Hopkins
* ''Treasure of the Black Jaguar'' (2010) as Andrew Prine
* '' Lords of Salem'' (2012) as Reverend Jonathan Hawthorne
* '' Beyond the Farthest Star'' (2015) as Senator John Cutter

Television

* '' U.S. Steel Hour'' (1 episode, 1957)
* ''Playhouse 90'' (1 episode, 1960)
* ''Tombstone Territory'' (1 episode, "Revenge", 1960)
* '' Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'' (1 episode, 1960)
* ''Overland Trail'' (1 episode, "Sour Annie", 1960)
* ''Peter Gunn'' (1 episode, 1960)
* ''The DuPont Show of the Month'' (1 episode, 1961)
* '' Have Gun — Will Travel'' (2 episodes, 1960–1961)
* ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' ( 1 episode, 1962)
* '' The Defenders'' (1 episode, 1962)
* ''Alcoa Premiere'' (2 episodes, 1961–1962)
* ''The New Breed'' (1 episode, 1962)
* ''Ben Casey'' (1 episode, 1962)
* '' The Wide Country'' (28 episodes, 1962–1963)
* ''Vacation Playhouse'' (1 episode, 1963)
* ''Gunsmoke'' (3 episodes); as Billy Joe in S7E33's "The Prisoner" (1962); as Clay Tatum on S8E5's "False Front" (1962) & as Elmo Sippy in S9E5's "Easy Come" (1963)
* ''The Lieutenant'' (1 episode, 1963)
* '' The Great Adventure'' (1 episode, 1963)
* ''Advance to the Rear'' (1964)
* ''Profiles in Courage'' (1 episode, 1964)
* ''Wagon Train'' a.k.a. ''Major Adams, Trail Master'' (2 episodes, 1964–1965)
* '' Combat!'' (1 episode, "Billy the Kid", 1965)
* '' Kraft Suspense Theatre'' (1 episode, 1965)
* ''Bonanza'' (1 episode, "Jonah", 1965)
* '' Dr. Kildare'' (7 episodes, 1963–1965)
* ''Convoy'' (1 episode, 1965)
* '' Twelve O'Clock High'' (2 episodes, 1964–1965)
* '' The Fugitive'' (2 episodes, 1964–1965)
* '' The Road West'' (Unknown episodes, 1966)
* ''Tarzan'' (1 episode, 1966)
* ''The Invaders'' (1 episode, 1967)
* ''Daniel Boone'' (1 episode, 1968)
* ''Felony Squad'' (1 episode, 1968)
* '' Ironside'' (2 episodes, 1968)
* '' The Virginian'' (5 episodes, 1965–1969)
* ''Love, American Style'' (1 episode, 1969)
* ''Insight'' (1 episode, 1970)
* ''Lancer'' (2 episodes, 1968–1970)
* '' The Name of the Game'' (2 episodes, 1968–1970)
* '' Matt Lincoln'' (1 episode, 1970)
* ''The Most Deadly Game'' (1 episode, 1970)
* '' Dan August'' (1 episode, 1970)
* ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' (1 episode, 1971)
* ''Dr. Simon Locke'' a.k.a. ''Police Surgeon'' (1 episode, 1971)
* ''The F.B.I.'' (3 episodes, 1968–1973)
* '' The Delphi Bureau'' (1 episode, 1973)
* ''Kung Fu'' (1 episode, 1974)
* ''Banacek'' (1 episode, 1974)
* '' Hawkins'' (1 episode, 1974)
* ''Barnaby Jones'' (2 episodes, 1973–1974)
* ''Cannon'' (2 episodes, 1971–1974)
* '' Amy Prentiss'' (1 episode, 1974)
* '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'' (1 episode, "Demon in Lace", 1975)
* '' Barbary Coast'' (1 episode, 1975)
* '' Hawaii Five-O'' (1 episode, 1975)
* ''The Family Holvak'' (2 episodes, 1975)
* '' Riding With Death'' (1 episode, 1976)
* '' Baretta'' (2 episodes, 1975–1976)
* '' Quincy, M.E.'' (1 episode, 1977)
* ''Tail Gunner Joe'' (1977)
* ''Hunter'' (1 episode, 1977)
* '' The Bionic Woman'' (1 episode, 1977)
* ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1977)
* '' Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.'' a.k.a. ''The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle'' (1977)
* ''Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter'' (1978)
* ''W.E.B.'' (5 episodes, 1978)
* '' Donner Pass: The Road to Survival'' (1978)
* ''Flying High'' (1 episode, 1979)
* ''Mind Over Murder'' (1979)
* ''The Littlest Hobo'' (2 episodes, 1979)
* ''M Station: Hawaii'' (1980)
* '' One Day at a Time'' (1980)
* ''Callie & Son'' a.k.a. ''Callie and Son'' a.k.a. ''Rags to Riches'' (1981)
* ''A Small Killing'' (1981)
* ''Darkroom'' (1 episode, Undated)
* ''Hart to Hart'' (1 episode, 1982)
* ''The Fall Guy'' (1 episode, 1983)
* '' V'' a.k.a. ''V: The Original Miniseries'' (1983)
* ''Boone'' as A.W. Holly in "The Graduation" (1983)
* ''Trapper John, M.D.'' (1 episode, 1984)
* ''No Earthly Reason'' (1984)
* ''They're Playing with Fire'' (1984)
* '' V: The Final Battle'' (1984)
* ''Matt Houston'' (2 episodes, 1984)
* ''Cover Up'' (1 episode, 1984)
* ''And the Children Shall Lead'' a.k.a. ''Wonderworks: And the Children Shall Lead'' (1985)
* '' Danger Bay'' (2 episodes, 1986)
* ''Paradise'' a.k.a. ''Guns of Paradise'' (1 episode, 1988)
* ''Dallas'' (1 episode, 1989)
* ''Freddy's Nightmares'' a.k.a. ''Freddy's Nightmares - A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series'' (2 episodes, 1989)
* '' In the Heat of the Night'' (1 episode, 1990)
* ''Murder, She Wrote'' (4 episodes, 1984–1991)
* '' Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' (1 episode, 1991)
* ''Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis'' (1991)
* '' Matlock'' (1 episode, 1991)
* '' FBI: The Untold Stories'' (1 episode, 1992)
* ''Room for Two'' (26 episodes, 1992)
* '' Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' (1 episode, 1993)
* '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1 episode, 1993)
* ''Scattered Dreams'' a.k.a. ''Scattered Dreams: The Kathryn Messenger Story'' (1993)
* '' Married... with Children'' (1 episode, 1994)
* '' Weird Science'' (Unknown number of episodes, 1994–1996)
* ''Night Stand with Dick Dietrick'' (1 episode, 1995)
* ''The Avenging Angel'' (1995)
* ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1 episode, 1995)
* ''University Hospital'' (1 episode, 1995)
* '' Pointman'' (1 episode, 1995)
* '' Baywatch Nights'' (1 episode, 1996)
* ''Melrose Place'' (1 episode, 1996)
* ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' a.k.a. ''Walker'' (1 episode, 1997)
* '' Silk Stalkings'' (1 episode, 1997)
* '' JAG'' (1 episode, 1999)
* '' The Miracle Worker'' (2000)
* ''James Dean'' (2001)
* '' Six Feet Under'' (2 episodes, 2004)
* ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2005)
* ''Boston Legal'' (1 episode, 2006)
* ''Hollis & Rae'' (2006)
* '' Saving Grace'' (1 episode, 2008)

In 1962, Prine began dated actress Karyn Kupcinet, who unbeknownst to him, was abusing diet pills along with other prescription drugs. After Kupcinet had an alleged abortion in July 1963 and her increasing unstable behavior, the relationship cooled. Prine told Kupcinet he was going to date other girls. Kupcinet began spying on Prine and his new girlfriends.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department later determined Kupcinet had delivered threatening and profane messages, consisting of words and letters she had cut out of magazines, to Prine and herself. When the two of them discussed the messages, she claimed to know nothing about them and seemed puzzled. FBI found her fingerprints on Scotch tape she had used to attach the messages to the door to Prine's home and the door to hers. In another desperate effort to keep Prine's attention, she called Prine and told him a baby was left on her door. Prine suggested she immediately call the authorities.
On November 30, 1963, Karyn Kupcinet, age 22, was found dead in her apartment by her friends. Coroner Harold Kade concluded that due to a broken thyroid bone in her throat. Her death was officially ruled a homicide.
During the investigation, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department questioned Prine. He said he had talked with Kupcinet twice by phone the previous day. Edward Rubin and Robert Hathaway, the two men who had possibly been the last to see her alive, both had spent the evening with her in the apartment the night before her death and were questioned.
In 1988, Kupcinet's father, Irv Kupcinet published a memoir, KUP, in which he revealed that he and his wife Essee believed that
Andrew Prine had nothing to do with their daughter's murder and Prine was innocent. Irv Kupcinet named suspicious David Lange, a neighbor of his daughter's who had twice confessed to friends he was guilty. Later when questioned, Lange suggested he was kidding. However, a girlfriend with Lange in his upper apartment told him about the police activity at his friend Karen's apartment and his reaction was adamant and told her to close the drapes and keep quiet. She thought his demeanor was strange as Lange had often been in Karen's apartment.
David Lange was still alive when Iv Kupcinet wrote his memoir and named David Lange. Lange did not sue for libel.
Irv Kupicinet also wrote Prine had no connection to Karen Kupcinet's death.

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1936 births
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Male actors from Miami
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American male stage actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Los Angeles
20th-century American male actors
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