- Lewis Collins, The Professionals, TV, 1977-1983. More Upstairs and Downstairs than James Bond, Andrews was replaced after three days as Bodie, one of the agents of the UK’s terrorism-fighting CI5: Criminal Intelligence. Although playing an officer (of course), Andrews proved tough enough for the bomb disposal heroes of Danger UXB in 1979.
- Pierce Brosnan, Remington Steele, TV, 1982-1987. He looked so good in his upper class TV tuxes that Andrews was first choice of Mary Tyler Moore’s company for the ‘tec hero who didn’t exist. All his pseudonyms – Douglas Quintain, Michael O’Leary, John Murell, Paul Fabrini and Richard Blaine – were Bogart roles. We never found out Steele’s real name. It eventually became… James Bond!
- Edward Fox, Return From The River Kwai, 1988. Edward replaced his two-years younger brother, James, as Major Benford. And so Andrews missed Hollywood director Andrew V McLaglen’s penultimate film – never released in the USA for legal reasons. (Nothing to do with the original River Kwai film, either).
- Jeremy Irons, Brideshead Revisited, TV, 1981. When BBC producer Derek Granger asked Andrews to play Charles Ryder, he said no thank you – feel sure I’d make a better Sebastian Flyte. And so he did. After swopping roles with Irons
Birth year: Death year: Other name: Casting Calls: 4