John Anderson
Known for Acting · 181 credits
- Born
- 1922-10-20
- Died
- 1992-08-07
- Place of birth
- Clayton, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- John R. Anderson
Biography
John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) A tall, sinewy, austere-looking character actor with silver hair, rugged features and a distinctive voice, John Robert Anderson appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Immensely versatile, he was at his best submerging himself in the role of historical figures (he impersonated Abraham Lincoln three times and twice baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, men whom he strongly resembled). He was a familiar presence in westerns and science-fiction serials, usually as upstanding, dignified and generally benign citizens (a rare exception was his Ebonite interrogator in The Outer Limits (1963) episode "Nightmare"). He had a high opinion of Rod Serling and was proud to be featured in four episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959), most memorably as the tuxedo-clad angel Gabriel in "A Passage for Trumpet" (doing for Jack Klugman what Henry Travers did for James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)).
Known For
TV Shows (108)
Perry Mason
1957
as George Andrews / Bud Ferrand / Dan O'Malley
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Kevin Uxbridge
Dallas
1978
as Dr. Herbert Styles
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Andrew Dixon
Bonanza
1959
as Sam Masters / Gorman / Tulsa Weems
Mannix
1967
as George Blake
Lassie
1954
MacGyver
1985
as Harry Jackson
The Fugitive
1963
as Justin Briggs / Ed Shrader
M*A*S*H
1972
as General Collins
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Brig. General Earl Rigney
The Rifleman
1958
as Samuel Gibbs / Owny Kincaid
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Amos Pike
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Justin DeWilde / Chief Frank Ollano / Movie Director
Quantum Leap
1989
as Pat Knight
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver / Deidrich / Goldsmith / Gabriel
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Luke Hunter / Adam
The Virginian
1962
as Major Cass / Adam Tercell / Jeremiah Chilton / Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell / Sam McLain / Seth James
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Fred Cooley
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Virgil Earp
Lawman
1958
as Hassayampa Edwards
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Vernon Hackett
The Rockford Files
1974
as Gerald A. O'Malley
Emergency!
1972
as Captain Bob Roberts
Matlock
1986
as Sam Chandler
Ben Casey
1961
Cannon
1971
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Fisk Madden / Roy Kelsey / Marshal Cal Lazenby / John Duncan
Cheyenne
1955
The F.B.I.
1965
as Adam MacDonald / Bollin
Hart to Hart
1979
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Mike Calahan
Hunter
1984
as Winston Taggert
Rawhide
1959
as Captain James Rankin / Maj. Cantwell
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Ace Thompson
Lou Grant
1977
as Russell Grainger
The Big Valley
1965
as Matt Bentell
Peter Gunn
1958
Route 66
1960
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Outer Limits
1963
as Ebonite Interrogator
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Deputy Sheriff Fix
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ben Siple / Yermo / Delliver / Cheevers / Pa Gibbijohn / Les McConnell / Roberts / Jess Fletcher / Amos Sadler / Lemuel Cleary / Adam Kimbro
Sea Hunt
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
as Major Liam Mars
Thriller
1960
as Jacob Grant
The Rebel
1959
as Ezra Taber
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Benson
Matt Houston
1982
North and South
1985
as William Hazard
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Paul Russell
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Nicholson / Attendant
My Favorite Martian
1963
as Capt. Farrow
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Rankin
The Detectives
1959
Silver Spoons
1982
as Captain Stark
Lancer
1968
Trackdown
1957
as McCall
Laramie
1959
Movies (73)
Psycho
1960
as California Charlie
Soldier Blue
1970
as Col. Iverson
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
as Governor
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
as Salesman
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Ride the High Country
1962
as Elder Hammond
Eight Men Out
1988
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
The Satan Bug
1965
as Agent Reagan
Hitched
1973
as Jomer Cruett
Out of the Blue
1981
as T.V. Interviewer
5 Card Stud
1968
as Marshal Dana
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Sgt. Buell
Heaven with a Gun
1969
as Ase Beck
Never Too Young to Die
1986
as Arliss
Executive Action
1973
as Halliday
Geronimo
1962
as Jeremiah Burns
Daddy
1991
as George Watson
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Preacher
Zoot Suit
1981
as Judge F.W. Charles
I-Man
1986
as Holbrook
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
as Capt. Bryce
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Sailor (uncredited)
Young Billy Young
1969
as Boone
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Heatwave!
1974
as Toler
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Dietrich
American Harvest
1987
as Judge Meriweather
Bed of Lies
1992
as Price Daniel, Sr.
The First Time
1982
as Paul Cooper
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Mayor Kincaid
Counselor at Crime
1973
as Don Vito Albanese
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Ambrose Spencer
Bridger
1976
as President Andrew Jackson
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Captain Jefferson Addis
The Dove
1974
as Mike Turk
Sins of the Past
1984
as Rev. Donald Randolph
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Wes Westerman
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Stanley Willard
Follow Your Heart
1990
as Josh Lowe
The Quest
1976
as Army Officer
The Stepmother
1972
as Inspector Darnezi
Scalplock
1966
as Standish
The Specialist
1975
as Pike Smith
The Animals
1970
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
A Man Called Gannon
1968
as Capper
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
as Col. John Lockport
Babe Ruth
1991
as Judge Landis
Deadly Innocents
1989
as Gus
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
as George Dutton
Set This Town on Fire
1973
as Henry Kealey
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
as Alexander Majors
Manhunter
1974
as Aaron Denver
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966
as Joe Clausen
Death Among Friends
1975
as Capt. Lewis
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
as Abraham Lincoln
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
as Stephen Hancock
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978
as Patrick Breen
Molly and Lawless John
1972
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
The Last Hurrah
1977
as Amos Force
For the Love of Willadean
1964
as Farmer Wills
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Caiaphas
Man and Boy
1971
as Stretch
Scorpion
1986
as Noel G. Koch
The Deerslayer
1978
as Hutter
Dead Man on the Run
1975
as Jason Monroe
Call to Danger
1973
as Edward McClure
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
as Doc
The Force of Evil
1977
as Sheriff John Carrington
Rebel Range
as Fisk Madden
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
as President Lincoln
The American Adventure
as Mark Twain / Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)
About John Anderson
John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) A tall, sinewy, austere-looking character actor with silver hair, rugged features and a distinctive voice, John Robert Anderson appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Immensely versatile, he was at his best submerging himself in the role of historical figures (he impersonated Abraham Lincoln three times and twice baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, men whom he strongly resembled). He was a familiar presence in westerns and science-fiction serials, usually… With 181 credits spanning from 1950 to 1994, John Anderson has appeared in 73 films and 108 TV shows.
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- Psycho (1960) — as California Charlie
- Soldier Blue (1970) — as Col. Iverson
- Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) — as Governor
- Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — as Salesman
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
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