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John Anderson
John Anderson

John Anderson

ActingBorn October 20, 1922Died August 7, 1992 (age 69)Clayton, Illinois, USA

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)).

Filmography

1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)

Movie
1992
Bed of Lies

as Price Daniel, Sr.

Movie
1991
Daddy

as George Watson

Movie
1991
Babe Ruth

as Judge Landis

Movie
1991
In Broad Daylight

as Wes Westerman

Movie
1990
Follow Your Heart

as Josh Lowe

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Quantum Leap

as Pat Knight

TV
1989Movie
1988
Eight Men Out

as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Movie
1987TV
1987
Jake and the Fatman

as Ace Thompson

TV
1987
American Harvest

as Judge Meriweather

Movie
1986
Scorpion

as Noel G. Koch

Movie
1986TV
1986Movie
1986
Dream West

as Brig. Gen. Brooke

TV
1986
I-Man

as Holbrook

Movie
1986
Matlock

as Sam Chandler

TV
1985
North and South

as William Hazard

TV
1985
MacGyver

as Harry Jackson

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Andrew Dixon

TV
1984
Hunter

as Winston Taggert

TV
1984
Sins of the Past

as Rev. Donald Randolph

Movie
1982Movie
1982
The First Time

as Paul Cooper

Movie
1982TV
1982
Silver Spoons

as Captain Stark

TV
1981
Bret Maverick

as General Frye

TV
1981
Zoot Suit

as Judge F.W. Charles

Movie
1981
Out of the Blue

as T.V. Interviewer

Movie
1980Movie
1979TV
1979Movie
1979
Backstairs at the White House

as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

TV
1979
$weepstake$

as Thomas Singer

TV
1978Movie
1978Movie
1978
Dallas

as Dr. Herbert Styles

TV
1977
The Last Hurrah

as Amos Force

Movie
1977Movie
1977
The Incredible Hulk

as Mike Calahan

TV
1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1977
Lou Grant

as Russell Grainger

TV
1977
The Force of Evil

as Sheriff John Carrington

Movie
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Justin DeWilde

TV
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Chief Frank Ollano

TV
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Movie Director

TV
1976
Bridger

as President Andrew Jackson

Movie
1976
The Dark Side of Innocence

as Stephen Hancock

Movie
1976
The Quest

as Army Officer

Movie
1976TV
1975
Death Among Friends

as Capt. Lewis

Movie
1975
The Specialist

as Pike Smith

Movie
1975
Bronk

as Colonel Hecker

TV
1975
Dead Man on the Run

as Jason Monroe

Movie
1974
The Rockford Files

as Gerald A. O'Malley

TV
1974TV
1974
Petrocelli

as Joshua Forbes

TV
1974
The Dove

as Mike Turk

Movie
1974
Manhunter

as Aaron Denver

Movie
1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead

as Col. John Lockport

Movie
1974
Heatwave!

as Toler

Movie
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire

as President Lincoln

Movie
1973
Executive Action

as Halliday

Movie
1973
Counselor at Crime

as Don Vito Albanese

Movie
1973
Hitched

as Jomer Cruett

Movie
1973
Call to Danger

as Edward McClure

Movie
1973
Set This Town on Fire

as Henry Kealey

Movie
1972
Molly and Lawless John

as Sheriff Marvin Parker

Movie
1972
The Stepmother

as Inspector Darnezi

Movie
1972
Kung Fu

as Jack Youngblood

TV
1972
Kung Fu

as Wray

TV
1972
Kung Fu

as Benjamin Dundee

TV
1972
M*A*S*H

as General Collins

TV
1972
The Bob Newhart Show

as Mr. Charlie Colton

TV
1972
Emergency!

as Captain Bob Roberts

TV
1971
Bearcats!

as Judge Juan O'Brien

TV
1971TV
1971
Man and Boy

as Stretch

Movie
1970
Soldier Blue

as Col. Iverson

Movie
1970Movie
1970
The Andersonville Trial

as Ambrose Spencer

Movie
1970
The Animals

as Sheriff Allan Pierce

Movie
1969Movie
1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as Mayor Kincaid

Movie
1969Movie
1968TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Brig. General Earl Rigney

TV
1968
5 Card Stud

as Marshal Dana

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Day of the Evil Gun

as Captain Jefferson Addis

Movie
1967
Mannix

as George Blake

TV
1967
Welcome to Hard Times

as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple

Movie
1967Movie
1966
The Fortune Cookie

as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Movie
1966
The Rat Patrol

as Major Indrus

TV
1966
The Rat Patrol

as Gen. Owen Lansbury

TV
1966
Felony Squad

as Lt. Mike Reineck

TV
1966TV
1966Movie
1966
Scalplock

as Standish

Movie
1965
The F.B.I.

as Adam MacDonald

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Bollin

TV
1965
The Big Valley

as Matt Bentell

TV
1965TV
1965Movie
1965
The Satan Bug

as Agent Reagan

Movie
1964Movie
1963TV
1963
My Favorite Martian

as Capt. Farrow

TV
1963
The Great Adventure

as Colonel Knowlton

TV
1963TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Justin Briggs

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Ed Shrader

TV
1963
The Outer Limits

as Ebonite Interrogator

TV
1963
The Lieutenant

as Joe Hammond

TV
1962TV
1962
The Virginian

as Major Cass

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Adam Tercell

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Jeremiah Chilton

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Sam McLain

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Seth James

TV
1962
Sam Benedict

as James Bradley

TV
1962
Sam Benedict

as Jim Bradley

TV
1962
Ride the High Country

as Elder Hammond

Movie
1962
Geronimo

as Jeremiah Burns

Movie
1962Movie
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Vernon Hackett

TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Kenneth Drake

TV
1960
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

as Sailor (uncredited)

Movie
1960TV
1960
Peter Loves Mary

as Bill Horton

TV
1960TV
1960
Stagecoach West

as Cole Dawson

TV
1960
The Westerner

as Leth Ritchie

TV
1960TV
1960
Thriller

as Jacob Grant

TV
1960
Psycho

as California Charlie

Movie
1959TV
1959
The Rebel

as Ezra Taber

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Goldsmith

TV
1959TV
1959TV
1959
Johnny Ringo

as Cartwright

TV
1959
Law of the Plainsman

as Clyde Santee

TV
1959
Law of the Plainsman

as Matthew Bannock

TV
1959TV
1959TV
1959
Bonanza

as Sam Masters

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Gorman

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Tulsa Weems

TV
1959Movie
1959
Black Saddle

as Clyde Wicker

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Captain James Rankin

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Maj. Cantwell

TV
1958
Bat Masterson

as Major Liam Mars

TV
1958
Lawman

as Hassayampa Edwards

TV
1958
Yancy Derringer

as Wayne Raven

TV
1958
The Rifleman

as Samuel Gibbs

TV
1958
The Rifleman

as Owny Kincaid

TV
1958TV
1958
Steve Canyon

as Sergeant Bulla

TV
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Deputy Sheriff Fix

TV
1958TV
1957TV
1957
Trackdown

as McCall

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as George Andrews

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Bud Ferrand

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Dan O'Malley

TV
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Fred Cooley

TV
1957TV
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Marshal Cal Lazenby

TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Ben Siple

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Delliver

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Yermo

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Cheevers

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Pa Gibbijohn

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Les McConnell

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Roberts

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Jess Fletcher

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Amos Sadler

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Lemuel Cleary

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Adam Kimbro

TV
1954TV
1951TV
1950
Inside Detective

as Theater manager

TV
Rebel Range

as Fisk Madden

Movie
The American Adventure

as Mark Twain / Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 20, 1922
Day of DeathAugust 7, 1992
Place of BirthClayton, Illinois, USA
Popularity1.1