Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 20, 1922
Place of Birth:
Clayton, Illinois, USA
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John 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone | Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho | California Charlie (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Bed of Lies | Price Daniel, Sr. |
| 1991 | In Broad Daylight | Wes Westerman |
| 1991 | Daddy | George Watson |
| 1991 | Babe Ruth | Judge Landis |
| 1990 | Follow Your Heart | Josh Lowe |
| 1989 | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | George Dutton |
| 1989 | Deadly Innocents | Gus |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis |
| 1987 | American Harvest | Judge Meriweather |
| 1986 | I-Man | Holbrook |
| 1986 | Never Too Young to Die | Arliss |
| 1986 | Scorpion | Noel G. Koch |
| 1984 | Sins of the Past | Rev. Donald Randolph |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Stanley Willard |
| 1982 | The First Time | Paul Cooper |
| 1981 | Zoot Suit | Judge F.W. Charles |
| 1981 | Out of the Blue | T.V. Interviewer |
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II | Governor |
| 1979 | In Search of Historic Jesus | Caiaphas |
| 1978 | Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | Patrick Breen |
| 1978 | The Deerslayer | Hutter |
| 1977 | The Lincoln Conspiracy | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1977 | The Force of Evil | Sheriff John Carrington |
| 1977 | Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Alexander Majors |
| 1977 | The Last Hurrah | Amos Force |
| 1976 | The Quest | Army Officer |
| 1976 | The Dark Side of Innocence | Stephen Hancock |
| 1976 | Bridger | President Andrew Jackson |
| 1975 | The Specialist | Pike Smith |
| 1975 | Dead Man on the Run | Jason Monroe |
| 1974 | Smile Jenny, You're Dead | Col. John Lockport |
| 1974 | Manhunter | Aaron Denver |
| 1974 | Heatwave! | Toler |
| 1974 | The Dove | Mike Turk |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Halliday |
| 1973 | Set This Town on Fire | Henry Kealey |
| 1973 | Counselor at Crime | Don Vito Albanese |
| 1973 | Call to Danger | Edward McClure |
| 1972 | The Stepmother | Inspector Darnezi |
| 1972 | Molly and Lawless John | Sheriff Marvin Parker |
| 1971 | Man and Boy | Stretch |
| 1971 | Hitched | Jomer Cruett |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue | Col. Iverson |
| 1970 | The Animals | Sheriff Allan Pierce |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Ambrose Spencer |
| 1970 | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Capt. Bryce |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Ase Beck |
| 1969 | Young Billy Young | Boone |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Mayor Kincaid |
| 1968 | 5 Card Stud | Marshal Dana |
| 1968 | A Man Called Gannon | Capper |
| 1968 | Day of the Evil Gun | Captain Jefferson Addis |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death | Dietrich |
| 1966 | Scalplock | Standish |
| 1966 | Namu, the Killer Whale | Joe Clausen |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie | Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | Agent Reagan |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Sgt. Buell |
| 1964 | For the Love of Willadean | Farmer Wills |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country | Elder Hammond |
| 1962 | Geronimo | Jeremiah Burns |
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild Side | Preacher |
| 1960 | Psycho | California Charlie |
| 1960 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill | Salesman |
| 1958 | The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Doc |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | |
| Rebel Range | Fisk Madden |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Pat Knight |
| 1988 | Aaron's Way | |
| 1988 | Annie McGuire | |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kevin Uxbridge |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | Ace Thompson |
| 1986 | Matlock | |
| 1986 | Heart of the City | Warren |
| 1986 | Dream West | |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Harry Jackson |
| 1985 | North and South | William Hazard |
| 1984 | Hunter | Winston Taggert |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Andrew Dixon |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
| 1982 | Silver Spoons | |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1981 | Bret Maverick | General Frye |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Col. Clayborn |
| 1978 | Dallas | Dr. Herbert Styles |
| 1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | Floyd Carrington |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Mike Calahan |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Russell Grainger |
| 1976 | The Quest | |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Scotty |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Justin DeWilde |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Chief Frank Ollano |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Movie Director |
| 1975 | Bronk | Colonel Hecker |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Gerald A. O'Malley |
| 1974 | Petrocelli | Joshua Forbes |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | General Collins |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Wray |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Captain Bob Roberts |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Benjamin Dundee |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | Bearcats! | Judge Juan O'Brien |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Brig. General Earl Rigney |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1967 | Mannix | George Blake |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1966 | Tarzan | |
| 1966 | Occasional Wife | |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol | Major Indrus |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol | Gen. Owen Lansbury |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Adam MacDonald |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Matt Bentell |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Moss Canby |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Bollin |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Colonel Knowlton |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Rankin |
| 1963 | Redigo | |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Justin Briggs |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Ebonite Interrogator |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Ed Shrader |
| 1963 | My Favorite Martian | Capt. Farrow |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Major Cass |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Adam Tercell |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jeremiah Chilton |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Sam McLain |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Seth James |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Luke Hunter |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Adam |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | James Bradley |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Kenneth Drake |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Vernon Hackett |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Jacob Grant |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son | Earl |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Cole Dawson |
| 1960 | The Westerner | Leth Ritchie |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | Bill Horton |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Goldsmith |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Capt. 'Skipper' Farver |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Deidrich |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Gabriel |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Captain James Rankin |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Benson |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Clyde Wicker |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Ezra Taber |
| 1959 | Laramie | |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Clyde Santee |
| 1959 | The Detectives | |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Cartwright |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Matthew Bannock |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Maj. Cantwell |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Jeb Wicken |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Sam Masters |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Gorman |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Wayne Raven |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Deputy Sheriff Fix |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Major Liam Mars |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Samuel Gibbs |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Owny Kincaid |
| 1957 | Trackdown | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | George Andrews |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Paul Russell |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Bud Ferrand |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Dan O'Malley |
| 1957 | Trackdown | McCall |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Fred Cooley |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Fisk Madden |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Roy Kelsey |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Marshal Cal Lazenby |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | John Duncan |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ben Siple |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Nicholson |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Delliver |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Yermo |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Cheevers |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Pa Gibbijohn |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Les McConnell |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Roberts |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jess Fletcher |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Amos Sadler |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lemuel Cleary |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Adam Kimbro |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Virgil Earp |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Attendant |
| 1954 | Lassie | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Sgt. Duncan MacGregor |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Amos Force |
| 1950 | Inside Detective | Theater manager |