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