John Anderson
Acting
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
Acting181
movieWyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
movieBed of Lies
1992
Price Daniel, Sr.
movieDaddy
1991
George Watson
movieBabe Ruth
1991
Judge Landis
movieIn Broad Daylight
1991
Wes Westerman
movieFollow Your Heart
1990
Josh Lowe
tvQuantum Leap
1989
Pat Knight
movieFull Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
George Dutton
movieEight Men Out
1988
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
tvStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Kevin Uxbridge
tvJake and the Fatman
1987
Ace Thompson
movieAmerican Harvest
1987
Judge Meriweather
movieScorpion
1986
Noel G. Koch
tvHeart of the City
1986
Warren
tvDream West
1986
Brig. Gen. Brooke
movieI-Man
1986
Holbrook
tvMatlock
1986
Sam Chandler
tvNorth and South
1985
William Hazard
tvMacGyver
1985
Harry Jackson
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Andrew Dixon
tvHunter
1984
Winston Taggert
movieSins of the Past
1984
Rev. Donald Randolph
movieMissing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
Stanley Willard
movieThe First Time
1982
Paul Cooper
tvSilver Spoons
1982
Captain Stark
tvBret Maverick
1981
General Frye
movieZoot Suit
1981
Judge F.W. Charles
movieOut of the Blue
1981
T.V. Interviewer
tvThe Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
Col. Clayborn
tvBackstairs at the White House
1979
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$weepstake$
1979
Thomas Singer
movieThe Deerslayer
1978
Hutter
movieDonner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978
Patrick Breen
tvDallas
1978
Dr. Herbert Styles
movieThe Last Hurrah
1977
Amos Force
moviePeter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
Alexander Majors
tvThe Incredible Hulk
1977
Mike Calahan
movieThe Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
Abraham Lincoln
tvLou Grant
1977
Russell Grainger
movieThe Force of Evil
1977
Sheriff John Carrington
tvQuinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
Floyd Carrington
tvQuincy, M.E.
1976
Justin DeWilde / Chief Frank Ollano / Movie Director
movieBridger
1976
President Andrew Jackson
movieThe Dark Side of Innocence
1976
Stephen Hancock
movieThe Quest
1976
Army Officer
movieDeath Among Friends
1975
Capt. Lewis
movieThe Specialist
1975
Pike Smith
tvBronk
1975
Colonel Hecker
movieDead Man on the Run
1975
Jason Monroe
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Gerald A. O'Malley
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974
Amos Pike
tvPetrocelli
1974
Joshua Forbes
movieThe Dove
1974
Mike Turk
movieManhunter
1974
Aaron Denver
movieSmile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
Col. John Lockport
movieHeatwave!
1974
Toler
movieLincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
President Lincoln
movieExecutive Action
1973
Halliday
movieCounselor at Crime
1973
Don Vito Albanese
movieHitched
1973
Jomer Cruett
movieCall to Danger
1973
Edward McClure
movieSet This Town on Fire
1973
Henry Kealey
movieMolly and Lawless John
1972
Sheriff Marvin Parker
movieThe Stepmother
1972
Inspector Darnezi
tvKung Fu
1972
Jack Youngblood / Wray / Benjamin Dundee
tvM*A*S*H
1972
General Collins
tvThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
Mr. Charlie Colton
tvEmergency!
1972
Captain Bob Roberts
tvBearcats!
1971
Judge Juan O'Brien
movieMan and Boy
1971
Stretch
movieSoldier Blue
1970
Col. Iverson
movieCotton Comes to Harlem
1970
Capt. Bryce
movieThe Andersonville Trial
1970
Ambrose Spencer
movieThe Animals
1970
Sheriff Allan Pierce
movieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
Mayor Kincaid
movieHeaven with a Gun
1969
Ase Beck
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Brig. General Earl Rigney
movie5 Card Stud
1968
Marshal Dana
movieDay of the Evil Gun
1968
Captain Jefferson Addis
tvMannix
1967
George Blake
movieWelcome to Hard Times
1967
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
movieA Covenant with Death
1967
Dietrich
movieThe Fortune Cookie
1966
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
tvThe Rat Patrol
1966
Major Indrus / Gen. Owen Lansbury
tvFelony Squad
1966
Lt. Mike Reineck
movieNamu, the Killer Whale
1966
Joe Clausen
movieScalplock
1966
Standish
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Adam MacDonald / Bollin
tvThe Big Valley
1965
Matt Bentell
tvThe Legend of Jesse James
1965
Moss Canby
movieThe Hallelujah Trail
1965
Sgt. Buell
movieThe Satan Bug
1965
Agent Reagan
movieFor the Love of Willadean
1964
Farmer Wills
tvMy Favorite Martian
1963
Capt. Farrow
tvThe Great Adventure
1963
Colonel Knowlton
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Justin Briggs / Ed Shrader
tvThe Outer Limits
1963
Ebonite Interrogator
tvThe Lieutenant
1963
Joe Hammond
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Luke Hunter / Adam
tvThe Virginian
1962
Major Cass / Adam Tercell / Jeremiah Chilton / Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell / Sam McLain / Seth James
tvSam Benedict
1962
James Bradley / Jim Bradley
movieRide the High Country
1962
Elder Hammond
movieGeronimo
1962
Jeremiah Burns
movieWalk on the Wild Side
1962
Preacher
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Vernon Hackett
tvCain's Hundred
1961
Kenneth Drake
movieThe Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
Sailor (uncredited)
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Bill Horton
tvStagecoach West
1960
Cole Dawson
tvThe Westerner
1960
Leth Ritchie
tvThriller
1960
Jacob Grant
moviePsycho
1960
California Charlie
tvThe Rebel
1959
Ezra Taber
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Capt. 'Skipper' Farver / Deidrich / Goldsmith / Gabriel
tvJohnny Ringo
1959
Cartwright
tvLaw of the Plainsman
1959
Clyde Santee / Matthew Bannock / Jeb Wicken
tvBonanza
1959
Sam Masters / Gorman / Tulsa Weems
tvBlack Saddle
1959
Clyde Wicker
tvRawhide
1959
Captain James Rankin / Maj. Cantwell
tvBat Masterson
1958
Major Liam Mars
tvLawman
1958
Hassayampa Edwards
tvYancy Derringer
1958
Wayne Raven
tvThe Rifleman
1958
Samuel Gibbs / Owny Kincaid
tvSteve Canyon
1958
Sergeant Bulla
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Deputy Sheriff Fix
tvTrackdown
1957
McCall
tvPerry Mason
1957
George Andrews / Bud Ferrand / Dan O'Malley
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Fred Cooley
tvRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Paul Russell
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Fisk Madden / Roy Kelsey / Marshal Cal Lazenby / John Duncan
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Nicholson / Attendant
tvGunsmoke
1955
Ben Siple / Yermo / Delliver / Cheevers / Pa Gibbijohn / Les McConnell / Roberts / Jess Fletcher / Amos Sadler / Lemuel Cleary / Adam Kimbro
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Virgil Earp
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Amos Force
Inside Detective
1950
Theater manager
movieRebel Range
Fisk Madden
movieThe American Adventure
Mark Twain / Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)
Directing1
movieDick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
Assistant Director
Production1
movieThe Guide
1965
Producer's Assistant
Writing1
movieJohn, 316
2021
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