John Anderson
Acting
Born: October 20, 1922 · Clayton, Illinois, USA
Died: August 7, 1992 (aged 69)
Highest Rated
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
Psycho
1960
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
MacGyver
1985
Quantum Leap
1989
M*A*S*H
1972
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Bonanza
1959
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
Photos (2)
Movies (71)
Psycho
California Charlie
The Satan Bug
Agent Reagan
Last Train from Gun Hill
Salesman
Eight Men Out
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
The Hallelujah Trail
Sgt. Buell
Soldier Blue
Col. Iverson
Welcome to Hard Times
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
I-Man
Holbrook
The Fortune Cookie
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Geronimo
Jeremiah Burns
Smokey and the Bandit II
Governor
Out of the Blue
T.V. Interviewer
Ride the High Country
Elder Hammond
5 Card Stud
Marshal Dana
Heaven with a Gun
Ase Beck
Molly and Lawless John
Sheriff Marvin Parker
Executive Action
Halliday
Day of the Evil Gun
Captain Jefferson Addis
Walk on the Wild Side
Preacher
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Capt. Bryce
The Stepmother
Inspector Darnezi
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Sailor (uncredited)
Young Billy Young
Boone
Daddy
George Watson
Scorpion
Noel G. Koch
In Broad Daylight
Wes Westerman
American Harvest
Judge Meriweather
The Counsellor
Don Vito Albanese
Zoot Suit
Judge F.W. Charles
A Covenant with Death
Dietrich
A Man Called Gannon
Capper
Never Too Young to Die
Arliss
Namu, the Killer Whale
Joe Clausen
The Great Bank Robbery
Mayor Kincaid
Manhunter
Aaron Denver
In Search of Historic Jesus
Caiaphas
Follow Your Heart
Josh Lowe
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
George Dutton
The Dove
Mike Turk
The First Time
Paul Cooper
Bridger
President Andrew Jackson
Bed of Lies
Price Daniel, Sr.
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Col. John Lockport
The Dark Side of Innocence
Stephen Hancock
For the Love of Willadean
Farmer Wills
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Patrick Breen
Sins of the Past
Rev. Donald Randolph
The Force of Evil
Sheriff John Carrington
The Specialist
Pike Smith
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
Babe Ruth
Judge Landis
Dead Man on the Run
Jason Monroe
Set This Town on Fire
Henry Kealey
The Animals
Sheriff Allan Pierce
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Stanley Willard
The Quest
Army Officer
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Doc
Call to Danger
Edward McClure
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Abraham Lincoln
The Last Hurrah
Amos Force
Man and Boy
Stretch
Hitched
Jomer Cruett
Heatwave!
Toler
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
President Lincoln
The Andersonville Trial
Ambrose Spencer
The Deerslayer
Hutter
Death Among Friends
Capt. Lewis
Scalplock
Standish
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Alexander Majors
Deadly Innocents
Gus
TV Shows (148)
Dallas
Dr. Herbert Styles · 7 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kevin Uxbridge · 1 eps
MacGyver
Harry Jackson · 5 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Andrew Dixon · 1 eps
Quantum Leap
Pat Knight · 1 eps
Perry Mason
George Andrews · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Bud Ferrand · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Dan O'Malley · 1 eps
Mannix
George Blake · 1 eps
Bonanza
Sam Masters · 1 eps
Bonanza
Gorman · 1 eps
Bonanza
Tulsa Weems · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
General Collins · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Amos Pike · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Justin Briggs · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Ed Shrader · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Gerald A. O'Malley · 1 eps
The Virginian
Major Cass · 1 eps
The Virginian
Adam Tercell · 1 eps
The Virginian
Jeremiah Chilton · 1 eps
The Virginian
Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell · 1 eps
The Virginian
Sam McLain · 1 eps
The Virginian
Seth James · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Brig. General Earl Rigney · 1 eps
Lassie
1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Justin DeWilde · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Chief Frank Ollano · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Movie Director · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Luke Hunter · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Adam · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Capt. 'Skipper' Farver · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Deidrich · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Goldsmith · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Gabriel · 1 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
The Rifleman
7 eps
The Rifleman
Samuel Gibbs · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Owny Kincaid · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Fred Cooley · 1 eps
Matlock
Sam Chandler · 1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
Mike Calahan · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Adam MacDonald · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Bollin · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Vernon Hackett · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Matt Bentell · 2 eps
Emergency!
Captain Bob Roberts · 1 eps
Cheyenne
1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Lou Grant
Russell Grainger · 1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Virgil Earp · 5 eps
Route 66
1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Fisk Madden · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Roy Kelsey · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Marshal Cal Lazenby · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
John Duncan · 1 eps
Rawhide
Captain James Rankin · 1 eps
Rawhide
Maj. Cantwell · 1 eps
Ben Casey
3 eps
Hunter
Winston Taggert · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Deputy Sheriff Fix · 1 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
Mr. Charlie Colton · 1 eps
Jake and the Fatman
Ace Thompson · 1 eps
Lawman
Hassayampa Edwards · 1 eps
Peter Gunn
1 eps
Thriller
Jacob Grant · 1 eps
Matt Houston
2 eps
Gunsmoke
Ben Siple · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Yermo · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Delliver · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Cheevers · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Pa Gibbijohn · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Les McConnell · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
Roberts · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jess Fletcher · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Amos Sadler · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Lemuel Cleary · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Adam Kimbro · 1 eps
Bat Masterson
Major Liam Mars · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Nicholson · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Attendant · 1 eps
My Favorite Martian
Capt. Farrow · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Ebonite Interrogator · 1 eps
Sea Hunt
3 eps
Silver Spoons
Captain Stark · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rankin · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Benson · 1 eps
Felony Squad
Lt. Mike Reineck · 1 eps
Laramie
1 eps
Lancer
1 eps
North and South
William Hazard · 1 eps
The Rebel
Ezra Taber · 1 eps
Trackdown
1 eps
Trackdown
McCall · 1 eps
The Detectives
3 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Paul Russell · 1 eps
Bronco
1 eps
Petrocelli
Joshua Forbes · 1 eps
Black Saddle
Clyde Wicker · 2 eps
Outlaws
2 eps
Tarzan
2 eps
The Tall Man
1 eps
Voyagers!
1 eps
The Rat Patrol
Major Indrus · 2 eps
The Rat Patrol
Gen. Owen Lansbury · 1 eps
Sam Benedict
James Bradley · 1 eps
Sam Benedict
Jim Bradley · 1 eps
Johnny Ringo
Cartwright · 1 eps
Stoney Burke
2 eps
Law of the Plainsman
Clyde Santee · 1 eps
Law of the Plainsman
Matthew Bannock · 1 eps
Law of the Plainsman
Jeb Wicken · 1 eps
87th Precinct
1 eps
Yancy Derringer
Wayne Raven · 1 eps
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Col. Clayborn · 1 eps
The Sixth Sense
The Sheriff · 1 eps
Cimarron Strip
1 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Scotty · 7 eps
Stagecoach West
Cole Dawson · 1 eps
The Great Adventure
Colonel Knowlton · 1 eps
The Lieutenant
Joe Hammond · 1 eps
Bronk
Colonel Hecker · 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Kenneth Drake · 1 eps
Occasional Wife
1 eps
Here Come the Brides
1 eps
The Walter Winchell File
1 eps
Panic!
1 eps
The Westerner
Leth Ritchie · 1 eps
Steve Canyon
Sergeant Bulla · 1 eps
Peter Loves Mary
Bill Horton · 1 eps
The Quest
1 eps
Harrigan and Son
Earl · 1 eps
The Legend of Jesse James
Moss Canby · 1 eps
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1 eps
Heart of the City
Warren · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Amos Force · 1 eps
Bret Maverick
General Frye · 1 eps
Redigo
1 eps
Bearcats!
Judge Juan O'Brien · 1 eps
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Floyd Carrington · 1 eps
Backstairs at the White House
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 4 eps
Dream West
Brig. Gen. Brooke · 3 eps
Kung Fu
Jack Youngblood · 1 eps
Kung Fu
Wray · 1 eps
Kung Fu
Benjamin Dundee · 1 eps
