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