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John Anderson
Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 20, 1922Died August 7, 1992 (69 years)
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)).
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Filmography
| 2008 | Gladiators (2008) (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone · as Virgil Earp (flashback Sequence) (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho · as California Charlie (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | Gladiators (TV Series) · as Referee |
| 1992 | Bed of Lies · as Price Daniel, Sr. |
| 1991 | Daddy · as George Watson |
| 1991 | Babe Ruth · as Judge Landis |
| 1991 | In Broad Daylight · as Wes Westerman |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1989 | Deadly Innocents · as Gus |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap (TV Series) · as Pat Knight |
| 1989 | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal · as George Dutton |
| 1988 | Knightwatch (TV Series) · as Morris |
| 1988 | Baby Boom (TV Series) · as Anakott |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out · as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis |
| 1988 | Aaron's Way (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Kevin Uxbridge |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) · as Ace Thompson |
| 1987 | Square One TV (TV Series) · as Roark |
| 1987 | Mathnet (TV Series) · as Roark |
| 1987 | American Harvest · as Judge Meriweather |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Heart of the City (TV Series) · as Warren |
| 1986 | Starman (TV Series) · as Rayfield |
| 1986 | Our House (TV Series) · as Lt. Col. Roger Trask |
| 1986 | Never Too Young to Die · as Arliss |
| 1986 | Dream West (TV Series) |
| 1986 | I-Man · as Holbrook |
| 1986 | Perfect Strangers (TV Series) · as Grandpa Beaumont 'buzz' Appleton |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) |
| 1985 | North and South (TV Series) · as William Hazard |
| 1985 | MacGyver (TV Series) · as Harry Jackson |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Andrew Dixon |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Sins of the Past · as Rev. Donald Randolph |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Walter Truman |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story · as Stanley Willard |
| 1982 | The First Time · as Paul Cooper |
| 1982 | Voyagers! (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Matt Houston (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Silver Spoons (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Bret Maverick (TV Series) · as General Frye |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) · as Al Barton |
| 1981 | Zoot Suit · as Judge F.w. Charles |
| 1981 | Checking In (TV Series) · as Mr. Claymore |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) · as General Gerald Stocker |
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II · as Governor |
| 1980 | Out of the Blue · as T.v. Interviewer |
| 1980 | Sanford (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series) |
| 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series) · as Col. Clayborn |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) |
| 1979 | In Search of Historic Jesus · as Caiaphas |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House (TV Series) · as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1978 | The Deerslayer · as Hutter |
| 1978 | Donner Pass: The Road to Survival · as Patrick Breen |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Dr. Herbert Styles |
| 1978 | Project UFO (TV Series) · as Captain Bergstad |
| 1977 | The Last Hurrah · as Amos Force |
| 1977 | Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion · as Alexander Majors |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) · as Mike Calahan |
| 1977 | The Lincoln Conspiracy · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Russell Grainger |
| 1977 | The Force of Evil · as Sheriff John Carrington |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe · as Gen. George C. Marshall |
| 1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Floyd Carrington |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Curtis George |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Justin Dewilde |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Elder Hammond |
| 1976 | The Quest (1976) (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Scotty |
| 1976 | Bridger · as President Andrew Jackson |
| 1976 | The Quest · as Army Officer |
| 1975 | The Family Holvak (TV Series) · as Mckesson |
| 1975 | Death Among Friends · as Capt. Lewis |
| 1975 | The Specialist · as Pike Smith |
| 1975 | Bronk (TV Series) · as Colonel Hecker |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) · as Mr. Claymore |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) · as Joshua Forbes |
| 1974 | The Dove · as Mike Turk |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Gerald A. O'malley |
| 1974 | Manhunter · as Aaron Denver |
| 1974 | Manhunter (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | Smile Jenny, You're Dead · as Col. John Lockport |
| 1974 | Heatwave! · as Toler |
| 1973 | Executive Action · as Halliday |
| 1973 | Counselor at Crime · as Don Vito Albanese |
| 1973 | Brock's Last Case · as Joe Cuspis |
| 1973 | Call to Danger · as Edward Mcclure |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as John Albright |
| 1972 | Molly and Lawless John · as Sheriff Marvin Parker |
| 1972 | The Stepmother · as Inspector Darnezi |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey (TV Series) · as Gabe Rawlins |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as General Collins |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Wray |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Captain Bob Roberts |
| 1971 | The Animals · as Sheriff Allan Pierce |
| 1971 | Cade's County (TV Series) · as Colonel Street |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Sandy King |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Man and Boy · as Stretch |
| 1971 | Bearcats (TV Series) · as Judge Juan O'brien |
| 1971 | Hitched · as Jomer Cruett |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue · as Col. Iverson |
| 1970 | Cotton Comes to Harlem · as Capt. Bryce |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial · as Ambrose Spencer |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery · as Mayor Kincaid |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1969 | Young Billy Young · as Boone |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun · as Ase Beck |
| 1968 | 5 Card Stud · as Marshal Dana |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Lancer (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Brig. General Earl Rigney |
| 1968 | Massacre Harbor · as Maj. Indrus |
| 1968 | A Man Called Gannon · as Capper |
| 1968 | Day of the Evil Gun · as Captain Jefferson Addis |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times · as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death · as Dietrich |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie · as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Occasional Wife (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Road West (TV Series) · as Major Perry |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Burton Standish |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol (TV Series) · as Major Indrus |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Namu, the Killer Whale · as Joe Clausen |
| 1966 | Scalplock · as Standish |
| 1965 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series) · as Sergeant Mac |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Bollin |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Matt Bentell |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Sheriff Haley |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) · as Moss Canby |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail · as Sgt. Buell |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug · as Agent Reagan |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Dr. Janus |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Rankin |
| 1963 | My Favorite Martian (TV Series) · as Capt. Farrow |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Colonel Knowlton |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Ed Shrader |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Ebonite Interrogator |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Agent Sterne |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Luke Hunter |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Major Cass |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) · as James Bradley |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country · as Elder Hammond |
| 1962 | Geronimo · as Jeremiah Burns |
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild Side · as Preacher |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Hannibal Roth |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Carl |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Vernon Hackett |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Father Sheehan |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Kenneth Drake |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre (TV Series) · as Sheriff Jim Seay |
| 1960 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army · as Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son (TV Series) · as Earl |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) · as Cole Dawson |
| 1960 | Dante (TV Series) · as Harrigan |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Fletcher |
| 1960 | The Westerner (TV Series) · as Leth Ritchie |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Jacob Grant |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Psycho · as California Charlie |
| 1960 | Overland Trail (TV Series) · as Lodestone Marshal |
| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill · as Salesman |
| 1959 | The Detectives (1959) (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Benson |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Deidrich |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo (TV Series) · as Cartwright |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman (TV Series) · as Matthew Bannock |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as George Mcphail |
| 1959 | Black Saddle (TV Series) · as Clyde Wicker |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Maj. Cantwell |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Sheriff Jim Martin |
| 1958 | U.S. Marshal (TV Series) · as Roy Andrews |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Major Liam Mars |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Hassayampa Edwards |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Wayne Raven |
| 1958 | The Rough Riders (TV Series) · as John Healy |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Owny Kincaid |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon (TV Series) · as Sergeant Bulla |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Deputy Sheriff Fix |
| 1958 | The True Story of Lynn Stuart · as Doc |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) (TV Series) · as Bill Thomas |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Allen Danbury |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Virgil Merryman |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort (TV Series) · as Phil |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) · as Mccall |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Reed Bullard |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Bud Ferrand |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Charley Mason |
| 1957 | Panic (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) · as Paul Russell |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Marshal Cal Lazenby |
| 1955 | Target Zero · as Undetermined Role |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Attendant |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) · as Film Theatre Orderly |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Les Mcconnell |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Virgil Earp |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Sgt. Duncan Macgregor |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1953 | The Eddie Cantor Story · as Bobby |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Cafe Owner |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Gang Busters (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as George Lynch |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Amos Force |
| 1951 | |
| 1950 | Rocky King, Detective (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |