Portrait of John Anderson

John Anderson

Acting

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)).

Born: October 20, 1922

Place of Birth: Clayton, Illinois, USA

Filmography

1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)

1993
24 Hour Psycho

as California Charlie (archive footage)

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
Follow Your Heart

as Josh Lowe

1989
Quantum Leap

as Pat Knight

1988
Eight Men Out

as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis

1987
1987
Jake and the Fatman

as Ace Thompson

1987
American Harvest

as Judge Meriweather

1986
Scorpion

as Noel G. Koch

1986
1986
Dream West

as Brig. Gen. Brooke

1986
I-Man

as Holbrook

1986
Matlock

as Sam Chandler

1985
North and South

as William Hazard

1985
MacGyver

as Harry Jackson

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Andrew Dixon

1984
Hunter

as Winston Taggert

1984
Sins of the Past

as Rev. Donald Randolph

1982
The First Time

as Paul Cooper

1981
Bret Maverick

as General Frye

1981
Zoot Suit

as Judge F.W. Charles

1981
Out of the Blue

as T.V. Interviewer

1979
Backstairs at the White House

as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1978
1978
Dallas

as Dr. Herbert Styles

1977
The Last Hurrah

as Amos Force

1977
The Incredible Hulk

as Mike Calahan

1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy

as Abraham Lincoln

1977
Lou Grant

as Russell Grainger

1977
The Force of Evil

as Sheriff John Carrington

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Justin DeWilde

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Chief Frank Ollano

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Movie Director

1976
Bridger

as President Andrew Jackson

1976
The Dark Side of Innocence

as Stephen Hancock

1976
The Quest

as Army Officer

1975
Death Among Friends

as Capt. Lewis

1975
The Specialist

as Pike Smith

1975
Bronk

as Colonel Hecker

1975
Dead Man on the Run

as Jason Monroe

1974
The Rockford Files

as Gerald A. O'Malley

1974
Petrocelli

as Joshua Forbes

1974
The Dove

as Mike Turk

1974
Manhunter

as Aaron Denver

1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead

as Col. John Lockport

1974
Heatwave!

as Toler

1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire

as President Lincoln

1973
Executive Action

as Halliday

1973
Counselor at Crime

as Don Vito Albanese

1973
Hitched

as Jomer Cruett

1973
Call to Danger

as Edward McClure

1972
Molly and Lawless John

as Sheriff Marvin Parker

1972
The Stepmother

as Inspector Darnezi

1972
Kung Fu

as Jack Youngblood

1972
Kung Fu

as Wray

1972
Kung Fu

as Benjamin Dundee

1972
M*A*S*H

as General Collins

1972
Emergency!

as Captain Bob Roberts

1971
Bearcats!

as Judge Juan O'Brien

1971
1971
Man and Boy

as Stretch

1970
Soldier Blue

as Col. Iverson

1970
1970
The Andersonville Trial

as Ambrose Spencer

1970
The Animals

as Sheriff Allan Pierce

1969
1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as Mayor Kincaid

1969
1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Brig. General Earl Rigney

1968
5 Card Stud

as Marshal Dana

1968
1968
Day of the Evil Gun

as Captain Jefferson Addis

1967
Mannix

as George Blake

1967
Welcome to Hard Times

as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple

1967
1966
The Fortune Cookie

as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

1966
The Rat Patrol

as Major Indrus

1966
The Rat Patrol

as Gen. Owen Lansbury

1966
Felony Squad

as Lt. Mike Reineck

1966
1966
1966
Scalplock

as Standish

1965
The F.B.I.

as Adam MacDonald

1965
The F.B.I.

as Bollin

1965
The Big Valley

as Matt Bentell

1965
1965
1965
The Satan Bug

as Agent Reagan

1964
1963
My Favorite Martian

as Capt. Farrow

1963
The Great Adventure

as Colonel Knowlton

1963
1963
The Fugitive

as Justin Briggs

1963
The Fugitive

as Ed Shrader

1963
The Outer Limits

as Ebonite Interrogator

1963
The Lieutenant

as Joe Hammond

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Major Cass

1962
The Virginian

as Adam Tercell

1962
The Virginian

as Jeremiah Chilton

1962
The Virginian

as Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell

1962
The Virginian

as Sam McLain

1962
The Virginian

as Seth James

1962
Sam Benedict

as James Bradley

1962
Sam Benedict

as Jim Bradley

1962
Ride the High Country

as Elder Hammond

1962
Geronimo

as Jeremiah Burns

1962
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Vernon Hackett

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Kenneth Drake

1960
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

as Sailor (uncredited)

1960
1960
Stagecoach West

as Cole Dawson

1960
The Westerner

as Leth Ritchie

1960
Thriller

as Jacob Grant

1960
Psycho

as California Charlie

1959
The Rebel

as Ezra Taber

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Goldsmith

1959
1959
1959
Johnny Ringo

as Cartwright

1959
Law of the Plainsman

as Clyde Santee

1959
Law of the Plainsman

as Matthew Bannock

1959
1959
Bonanza

as Sam Masters

1959
Bonanza

as Gorman

1959
Black Saddle

as Clyde Wicker

1959
Rawhide

as Captain James Rankin

1959
Rawhide

as Maj. Cantwell

1958
Bat Masterson

as Major Liam Mars

1958
Lawman

as Hassayampa Edwards

1958
Yancy Derringer

as Wayne Raven

1958
The Rifleman

as Samuel Gibbs

1958
The Rifleman

as Owny Kincaid

1958
1958
Steve Canyon

as Sergeant Bulla

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Deputy Sheriff Fix

1957
Trackdown

as McCall

1957
Perry Mason

as George Andrews

1957
Perry Mason

as Bud Ferrand

1957
Perry Mason

as Dan O'Malley

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Fred Cooley

1957
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Marshal Cal Lazenby

1955
Gunsmoke

as Ben Siple

1955
Gunsmoke

as Delliver

1955
Gunsmoke

as Yermo

1955
Gunsmoke

as Cheevers

1955
Gunsmoke

as Pa Gibbijohn

1955
Gunsmoke

as Les McConnell

1955
Gunsmoke

as Roberts

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jess Fletcher

1955
Gunsmoke

as Amos Sadler

1955
Gunsmoke

as Lemuel Cleary

1955
Gunsmoke

as Adam Kimbro

1954
1951
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Rebel Range

as Fisk Madden