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John Anderson

John Anderson

Actor · Born 1922-10-20 · Clayton, Illinois, USA

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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)).

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Psycho (1960) — California Charlie
  2. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) — Kevin Uxbridge
  3. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
  4. Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Amos Pike
  5. MacGyver (1985) — Harry Jackson
  6. Quantum Leap (1989) — Pat Knight
  7. M*A*S*H (1972) — General Collins
  8. The Incredible Hulk (1977) — Mike Calahan
  9. Bonanza (1959) — Sam Masters
  10. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Andrew Dixon
  11. The Fortune Cookie (1966) — Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
  12. Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) — Governor
  13. Eight Men Out (1988) — Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Nicholson
  15. Ride the High Country (1962) — Elder Hammond
  16. Dallas (1978) — Dr. Herbert Styles
  17. Kung Fu (1972) — Jack Youngblood
  18. Soldier Blue (1970) — Col. Iverson
  19. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — Salesman
  20. North and South (1985) — William Hazard
  21. The Outer Limits (1963) — Ebonite Interrogator
  22. Hawaii Five-O (1968) — Brig. General Earl Rigney
  23. Perry Mason (1957) — George Andrews
  24. Matlock (1986) — Sam Chandler
  25. Hart to Hart (1979)
  26. The Rockford Files (1974) — Gerald A. O'Malley
  27. Quincy, M.E. (1976) — Justin DeWilde
  28. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
  29. Gunsmoke (1955) — Ben Siple
  30. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — Sgt. Buell
  31. Out of the Blue (1981) — T.V. Interviewer
  32. Hunter (1984) — Winston Taggert
  33. Voyagers! (1982)
  34. 5 Card Stud (1968) — Marshal Dana
  35. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Luke Hunter
  36. Walk on the Wild Side (1962) — Preacher
  37. Lassie (1954)
  38. Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) — Capt. Bryce
  39. The Bob Newhart Show (1972) — Mr. Charlie Colton
  40. The Fugitive (1963) — Justin Briggs