John Anderson
October 20, 1922 (102 years old) in Clayton, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 1990 · Follow Your Heart as Josh Lowe
- 1988 · Eight Men Out as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- 1987 · American Harvest as Judge Meriweather
- 1986 · Heart of the City as Warren
- 1982 · The First Time as Paul Cooper
- 1981 · Bret Maverick as General Frye
- 1980 · Smokey and the Bandit II as Governor
- 1980 · Tenspeed and Brown Shoe as
- 1979 · The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as Col. Clayborn
- 1979 · $weepstake$ as Thomas Singer
- 1978 · Donner Pass: The Road to Survival as Patrick Breen
- 1977 · Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Alexander Majors
- 1977 · The Force of Evil as Sheriff John Carrington
- 1977 · Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected as Floyd Carrington
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Scotty
- 1976 · The Quest as
- 1975 · The Specialist as Pike Smith
- 1975 · Dead Man on the Run as Jason Monroe
- 1974 · The Dove as Mike Turk
- 1973 · Executive Action as Halliday
- 1972 · The Sixth Sense as
- 1971 · Bearcats! as Judge Juan O'Brien
- 1970 · Soldier Blue as Col. Iverson
- 1970 · Cotton Comes to Harlem as Capt. Bryce
- 1970 · The Andersonville Trial as Ambrose Spencer
- 1969 · Young Billy Young as Boone
- 1968 · Here Come the Brides as
- 1968 · 5 Card Stud as Marshal Dana
- 1967 · Welcome to Hard Times as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
- 1966 · The Fortune Cookie as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
- 1966 · Occasional Wife as
- 1966 · Scalplock as Standish
- 1965 · The Legend of Jesse James as Moss Canby
- 1965 · The Hallelujah Trail as Sgt. Buell
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Colonel Knowlton
- 1963 · Redigo as
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as Joe Hammond
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 1962 · Sam Benedict 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 · Cain's Hundred as Kenneth Drake
- 1960 · Stagecoach West as Cole Dawson
- 1960 · The Westerner as Leth Ritchie
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1959 · Law of the Plainsman as Clyde Santee
- 1959 · Law of the Plainsman as Matthew Bannock
- 1959 · Law of the Plainsman as Jeb Wicken
- 1959 · Last Train from Gun Hill as Salesman
- 1958 · Yancy Derringer as Wayne Raven
- 1957 · The Walter Winchell File as
- 1957 · Panic! as
- 1951 · The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as
- Future · Rebel Range as Fisk Madden
- 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
- 1989 · Deadly Innocents as Gus
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Pat Knight
- 1989 · Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal as George Dutton
- 1988 · Annie McGuire as
- 1988 · Aaron's Way as
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kevin Uxbridge
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as Ace Thompson
- 1986 · Scorpion as Noel G. Koch
- 1986 · Never Too Young to Die as Arliss
- 1986 · Dream West as Brig. Gen. Brooke
- 1986 · I-Man as Holbrook
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 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
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1982 · Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Stanley Willard
- 1982 · Voyagers! as
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Silver Spoons as
- 1981 · Zoot Suit as Judge F.W. Charles
- 1981 · Out of the Blue as T.V. Interviewer
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1979 · In Search of Historic Jesus as Caiaphas
- 1979 · Backstairs at the White House as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1978 · The Deerslayer as Hutter
- 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
- 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 · Bronk as Colonel Hecker
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Gerald A. O'Malley
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1974 · Petrocelli as Joshua Forbes
- 1974 · Manhunter as Aaron Denver
- 1974 · Smile Jenny, You're Dead as Col. John Lockport
- 1974 · Heatwave! as Toler
- 1973 · Counselor at Crime as Don Vito Albanese
- 1973 · Call to Danger as Edward McClure
- 1973 · Set This Town on Fire as Henry Kealey
- 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 · The Bob Newhart Show as
- 1972 · Emergency! as Captain Bob Roberts
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · Man and Boy as Stretch
- 1971 · Hitched as Jomer Cruett
- 1970 · The Animals as Sheriff Allan Pierce
- 1969 · The Great Bank Robbery as Mayor Kincaid
- 1969 · Heaven with a Gun as Ase Beck
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Brig. General Earl Rigney
- 1968 · A Man Called Gannon as Capper
- 1968 · Day of the Evil Gun as Captain Jefferson Addis
- 1967 · Mannix as George Blake
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1967 · A Covenant with Death as Dietrich
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1966 · The Rat Patrol as Major Indrus
- 1966 · The Rat Patrol as Gen. Owen Lansbury
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1966 · Namu, the Killer Whale as Joe Clausen
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Adam MacDonald
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Bollin
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Matt Bentell
- 1965 · The Satan Bug as Agent Reagan
- 1964 · For the Love of Willadean as Farmer Wills
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Rankin
- 1963 · My Favorite Martian as Capt. Farrow
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Justin Briggs
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Ed Shrader
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Ebonite Interrogator
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Luke Hunter
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Adam
- 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
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Vernon Hackett
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as
- 1960 · The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Sailor (uncredited)
- 1960 · Harrigan and Son as Earl
- 1960 · Peter Loves Mary as Bill Horton
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Thriller as Jacob Grant
- 1960 · The Tall Man as
- 1960 · Psycho as California Charlie
- 1959 · The Detectives as
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Benson
- 1959 · The Rebel as Ezra Taber
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Deidrich
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Goldsmith
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Gabriel
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Cartwright
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 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 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Samuel Gibbs
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Owny Kincaid
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Deputy Sheriff Fix
- 1958 · The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Doc
- 1958 · Sea Hunt as
- 1957 · Trackdown as
- 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
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Fred Cooley
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Paul Russell
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Fisk Madden
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Roy Kelsey
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Cal Lazenby
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as John Duncan
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Nicholson
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Attendant
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Ben Siple
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Yermo
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Delliver
- 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
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Virgil Earp
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Amos Force
- 1950 · Inside Detective as Theater manager