John Anderson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 20, 1922
- Died
- Aug 7, 1992 (aged 69)
- Place of birth
- Clayton, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 180
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
1960Movie
California Charlie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987TV
Kevin Uxbridge
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Goldsmith, Capt. 'Skipper' Farver, Deidrich, Gabriel
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Amos Pike
MacGyver
1985TV
Harry Jackson
Quantum Leap
1989TV
Pat Knight
Filmography
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994Movie
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
Bed of Lies
1992Movie
Price Daniel, Sr.
Daddy
1991Movie
George Watson
Babe Ruth
1991Movie
Judge Landis
In Broad Daylight
1991Movie
Wes Westerman
Follow Your Heart
1990Movie
Josh Lowe
Deadly Innocents
1989Movie
Gus
Quantum Leap
1989TV
Pat Knight
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989Movie
George Dutton
Annie McGuire
1988TV
Eight Men Out
1988Movie
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Aaron's Way
1988TV
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987TV
Kevin Uxbridge
Jake and the Fatman
1987TV
Ace Thompson
American Harvest
1987Movie
Judge Meriweather
Scorpion
1986Movie
Noel G. Koch
Heart of the City
1986TV
Warren
Never Too Young to Die
1986Movie
Arliss
Dream West
1986TV
Brig. Gen. Brooke
I-Man
1986Movie
Holbrook
Matlock
1986TV
Sam Chandler
North and South
1985TV
William Hazard
MacGyver
1985TV
Harry Jackson
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Andrew Dixon
Hunter
1984TV
Winston Taggert
Sins of the Past
1984Movie
Rev. Donald Randolph
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983TV
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982Movie
Stanley Willard
The First Time
1982Movie
Paul Cooper
Voyagers!
1982TV
Matt Houston
1982TV
Silver Spoons
1982TV
Captain Stark
Bret Maverick
1981TV
General Frye
Zoot Suit
1981Movie
Judge F.W. Charles
Out of the Blue
1981Movie
T.V. Interviewer
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980Movie
Governor
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980TV
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979TV
Col. Clayborn
Hart to Hart
1979TV
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979Movie
Caiaphas
Backstairs at the White House
1979TV
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$weepstake$
1979TV
Thomas Singer
The Deerslayer
1978Movie
Hutter
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978Movie
Patrick Breen
Dallas
1978TV
Dr. Herbert Styles
The Last Hurrah
1977Movie
Amos Force
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977Movie
Alexander Majors
The Incredible Hulk
1977TV
Mike Calahan
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Lou Grant
1977TV
Russell Grainger
The Force of Evil
1977Movie
Sheriff John Carrington
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977TV
Floyd Carrington
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Justin DeWilde, Chief Frank Ollano, Movie Director
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976TV
Scotty
Bridger
1976Movie
President Andrew Jackson
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976Movie
Stephen Hancock
The Quest
1976Movie
Army Officer
The Quest
1976TV
Death Among Friends
1975Movie
Capt. Lewis
The Specialist
1975Movie
Pike Smith
Bronk
1975TV
Colonel Hecker
Dead Man on the Run
1975Movie
Jason Monroe
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Gerald A. O'Malley
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Amos Pike
Petrocelli
1974TV
Joshua Forbes
The Dove
1974Movie
Mike Turk
Manhunter
1974Movie
Aaron Denver
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974Movie
Col. John Lockport
Heatwave!
1974Movie
Toler
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974Movie
President Lincoln
Executive Action
1973Movie
Halliday
The Counsellor
1973Movie
Don Vito Albanese
Hitched
1973Movie
Jomer Cruett
Call to Danger
1973Movie
Edward McClure
Set This Town on Fire
1973Movie
Henry Kealey
Molly and Lawless John
1972Movie
Sheriff Marvin Parker
The Stepmother
1972Movie
Inspector Darnezi
Kung Fu
1972TV
Jack Youngblood, Wray, Benjamin Dundee
M*A*S*H
1972TV
General Collins
The Bob Newhart Show
1972TV
Mr. Charlie Colton
Emergency!
1972TV
Captain Bob Roberts
The Sixth Sense
1972TV
The Sheriff
Bearcats!
1971TV
Judge Juan O'Brien
Cannon
1971TV
Man and Boy
1971Movie
Stretch
Soldier Blue
1970Movie
Col. Iverson
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970Movie
Capt. Bryce
The Andersonville Trial
1970Movie
Ambrose Spencer
The Animals
1970Movie
Sheriff Allan Pierce
Young Billy Young
1969Movie
Boone
The Great Bank Robbery
1969Movie
Mayor Kincaid
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Brig. General Earl Rigney
Heaven with a Gun
1969Movie
Ase Beck
Here Come the Brides
1968TV
Lancer
1968TV
5 Card Stud
1968Movie
Marshal Dana
A Man Called Gannon
1968Movie
Capper
Day of the Evil Gun
1968Movie
Captain Jefferson Addis
Mannix
1967TV
George Blake
Cimarron Strip
1967TV
Welcome to Hard Times
1967Movie
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
A Covenant with Death
1967Movie
Dietrich
The Fortune Cookie
1966Movie
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Occasional Wife
1966TV
The Rat Patrol
1966TV
Major Indrus, Gen. Owen Lansbury
Felony Squad
1966TV
Lt. Mike Reineck
Tarzan
1966TV
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966Movie
Joe Clausen
Scalplock
1966Movie
Standish
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Adam MacDonald, Bollin
The Big Valley
1965TV
Matt Bentell
The Legend of Jesse James
1965TV
Moss Canby
The Hallelujah Trail
1965Movie
Sgt. Buell
The Satan Bug
1965Movie
Agent Reagan
For the Love of Willadean
1964Movie
Farmer Wills
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Rankin
My Favorite Martian
1963TV
Capt. Farrow
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Colonel Knowlton
Redigo
1963TV
The Fugitive
1963TV
Justin Briggs, Ed Shrader
The Outer Limits
1963TV
Ebonite Interrogator
The Lieutenant
1963TV
Joe Hammond
Stoney Burke
1962TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Luke Hunter, Adam
The Virginian
1962TV
Major Cass, Adam Tercell, Jeremiah Chilton, Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell, Sam McLain, Seth James
Sam Benedict
1962TV
James Bradley, Jim Bradley
Ride the High Country
1962Movie
Elder Hammond
Geronimo
1962Movie
Jeremiah Burns
Walk on the Wild Side
1962Movie
Preacher
Ben Casey
1961TV
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Vernon Hackett
87th Precinct
1961TV
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Kenneth Drake
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960Movie
Sailor (uncredited)
Harrigan and Son
1960TV
Earl
Peter Loves Mary
1960TV
Bill Horton
Route 66
1960TV
Stagecoach West
1960TV
Cole Dawson
The Westerner
1960TV
Leth Ritchie
Outlaws
1960TV
Thriller
1960TV
Jacob Grant
The Tall Man
1960TV
Psycho
1960Movie
California Charlie
The Detectives
1959TV
Adventures in Paradise
1959TV
Benson
The Rebel
1959TV
Ezra Taber
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Goldsmith, Capt. 'Skipper' Farver, Deidrich, Gabriel
Johnny Ringo
1959TV
Cartwright
Law of the Plainsman
1959TV
Clyde Santee, Matthew Bannock, Jeb Wicken
Laramie
1959TV
Bonanza
1959TV
Sam Masters, Gorman, Tulsa Weems
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959Movie
Salesman
Black Saddle
1959TV
Clyde Wicker
Rawhide
1959TV
Captain James Rankin, Maj. Cantwell
Bat Masterson
1958TV
Major Liam Mars
Lawman
1958TV
Hassayampa Edwards
Yancy Derringer
1958TV
Wayne Raven
The Rifleman
1958TV
Samuel Gibbs, Owny Kincaid
Bronco
1958TV
Peter Gunn
1958TV
Steve Canyon
1958TV
Sergeant Bulla
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958TV
Deputy Sheriff Fix
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958Movie
Doc
Sea Hunt
1958TV
Trackdown
1957TV
McCall
The Walter Winchell File
1957TV
Perry Mason
1957TV
George Andrews, Bud Ferrand, Dan O'Malley
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Fred Cooley
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Paul Russell
Panic!
1957TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Fisk Madden, Roy Kelsey, Marshal Cal Lazenby, John Duncan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Nicholson, Attendant
Cheyenne
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Ben Siple, Delliver, Yermo, Cheevers, Pa Gibbijohn, Les McConnell, Roberts, Jess Fletcher, Amos Sadler, Lemuel Cleary, Adam Kimbro
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955TV
Virgil Earp
Lassie
1954TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Amos Force
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951Movie
Inside Detective
1950TV
Theater manager
Rebel Range
Movie
Fisk Madden