John Anderson
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 (73)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
Bed of Lies
1992
Daddy
1991
Babe Ruth
1991
In Broad Daylight
1991
Follow Your Heart
1990
Deadly Innocents
1989
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
Eight Men Out
1988
American Harvest
1987
Scorpion
1986
Never Too Young to Die
1986
I-Man
1986
Sins of the Past
1984
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
The First Time
1982
Zoot Suit
1981
Out of the Blue
1981
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
The Deerslayer
1978
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978
The Last Hurrah
1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
The Force of Evil
1977
Bridger
1976
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
The Quest
1976
Death Among Friends
1975
The Specialist
1975
Dead Man on the Run
1975
The Dove
1974
Manhunter
1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
Heatwave!
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
Executive Action
1973
Counselor at Crime
1973
Hitched
1973
Call to Danger
1973
Set This Town on Fire
1973
Molly and Lawless John
1972
The Stepmother
1972
Man and Boy
1971
Soldier Blue
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
The Andersonville Trial
1970
The Animals
1970
Young Billy Young
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
Heaven with a Gun
1969
5 Card Stud
1968
A Man Called Gannon
1968
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
A Covenant with Death
1967
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966
Scalplock
1966
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
The Satan Bug
1965
For the Love of Willadean
1964
Ride the High Country
1962
Geronimo
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
Psycho
1960
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Rebel Range
The American Adventure
TV Shows (147)
Quantum Leap
1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Heart of the City
1986
Dream West
1986
Matlock
1986
North and South
1985
MacGyver
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Hunter
1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Silver Spoons
1982
Bret Maverick
1981
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Dallas
1978
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
The Quest
1976
Bronk
1975
The Rockford Files
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Petrocelli
1974
Kung Fu
1972
Kung Fu
1972
Kung Fu
1972
M*A*S*H
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Emergency!
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Bearcats!
1971
Cannon
1971
Here Come the Brides
1968
Lancer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Mannix
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Occasional Wife
1966
The Rat Patrol
1966
The Rat Patrol
1966
Felony Squad
1966
Tarzan
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The Big Valley
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
My Favorite Martian
1963
The Great Adventure
1963
Redigo
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Outer Limits
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
Stoney Burke
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
Harrigan and Son
1960
Route 66
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
The Westerner
1960
Outlaws
1960
Thriller
1960
The Tall Man
1960
The Detectives
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Rebel
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Johnny Ringo
1959
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
Black Saddle
1959
Rawhide
1959
Rawhide
1959
Bat Masterson
1958
Lawman
1958
Yancy Derringer
1958
The Rifleman
1958
The Rifleman
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Bronco
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Steve Canyon
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Sea Hunt
1958
Trackdown
1957
Trackdown
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Panic!
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Lassie
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951