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