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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 20, 1922
Died
August 7, 1992
Place of Birth
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- John R. Anderson
John Anderson
2.2 Popularity
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)).
Known For
6.5
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
4.0
California Charlie (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho
1993
5.0
Price Daniel, Sr.
Bed of Lies
1992
4.4
George Watson
Daddy
1991
6.0
Judge Landis
Babe Ruth
1991
5.7
Wes Westerman
In Broad Daylight
1991
0.0
Josh Lowe
Follow Your Heart
1990
8.0
Gus
Deadly Innocents
1989
8.0
Pat Knight
Quantum Leap
1989
4.2
George Dutton
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
Credits
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
1994
6.5
24 Hour Psycho
as California Charlie (archive footage)
1993
4.0
Bed of Lies
as Price Daniel, Sr.
1992
5.0
Daddy
as George Watson
1991
4.4
Babe Ruth
as Judge Landis
1991
6.0
In Broad Daylight
as Wes Westerman
1991
5.7
Follow Your Heart
as Josh Lowe
1990
0.0
Deadly Innocents
as Gus
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Pat Knight
1989
8.0
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
as George Dutton
1989
4.2
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Annie McGuire
1988
5.0
Eight Men Out
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1988
6.9
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Aaron's Way
1988
5.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Kevin Uxbridge
1987
8.4
Jake and the Fatman
as Ace Thompson
1987
6.2
American Harvest
as Judge Meriweather
1987
0.0
Scorpion
as Noel G. Koch
1986
3.9
Heart of the City
as Warren
1986
5.0
Never Too Young to Die
as Arliss
1986
4.6
Dream West
as Brig. Gen. Brooke
1986
5.0
I-Man
as Holbrook
1986
5.0
Matlock
as Sam Chandler
1986
7.1
North and South
as William Hazard
1985
7.4
MacGyver
as Harry Jackson
1985
7.7
Murder, She Wrote
as Andrew Dixon
1984
7.5
Hunter
as Winston Taggert
1984
7.1
Sins of the Past
as Rev. Donald Randolph
1984
4.0
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.4
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Stanley Willard
1982
6.7
The First Time
as Paul Cooper
1982
4.0
Voyagers!
1982
7.5
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Silver Spoons
1982
6.3
Bret Maverick
as General Frye
1981
5.0
Zoot Suit
as Judge F.W. Charles
1981
6.3
Out of the Blue
as T.V. Interviewer
1981
6.9
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Governor
1980
5.6
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
6.8
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
as Col. Clayborn
1979
5.1
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Caiaphas
1979
4.3
Backstairs at the White House
as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1979
5.9
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$weepstake$
as Thomas Singer
1979
0.0
The Deerslayer
as Hutter
1978
5.0
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Patrick Breen
1978
0.0
Dallas
as Dr. Herbert Styles
1978
6.8
The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force
1977
0.0
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Alexander Majors
1977
7.0
The Incredible Hulk
as Mike Calahan
1977
7.2
The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Abraham Lincoln
1977
5.6
Lou Grant
as Russell Grainger
1977
7.3
The Force of Evil
as Sheriff John Carrington
1977
6.0
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
as Floyd Carrington
1977
6.0
Quincy, M.E.
as Justin DeWilde
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Chief Frank Ollano
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Movie Director
1976
7.5
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Scotty
1976
8.6
Bridger
as President Andrew Jackson
1976
0.0
The Dark Side of Innocence
as Stephen Hancock
1976
0.0
The Quest
as Army Officer
1976
10.0
The Quest
1976
6.4
Death Among Friends
as Capt. Lewis
1975
3.6
The Specialist
as Pike Smith
1975
3.0
Bronk
as Colonel Hecker
1975
6.2
Dead Man on the Run
as Jason Monroe
1975
6.0
The Rockford Files
as Gerald A. O'Malley
1974
7.6
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Petrocelli
as Joshua Forbes
1974
7.2
The Dove
as Mike Turk
1974
6.3
Manhunter
as Aaron Denver
1974
6.5
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Col. John Lockport
1974
6.4
Heatwave!
as Toler
1974
5.9
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as President Lincoln
1974
0.0
Executive Action
as Halliday
1973
6.4
Counselor at Crime
as Don Vito Albanese
1973
5.3
Hitched
as Jomer Cruett
1973
6.0
Call to Danger
as Edward McClure
1973
0.0
🎬
Set This Town on Fire
as Henry Kealey
1973
0.0
Molly and Lawless John
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
1972
2.8
The Stepmother
as Inspector Darnezi
1972
3.8
Kung Fu
as Jack Youngblood
1972
7.7
Kung Fu
as Wray
1972
7.7
Kung Fu
as Benjamin Dundee
1972
7.7
M*A*S*H
as General Collins
1972
7.9
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.5
Emergency!
as Captain Bob Roberts
1972
7.8
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.9
Bearcats!
as Judge Juan O'Brien
1971
6.2
Cannon
1971
6.6
Man and Boy
as Stretch
1971
6.0
Soldier Blue
as Col. Iverson
1970
6.8
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Capt. Bryce
1970
6.1
The Andersonville Trial
as Ambrose Spencer
1970
6.7
The Animals
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
1970
3.5
Young Billy Young
as Boone
1969
6.0
The Great Bank Robbery
as Mayor Kincaid
1969
6.3
Heaven with a Gun
as Ase Beck
1969
5.4
Here Come the Brides
1968
6.3
Lancer
1968
4.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Brig. General Earl Rigney
1968
7.1
5 Card Stud
as Marshal Dana
1968
6.2
A Man Called Gannon
as Capper
1968
4.2
Day of the Evil Gun
as Captain Jefferson Addis
1968
6.1
Mannix
as George Blake
1967
6.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Welcome to Hard Times
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
1967
5.1
A Covenant with Death
as Dietrich
1967
4.7
The Fortune Cookie
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
1966
7.2
Occasional Wife
1966
7.5
Felony Squad
as Lt. Mike Reineck
1966
6.4
The Rat Patrol
as Major Indrus
1966
7.2
The Rat Patrol
as Gen. Owen Lansbury
1966
7.2
Tarzan
1966
6.7
Namu, the Killer Whale
as Joe Clausen
1966
4.6
Scalplock
as Standish
1966
6.5
The F.B.I.
as Adam MacDonald
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Bollin
1965
5.4
The Big Valley
as Matt Bentell
1965
6.1
The Legend of Jesse James
as Moss Canby
1965
4.8
The Hallelujah Trail
as Sgt. Buell
1965
6.1
The Satan Bug
as Agent Reagan
1965
6.1
For the Love of Willadean
as Farmer Wills
1964
6.0
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Rankin
1963
5.3
My Favorite Martian
as Capt. Farrow
1963
5.9
The Great Adventure
as Colonel Knowlton
1963
0.0
Redigo
1963
5.0
The Fugitive
as Justin Briggs
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Ed Shrader
1963
7.2
The Outer Limits
as Ebonite Interrogator
1963
7.8
The Lieutenant
as Joe Hammond
1963
6.0
Stoney Burke
1962
5.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Luke Hunter
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Adam
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Major Cass
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Adam Tercell
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Jeremiah Chilton
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Sam McLain
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Seth James
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
as James Bradley
1962
6.0
Sam Benedict
as Jim Bradley
1962
6.0
Ride the High Country
as Elder Hammond
1962
7.0
Geronimo
as Jeremiah Burns
1962
5.4
Walk on the Wild Side
as Preacher
1962
6.5
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Vernon Hackett
1961
5.5
87th Precinct
1961
7.5
Cain's Hundred
as Kenneth Drake
1961
4.7
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Sailor (uncredited)
1960
5.9
Harrigan and Son
as Earl
1960
0.0
🎬
Peter Loves Mary
as Bill Horton
1960
5.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
Stagecoach West
as Cole Dawson
1960
6.0
The Westerner
as Leth Ritchie
1960
6.8
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Thriller
as Jacob Grant
1960
6.6
The Tall Man
1960
6.3
Psycho
as California Charlie
1960
8.4
The Detectives
1959
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
as Benson
1959
5.7
The Rebel
as Ezra Taber
1959
4.7
The Twilight Zone
as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Goldsmith
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Deidrich
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Gabriel
1959
8.5
Johnny Ringo
as Cartwright
1959
5.7
Law of the Plainsman
as Clyde Santee
1959
6.0
Law of the Plainsman
as Matthew Bannock
1959
6.0
Law of the Plainsman
as Jeb Wicken
1959
6.0
Laramie
1959
6.6
Bonanza
as Sam Masters
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Gorman
1959
7.5
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Salesman
1959
7.1
Black Saddle
as Clyde Wicker
1959
6.0
Rawhide
as Captain James Rankin
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Maj. Cantwell
1959
7.2
Bat Masterson
as Major Liam Mars
1958
6.1
Lawman
as Hassayampa Edwards
1958
5.6
Yancy Derringer
as Wayne Raven
1958
6.0
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
as Samuel Gibbs
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
as Owny Kincaid
1958
7.1
Bronco
1958
5.9
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Steve Canyon
as Sergeant Bulla
1958
7.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Deputy Sheriff Fix
1958
6.8
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
as Doc
1958
6.5
Sea Hunt
1958
6.6
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Trackdown
as McCall
1957
6.4
The Walter Winchell File
1957
5.0
Perry Mason
as George Andrews
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Bud Ferrand
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Dan O'Malley
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Fred Cooley
1957
7.3
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Paul Russell
1957
6.2
Panic!
1957
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Fisk Madden
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Roy Kelsey
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Cal Lazenby
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as John Duncan
1956
6.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Nicholson
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Attendant
1955
7.8
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Ben Siple
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Delliver
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Yermo
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cheevers
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Pa Gibbijohn
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Les McConnell
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Roberts
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jess Fletcher
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Amos Sadler
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Lemuel Cleary
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Adam Kimbro
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Virgil Earp
1955
6.8
Lassie
1954
6.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Amos Force
1951
8.6
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
6.7
🎬
Inside Detective
as Theater manager
1950
0.0
Rebel Range
as Fisk Madden
N/A
0.0