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