John Anderson

Where to watch John Anderson

• PsychoMovie · 1960

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)).

Filmography

1. 1989Quantum Leapas Pat Knight · 1 episode
2. 1988Eight Men Outas Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
3. 1987Star Trek: The Next Generationas Kevin Uxbridge · 1 episode
4. 1987Jake and the Fatmanas Ace Thompson · 1 episode
5. 1986Never Too Young to Dieas Arliss
6. 1986Matlockas Sam Chandler · 1 episode
7. 1985North and Southas William Hazard · 1 episode
8. 1985MacGyveras Harry Jackson · 5 episodes
9. 1984Murder, She Wroteas Andrew Dixon · 1 episode
10. 1984Hunteras Winston Taggert · 1 episode
11. 1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King1 episode
12. 1982Voyagers!1 episode
13. 1982Silver Spoonsas Captain Stark · 1 episode
14. 1981Out of the Blueas T.V. Interviewer
15. 1980Smokey and the Bandit IIas Governor
16. 1979Hart to Hart1 episode
17. 1978Dallasas Dr. Herbert Styles · 7 episodes
18. 1977The Incredible Hulkas Mike Calahan · 1 episode
19. 1977Lou Grantas Russell Grainger · 1 episode
20. 1976Quincy, M.E.as Justin DeWilde · 1 episode
21. 1974The Rockford Filesas Gerald A. O'Malley · 1 episode
22. 1974Little House on the Prairieas Amos Pike · 1 episode
23. 1973Executive Actionas Halliday
24. 1972Kung Fuas Jack Youngblood · 1 episode
25. 1972M*A*S*Has General Collins · 1 episode
26. 1972The Bob Newhart Showas Mr. Charlie Colton · 1 episode
27. 1972Emergency!as Captain Bob Roberts · 1 episode
28. 1971Cannon1 episode
29. 1970Soldier Blueas Col. Iverson
30. 1970Cotton Comes to Harlemas Capt. Bryce
31. 1969Young Billy Youngas Boone
32. 1969Hawaii Five-Oas Brig. General Earl Rigney · 1 episode
33. 19685 Card Studas Marshal Dana
34. 1967Mannixas George Blake · 1 episode
35. 1966The Fortune Cookieas Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
36. 1965The Big Valleyas Matt Bentell · 2 episodes
37. 1965The Hallelujah Trailas Sgt. Buell
38. 1965The Satan Bugas Agent Reagan
39. 1963My Favorite Martianas Capt. Farrow · 1 episode
40. 1963The Fugitiveas Justin Briggs · 1 episode
41. 1963The Outer Limitsas Ebonite Interrogator · 1 episode
42. 1962The Alfred Hitchcock Houras Luke Hunter · 1 episode
43. 1962The Virginianas Major Cass · 1 episode
44. 1962Ride the High Countryas Elder Hammond
45. 1962Geronimoas Jeremiah Burns
46. 1962Walk on the Wild Sideas Preacher
47. 1960The Wackiest Ship in the Armyas Sailor (uncredited)
48. 1960Psychoas California Charlie
49. 1959The Twilight Zoneas Capt. 'Skipper' Farver · 1 episode
50. 1959Bonanzaas Sam Masters · 1 episode
51. 1959Last Train from Gun Hillas Salesman
52. 1959Rawhideas Captain James Rankin · 1 episode
53. 1958The Riflemanas Samuel Gibbs · 7 episodes
54. 1958Wanted: Dead or Aliveas Deputy Sheriff Fix · 1 episode
55. 1957Perry Masonas George Andrews · 1 episode
56. 1957Have Gun, Will Travelas Fred Cooley · 1 episode
57. 1955Alfred Hitchcock Presentsas Nicholson · 1 episode
58. 1955Gunsmokeas Ben Siple · 2 episodes
59. 1954Lassie1 episode
60. 1951The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel