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)).
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)).
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Filmography (Movies)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Character:Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
24 Hour Psycho
Character:California Charlie (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1993
Bed of Lies
Character:Price Daniel, Sr.
Release Date:20/01/1992
Daddy
Character:George Watson
Release Date:23/10/1991
Babe Ruth
Character:Judge Landis
Release Date:06/10/1991
In Broad Daylight
Character:Wes Westerman
Release Date:03/02/1991
Follow Your Heart
Character:Josh Lowe
Release Date:02/04/1990
Deadly Innocents
Character:Gus
Release Date:01/06/1989
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
Character:George Dutton
Release Date:05/02/1989
Eight Men Out
Character:Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Release Date:02/09/1988
American Harvest
Character:Judge Meriweather
Release Date:16/01/1987
Scorpion
Character:Noel G. Koch
Release Date:01/12/1986
Never Too Young to Die
Character:Arliss
Release Date:13/06/1986
I-Man
Character:Holbrook
Release Date:06/04/1986
Sins of the Past
Character:Rev. Donald Randolph
Release Date:02/04/1984
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Character:Stanley Willard
Release Date:01/12/1982
The First Time
Character:Paul Cooper
Release Date:08/11/1982
Zoot Suit
Character:Judge F.W. Charles
Release Date:02/10/1981
Out of the Blue
Character:T.V. Interviewer
Release Date:29/04/1981
Smokey and the Bandit II
Character:Governor
Release Date:15/08/1980
In Search of Historic Jesus
Character:Caiaphas
Release Date:01/08/1979
The Deerslayer
Character:Hutter
Release Date:18/12/1978
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Character:Patrick Breen
Release Date:24/10/1978
The Last Hurrah
Character:Amos Force
Release Date:16/11/1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Character:Alexander Majors
Release Date:06/11/1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Character:Abraham Lincoln
Release Date:01/10/1977
The Force of Evil
Character:Sheriff John Carrington
Release Date:13/03/1977
Bridger
Character:President Andrew Jackson
Release Date:10/09/1976
The Dark Side of Innocence
Character:Stephen Hancock
Release Date:20/05/1976
The Quest
Character:Army Officer
Release Date:13/05/1976
Death Among Friends
Character:Capt. Lewis
Release Date:20/05/1975
The Specialist
Character:Pike Smith
Release Date:01/05/1975
Dead Man on the Run
Character:Jason Monroe
Release Date:02/04/1975
The Dove
Character:Mike Turk
Release Date:16/06/1974
Manhunter
Character:Aaron Denver
Release Date:26/02/1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Character:Col. John Lockport
Release Date:03/02/1974
Heatwave!
Character:Toler
Release Date:26/01/1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Character:President Lincoln
Release Date:20/01/1974
Executive Action
Character:Halliday
Release Date:07/11/1973
Counselor at Crime
Character:Don Vito Albanese
Release Date:30/08/1973
Hitched
Character:Jomer Cruett
Release Date:31/03/1973
Call to Danger
Character:Edward McClure
Release Date:27/02/1973
Set This Town on Fire
Character:Henry Kealey
Release Date:08/01/1973
Molly and Lawless John
Character:Sheriff Marvin Parker
Release Date:01/12/1972
The Stepmother
Character:Inspector Darnezi
Release Date:26/10/1972
Man and Boy
Character:Stretch
Release Date:23/06/1971
Soldier Blue
Character:Col. Iverson
Release Date:12/08/1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Character:Capt. Bryce
Release Date:27/05/1970
The Andersonville Trial
Character:Ambrose Spencer
Release Date:17/05/1970
The Animals
Character:Sheriff Allan Pierce
Release Date:09/03/1970
Young Billy Young
Character:Boone
Release Date:15/10/1969
The Great Bank Robbery
Character:Mayor Kincaid
Release Date:24/06/1969
Heaven with a Gun
Character:Ase Beck
Release Date:20/05/1969
5 Card Stud
Character:Marshal Dana
Release Date:28/07/1968
A Man Called Gannon
Character:Capper
Release Date:08/03/1968
Day of the Evil Gun
Character:Captain Jefferson Addis
Release Date:01/03/1968
Welcome to Hard Times
Character:Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
Release Date:30/04/1967
A Covenant with Death
Character:Dietrich
Release Date:15/02/1967
The Fortune Cookie
Character:Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
Character:Joe Clausen
Release Date:01/08/1966
Scalplock
Character:Standish
Release Date:10/04/1966
The Hallelujah Trail
Character:Sgt. Buell
Release Date:23/06/1965
The Satan Bug
Character:Agent Reagan
Release Date:26/03/1965
For the Love of Willadean
Character:Farmer Wills
Release Date:08/03/1964
Ride the High Country
Character:Elder Hammond
Release Date:20/06/1962
Geronimo
Character:Jeremiah Burns
Release Date:27/04/1962
Walk on the Wild Side
Character:Preacher
Release Date:21/02/1962
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Character:Sailor (uncredited)
Release Date:29/12/1960
Psycho
Character:California Charlie
Release Date:22/06/1960
Last Train from Gun Hill
Character:Salesman
Release Date:29/07/1959
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Character:Doc
Release Date:03/03/1958
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Character:
Release Date:16/10/1951
Television Appearances
Quantum Leap
Character:Pat Knight
Annie McGuire
Character:
Aaron's Way
Character:
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Kevin Uxbridge
Jake and the Fatman
Character:Ace Thompson
Heart of the City
Character:Warren
Dream West
Character:Brig. Gen. Brooke
Matlock
Character:Sam Chandler
North and South
Character:William Hazard
MacGyver
Character:Harry Jackson
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Andrew Dixon
Hunter
Character:Winston Taggert
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Character:
Voyagers!
Character:
Matt Houston
Character:
Silver Spoons
Character:
Bret Maverick
Character:General Frye
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Character:
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Character:Col. Clayborn
Hart to Hart
Character:
Backstairs at the White House
Character:Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$weepstake$
Character:Thomas Singer
Dallas
Character:Dr. Herbert Styles
The Incredible Hulk
Character:Mike Calahan
Lou Grant
Character:Russell Grainger
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Character:Floyd Carrington
Quincy, M.E.
Character:Justin DeWilde
Quincy, M.E.
Character:Chief Frank Ollano
Quincy, M.E.
Character:Movie Director
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Character:Scotty
The Quest
Character:
Bronk
Character:Colonel Hecker
The Rockford Files
Character:Gerald A. O'Malley
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
Petrocelli
Character:Joshua Forbes
Kung Fu
Character:Jack Youngblood
Kung Fu
Character:Wray
Kung Fu
Character:Benjamin Dundee
M*A*S*H
Character:General Collins
The Bob Newhart Show
Character:
Emergency!
Character:Captain Bob Roberts
The Sixth Sense
Character:
Bearcats!
Character:Judge Juan O'Brien
Cannon
Character:
Here Come the Brides
Character:
Lancer
Character:
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Brig. General Earl Rigney
Mannix
Character:George Blake
Cimarron Strip
Character:
Occasional Wife
Character:
The Rat Patrol
Character:Major Indrus
The Rat Patrol
Character:Gen. Owen Lansbury
Felony Squad
Character:Lt. Mike Reineck
Tarzan
Character:
The F.B.I.
Character:Adam MacDonald
The F.B.I.
Character:Bollin
The Big Valley
Character:Matt Bentell
The Legend of Jesse James
Character:Moss Canby
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character:Rankin
My Favorite Martian
Character:Capt. Farrow
The Great Adventure
Character:Colonel Knowlton
Redigo
Character:
The Fugitive
Character:Justin Briggs
The Fugitive
Character:Ed Shrader
The Outer Limits
Character:Ebonite Interrogator
The Lieutenant
Character:Joe Hammond
Stoney Burke
Character:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Luke Hunter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Adam
The Virginian
Character:Major Cass
The Virginian
Character:Adam Tercell
The Virginian
Character:Jeremiah Chilton
The Virginian
Character:Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell
The Virginian
Character:Sam McLain
The Virginian
Character:Seth James
Sam Benedict
Character:James Bradley
Sam Benedict
Character:Jim Bradley
Ben Casey
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Vernon Hackett
87th Precinct
Character:
Cain's Hundred
Character:Kenneth Drake
Harrigan and Son
Character:Earl
Peter Loves Mary
Character:Bill Horton
Route 66
Character:
Stagecoach West
Character:Cole Dawson
The Westerner
Character:Leth Ritchie
Outlaws
Character:
Thriller
Character:Jacob Grant
The Tall Man
Character:
The Detectives
Character:
Adventures in Paradise
Character:Benson
The Rebel
Character:Ezra Taber
The Twilight Zone
Character:Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
The Twilight Zone
Character:Deidrich
The Twilight Zone
Character:Goldsmith
The Twilight Zone
Character:Gabriel
Johnny Ringo
Character:Cartwright
Law of the Plainsman
Character:Clyde Santee
Law of the Plainsman
Character:Matthew Bannock
Law of the Plainsman
Character:Jeb Wicken
Laramie
Character:
Bonanza
Character:Sam Masters
Bonanza
Character:Gorman
Black Saddle
Character:Clyde Wicker
Rawhide
Character:Captain James Rankin
Rawhide
Character:Maj. Cantwell
Bat Masterson
Character:Major Liam Mars
Lawman
Character:Hassayampa Edwards
Yancy Derringer
Character:Wayne Raven
The Rifleman
Character:
The Rifleman
Character:Samuel Gibbs
The Rifleman
Character:Owny Kincaid
Bronco
Character:
Peter Gunn
Character:
Steve Canyon
Character:Sergeant Bulla
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:Deputy Sheriff Fix
Sea Hunt
Character:
Trackdown
Character:
Trackdown
Character:McCall
The Walter Winchell File
Character:
Perry Mason
Character:George Andrews
Perry Mason
Character:Bud Ferrand
Perry Mason
Character:Dan O'Malley
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Fred Cooley
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Character:Paul Russell
Panic!
Character:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Fisk Madden
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Roy Kelsey
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Marshal Cal Lazenby
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:John Duncan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Nicholson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Attendant
Cheyenne
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Ben Siple
Gunsmoke
Character:Yermo
Gunsmoke
Character:Delliver
Gunsmoke
Character:Cheevers
Gunsmoke
Character:Pa Gibbijohn
Gunsmoke
Character:Les McConnell
Gunsmoke
Character:Roberts
Gunsmoke
Character:Jess Fletcher
Gunsmoke
Character:Amos Sadler
Gunsmoke
Character:Lemuel Cleary
Gunsmoke
Character:Adam Kimbro
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Virgil Earp
Lassie
Character:
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Amos Force
Inside Detective
Character:Theater manager
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