John Anderson
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)).
Acted in
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho
1993
as California Charlie (archive footage)
Bed of Lies
1992
as Price Daniel, Sr.
Daddy
1991
as George Watson
Babe Ruth
1991
as Judge Landis
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Wes Westerman
Follow Your Heart
1990
as Josh Lowe
Deadly Innocents
1989
as Gus
Quantum Leap
1989
as Pat Knight
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
as George Dutton
Annie McGuire
1988
Eight Men Out
1988
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Aaron's Way
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Kevin Uxbridge
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Ace Thompson
American Harvest
1987
as Judge Meriweather
Scorpion
1986
as Noel G. Koch
Heart of the City
1986
as Warren
Never Too Young to Die
1986
as Arliss
Dream West
1986
I-Man
1986
as Holbrook
Matlock
1986
North and South
1985
as William Hazard
MacGyver
1985
as Harry Jackson
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Andrew Dixon
Hunter
1984
as Winston Taggert
Sins of the Past
1984
as Rev. Donald Randolph
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Stanley Willard
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Silver Spoons
1982
Bret Maverick
1981
Zoot Suit
1981
as Judge F.W. Charles
Out of the Blue
1981
as T.V. Interviewer
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
as Governor
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Caiaphas
Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Shadow of Fear
1979
as Zook
The Deerslayer
1978
as Hutter
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978
as Patrick Breen
Dallas
1978
as Dr. Herbert Styles
The Last Hurrah
1977
as Amos Force
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
as Alexander Majors
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Mike Calahan
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
as Abraham Lincoln
Lou Grant
1977
The Force of Evil
1977
as Sheriff John Carrington
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
as Floyd Carrington
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Justin DeWilde
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Chief Frank Ollano
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Movie Director
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Scotty
Bridger
1976
as President Andrew Jackson
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
as Stephen Hancock
The Quest
1976
as Army Officer
The Quest
1976
The Specialist
1975
as Pike Smith
Bronk
1975
Dead Man on the Run
1975
as Jason Monroe
The Rockford Files
1974
as Gerald A. O'Malley
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Dove
1974
as Mike Turk
Manhunter
1974
as Aaron Denver
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
as Col. John Lockport
Heatwave!
1974
as Toler
Executive Action
1973
as Halliday
Counselor at Crime
1973
as Don Vito Albanese
Call to Danger
1973
Set This Town on Fire
1973
as Henry Kealey
Molly and Lawless John
1972
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
The Stepmother
1972
as Inspector Darnezi
Kung Fu
1972
Kung Fu
1972
as Wray
Kung Fu
1972
as Benjamin Dundee
M*A*S*H
1972
as General Collins
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Emergency!
1972
as Captain Bob Roberts
The Sixth Sense
1972
Bearcats!
1971
as Judge Juan O'Brien
Cannon
1971
Man and Boy
1971
as Stretch
Hitched
1971
as Jomer Cruett
Soldier Blue
1970
as Col. Iverson
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
as Capt. Bryce
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Ambrose Spencer
The Animals
1970
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
Young Billy Young
1969
as Boone
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Mayor Kincaid
Heaven with a Gun
1969
as Ase Beck
Here Come the Brides
1968
Lancer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
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
Mannix
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Dietrich
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Occasional Wife
1966
Felony Squad
1966
The Rat Patrol
1966
as Major Indrus
The Rat Patrol
1966
as Gen. Owen Lansbury
Tarzan
1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966
as Joe Clausen
Scalplock
1966
as Standish
The F.B.I.
1965
as Adam MacDonald
The F.B.I.
1965
as Bollin
The Big Valley
1965
as Matt Bentell
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Moss Canby
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Sgt. Buell
The Satan Bug
1965
as Agent Reagan
For the Love of Willadean
1964
as Farmer Wills
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Rankin
My Favorite Martian
1963
as Capt. Farrow
The Great Adventure
1963
as Colonel Knowlton
Redigo
1963
The Fugitive
1963
as Justin Briggs
The Fugitive
1963
as Ed Shrader
The Outer Limits
1963
as Ebonite Interrogator
The Lieutenant
1963
Stoney Burke
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Luke Hunter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Adam
The Virginian
1962
as Major Cass
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
Sam Benedict
1962
Ride the High Country
1962
as Elder Hammond
Geronimo
1962
as Jeremiah Burns
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Preacher
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Vernon Hackett
87th Precinct
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Kenneth Drake
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Sailor (uncredited)
Harrigan and Son
1960
as Earl
Route 66
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
as Cole Dawson
The Westerner
1960
as Leth Ritchie
Outlaws
1960
Thriller
1960
as Jacob Grant
The Tall Man
1960
Psycho
1960
as California Charlie
The Detectives
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Benson
The Rebel
1959
as Ezra Taber
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Deidrich
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Goldsmith
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Gabriel
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Cartwright
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Clyde Santee
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Matthew Bannock
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Jeb Wicken
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959
as Sam Masters
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
as Salesman
Black Saddle
1959
as Clyde Wicker
Rawhide
1959
as Captain James Rankin
Rawhide
1959
as Maj. Cantwell
Bat Masterson
1958
as Major Liam Mars
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Wayne Raven
The Rifleman
1958
The Rifleman
1958
as Samuel Gibbs
The Rifleman
1958
as Owny Kincaid
Bronco
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Deputy Sheriff Fix
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
as Doc
Sea Hunt
1958
Trackdown
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as George Andrews
Perry Mason
1957
as Bud Ferrand
Perry Mason
1957
as Dan O'Malley
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Paul Russell
Panic!
1957
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
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Nicholson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Attendant
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ben Siple
Gunsmoke
1955
as Yermo
Gunsmoke
1955
as Delliver
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
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Virgil Earp
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sgt. Duncan MacGregor
Lassie
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Amos Force
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
