John Anderson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-10-20
Place of Birth
Clayton, Illinois, USA
John Anderson
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)).
Also Known For
Psycho
Jun 22, 1960
Heaven with a Gun
May 20, 1969
5 Card Stud
Jul 28, 1968
The Satan Bug
Mar 26, 1965
Eight Men Out
Sep 02, 1988
I-Man
Apr 06, 1986
Executive Action
Nov 07, 1973
Soldier Blue
Aug 12, 1970
Ride the High Country
Jun 20, 1962
Geronimo
Apr 27, 1962
Scalplock
Apr 10, 1966
Young Billy Young
Oct 15, 1969
24 Hour Psycho
Jan 01, 1993
Namu, the Killer Whale
Aug 01, 1966
Zoot Suit
Oct 02, 1981
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Feb 03, 1974
The Animals
Mar 09, 1970
The Stepmother
Oct 26, 1972
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Oct 01, 1977
Manhunter
Feb 26, 1974
The Force of Evil
Mar 13, 1977
The Great Bank Robbery
Jun 24, 1969
Man and Boy
Jun 23, 1971
In Broad Daylight
Feb 03, 1991
Welcome to Hard Times
Apr 30, 1967
The Quest
May 13, 1976
Daddy
Oct 23, 1991
A Covenant with Death
Feb 15, 1967
Follow Your Heart
Apr 02, 1990
Last Train from Gun Hill
Jul 29, 1959
In Search of Historic Jesus
Aug 01, 1979
Heatwave!
Jan 27, 1974
The Dark Side of Innocence
May 20, 1976
Molly and Lawless John
Dec 01, 1972
Set This Town on Fire
Jan 08, 1973
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Oct 16, 1951
A Man Called Gannon
Mar 08, 1968
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Dec 29, 1960
The Fortune Cookie
Oct 19, 1966
Smokey and the Bandit II
Aug 15, 1980
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Dec 01, 1982
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Nov 05, 1977
The Last Hurrah
Nov 16, 1977
Day of the Evil Gun
Mar 01, 1968
The Andersonville Trial
May 17, 1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
May 27, 1970
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Mar 03, 1958
The Specialist
May 01, 1975
The Dove
Jun 16, 1974
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Jul 01, 1994
Babe Ruth
Oct 06, 1991
Never Too Young to Die
Jun 13, 1986
The Hallelujah Trail
Jun 23, 1965
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
Feb 05, 1989
Deadly Innocents
Jun 01, 1989
Counselor at Crime
Aug 30, 1973
Call to Danger
Feb 27, 1973
Walk on the Wild Side
Mar 21, 1962
American Harvest
Jan 16, 1987
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Oct 24, 1978
The Deerslayer
Dec 18, 1978
Sins of the Past
Apr 02, 1984
Scorpion
Dec 01, 1986
Bed of Lies
Jan 20, 1992
For the Love of Willadean
Mar 08, 1964
Bridger
Sep 10, 1976
Out of the Blue
Apr 15, 1981
Dead Man on the Run
Apr 02, 1975
Hitched
Mar 31, 1971
The First Time
Nov 08, 1982
Rebel Range
M*A*S*H
Sep 17, 1972
Cheyenne
Sep 20, 1955
Trackdown
Oct 04, 1957
Cain's Hundred
Sep 19, 1961
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Jan 27, 1980
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sep 28, 1987
Kung Fu
Oct 14, 1972
The Great Adventure
Sep 27, 1963
Little House on the Prairie
Sep 11, 1974
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Oct 10, 1963
The F.B.I.
Sep 19, 1965
Silver Spoons
Sep 25, 1982
Matlock
Mar 03, 1986
Hawaii Five-O
Sep 20, 1968
Route 66
Oct 07, 1960
The Bob Newhart Show
Sep 16, 1972
The Twilight Zone
Oct 02, 1959
The Twilight Zone
Oct 02, 1959
The Twilight Zone
Oct 02, 1959
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Oct 03, 1983
MacGyver
Sep 29, 1985
Quantum Leap
Mar 26, 1989
Hart to Hart
Sep 22, 1979
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Perry Mason
Sep 21, 1957
Lassie
Sep 12, 1954
Voyagers!
Oct 03, 1982
Cannon
Sep 14, 1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Hunter
Sep 18, 1984
The Twilight Zone
Oct 02, 1959
Backstairs at the White House
Jan 29, 1979
Dallas
Apr 02, 1978
Sea Hunt
Jan 04, 1958
The Tall Man
Sep 10, 1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Oct 02, 1955
87th Precinct
Sep 25, 1961
The Quest
May 13, 1976
Redigo
Sep 24, 1963
Outlaws
Sep 26, 1960
Felony Squad
Sep 12, 1966
Aaron's Way
Mar 09, 1988
Rawhide
Jan 09, 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sep 14, 1957
Cimarron Strip
Sep 07, 1967
The Fugitive
Sep 17, 1963
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
Lancer
Sep 24, 1968
Thriller
Sep 13, 1960
Yancy Derringer
Oct 02, 1958
Peter Gunn
Sep 22, 1958
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Sep 06, 1955
Matt Houston
Sep 26, 1982
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Jul 01, 1957
The Big Valley
Sep 15, 1965
Here Come the Brides
Sep 25, 1968
Adventures in Paradise
Oct 05, 1959
Bronco
Sep 23, 1958
Tarzan
Sep 08, 1966
Occasional Wife
Sep 13, 1966
The Sixth Sense
Jan 15, 1972
Black Saddle
Jan 10, 1959
The Rebel
Oct 04, 1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sep 06, 1958
The Rifleman
Sep 30, 1958
Bat Masterson
Oct 08, 1958
Ben Casey
Oct 02, 1961
The Rat Patrol
Sep 12, 1966
Laramie
Sep 15, 1959
Law of the Plainsman
Oct 01, 1959
The Detectives
Oct 16, 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Oct 05, 1956
Heart of the City
Sep 20, 1986
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Oct 05, 1956
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Feb 02, 1977
Stoney Burke
Oct 01, 1962
Johnny Ringo
Oct 02, 1959
The Legend of Jesse James
Sep 13, 1965
Annie McGuire
Oct 26, 1988
Dr. Kildare
Sep 27, 1961
The Walter Winchell File
Oct 02, 1957
The Outer Limits
Sep 16, 1963
The Fugitive
Sep 17, 1963
Panic!
Mar 05, 1957
Dream West
Apr 13, 1986
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Oct 05, 1956
North and South
Nov 03, 1985
Law of the Plainsman
Oct 01, 1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
Oct 27, 1954
Rawhide
Jan 09, 1959
The F.B.I.
Sep 19, 1965
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
Law of the Plainsman
Oct 01, 1959
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Harrigan and Son
Oct 14, 1960
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Oct 05, 1956
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Sep 21, 1976
Perry Mason
Sep 21, 1957
The Rat Patrol
Sep 12, 1966
Perry Mason
Sep 21, 1957
Quincy, M.E.
Oct 03, 1976
The Rifleman
Sep 30, 1958
Bearcats!
Sep 16, 1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
The Rockford Files
Sep 13, 1974
Jake and the Fatman
Sep 26, 1987
Murder, She Wrote
Sep 30, 1984
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Sep 06, 1955
Kung Fu
Oct 14, 1972
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Oct 02, 1955
Quincy, M.E.
Oct 03, 1976
Emergency!
Jan 22, 1972
My Favorite Martian
Sep 29, 1963
The Incredible Hulk
Nov 04, 1977
Quincy, M.E.
Oct 03, 1976
Stagecoach West
Oct 04, 1960
The Westerner
Sep 30, 1960
Bonanza
Sep 12, 1959
The Rifleman
Sep 30, 1958
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sep 20, 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sep 20, 1962
Kung Fu
Oct 14, 1972
Bonanza
Sep 12, 1959
Trackdown
Oct 04, 1957
Bret Maverick
Dec 01, 1981
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Sep 25, 1979
Bronk
Apr 17, 1975
Inside Detective
Jan 07, 1950
Lou Grant
Sep 20, 1977
Peter Loves Mary
Oct 12, 1960
Sam Benedict
Sep 15, 1962
Petrocelli
Sep 11, 1974
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sep 14, 1957
Mannix
Sep 16, 1967
