John Anderson

John Anderson

Date of Birth:

Oct 20, 1922

Place of Birth:

Clayton, Illinois, USA

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:

The Specialist The Specialist

1975

The True Story of Lynn Stuart The True Story of Lynn Stuart

1958

Cotton Comes to Harlem Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

The Dove The Dove

1974

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

1994

Never Too Young to Die Never Too Young to Die

1986

Babe Ruth Babe Ruth

1991

The Andersonville Trial The Andersonville Trial

1970

Day of the Evil Gun Day of the Evil Gun

1968

The Fortune Cookie The Fortune Cookie

1966

The Wackiest Ship in the Army The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

A Man Called Gannon A Man Called Gannon

1968

Smokey and the Bandit II Smokey and the Bandit II

1980

Missing Children: A Mother's Story Missing Children: A Mother's Story

1982

The Last Hurrah The Last Hurrah

1977

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

1977

The Hallelujah Trail The Hallelujah Trail

1965

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

1989

For the Love of Willadean For the Love of Willadean

1964

Bed of Lies Bed of Lies

1992

Scorpion Scorpion

1986

Bridger Bridger

1976

Out of the Blue Out of the Blue

1981

Hitched Hitched

1971

Dead Man on the Run Dead Man on the Run

1975

Sins of the Past Sins of the Past

1984

The Deerslayer The Deerslayer

1978

Counselor at Crime Counselor at Crime

1973

Deadly Innocents Deadly Innocents

1989

Call to Danger Call to Danger

1973

Walk on the Wild Side Walk on the Wild Side

1962

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

1978

American Harvest American Harvest

1987

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

Set This Town on Fire Set This Town on Fire

1973

24 Hour Psycho 24 Hour Psycho

1993

Young Billy Young Young Billy Young

1969

Scalplock Scalplock

1966

Namu, the Killer Whale Namu, the Killer Whale

1966

Zoot Suit Zoot Suit

1981

The Animals The Animals

1970

Smile Jenny, You're Dead Smile Jenny, You're Dead

1974

Geronimo Geronimo

1962

Ride the High Country Ride the High Country

1962

The Satan Bug The Satan Bug

1965

5 Card Stud 5 Card Stud

1968

Heaven with a Gun Heaven with a Gun

1969

Eight Men Out Eight Men Out

1988

I-Man I-Man

1986

Soldier Blue Soldier Blue

1970

Executive Action Executive Action

1973

The Stepmother The Stepmother

1972

The Lincoln Conspiracy The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977

Last Train from Gun Hill Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

Follow Your Heart Follow Your Heart

1990

A Covenant with Death A Covenant with Death

1967

In Search of Historic Jesus In Search of Historic Jesus

1979

Heatwave! Heatwave!

1974

Molly and Lawless John Molly and Lawless John

1972

The Dark Side of Innocence The Dark Side of Innocence

1976

Daddy Daddy

1991

The Quest The Quest

1976

The Force of Evil The Force of Evil

1977

Manhunter Manhunter

1974

The Great Bank Robbery The Great Bank Robbery

1969

Man and Boy Man and Boy

1971

Welcome to Hard Times Welcome to Hard Times

1967

In Broad Daylight In Broad Daylight

1991

Psycho Psycho

1960

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