About

Known credits:
73
Birthday:
1922-10-20
Place of birth:
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Website:
N/A

John Anderson

Overview

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)).

Known for

Acting
1994 Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone Actor Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) 59
Average
1993 24 Hour Psycho Actor California Charlie (archive footage) 58
Average
1992 Bed of Lies Actor Price Daniel, Sr. N/A
N/A
1991 Daddy Actor George Watson 58
Average
1991 Babe Ruth Actor Judge Landis 59
Average
1991 In Broad Daylight Actor Wes Westerman 59
Average
1990 Follow Your Heart Actor Josh Lowe N/A
N/A
1989 Deadly Innocents Actor Gus N/A
N/A
1989 Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal Actor George Dutton 59
Average
1988 Eight Men Out Actor Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis 62
Fair
1987 American Harvest Actor Judge Meriweather N/A
N/A
1986 Scorpion Actor Noel G. Koch 58
Average
1986 Never Too Young to Die Actor Arliss 57
Average
1986 Dream West Actor 69
Fair
1986 I-Man Actor Holbrook 58
Average
1984 Sins of the Past Actor Rev. Donald Randolph 58
Average
1982 Missing Children: A Mother's Story Actor Stanley Willard 59
Average
1981 Zoot Suit Actor Judge F.W. Charles 59
Average
1981 Out of the Blue Actor T.V. Interviewer 60
Fair
1980 Smokey and the Bandit II Actor Governor 57
Average
1979 In Search of Historic Jesus Actor Caiaphas 58
Average
1979 Backstairs at the White House Actor Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 68
Fair
1978 The Deerslayer Actor Hutter 58
Average
1978 Donner Pass: The Road to Survival Actor Patrick Breen N/A
N/A
1977 The Last Hurrah Actor Amos Force N/A
N/A
1977 Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion Actor Alexander Majors 58
Average
1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy Actor Abraham Lincoln 58
Average
1977 The Force of Evil Actor Sheriff John Carrington 59
Average
1976 Bridger Actor President Andrew Jackson N/A
N/A
1976 The Dark Side of Innocence Actor Stephen Hancock N/A
N/A
1976 The Quest Actor Army Officer 58
Average
1975 The Specialist Actor Pike Smith 59
Average
1975 Dead Man on the Run Actor Jason Monroe N/A
N/A
1974 The Dove Actor Mike Turk 59
Average
1974 Manhunter Actor Aaron Denver 59
Average
1974 Smile Jenny, You're Dead Actor Col. John Lockport 58
Average
1974 Heatwave! Actor Toler 58
Average
1973 Executive Action Actor Halliday 59
Average
1973 Counselor at Crime Actor Don Vito Albanese 58
Average
1973 Call to Danger Actor Edward McClure N/A
N/A
1973 Set This Town on Fire Actor Henry Kealey N/A
N/A
1972 Molly and Lawless John Actor Sheriff Marvin Parker 58
Average
1972 The Stepmother Actor Inspector Darnezi 58
Average
1971 Man and Boy Actor Stretch 58
Average
1971 Hitched Actor Jomer Cruett 58
Average
1970 Soldier Blue Actor Col. Iverson 61
Fair
1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem Actor Capt. Bryce 59
Average
1970 The Andersonville Trial Actor Ambrose Spencer 59
Average
1970 The Animals Actor Sheriff Allan Pierce 58
Average
1969 Young Billy Young Actor Boone 58
Average
1969 The Great Bank Robbery Actor Mayor Kincaid 58
Average
1969 Heaven with a Gun Actor Ase Beck 58
Average
1968 5 Card Stud Actor Marshal Dana 59
Average
1968 A Man Called Gannon Actor Capper 58
Average
1968 Day of the Evil Gun Actor Captain Jefferson Addis 59
Average
1967 Welcome to Hard Times Actor Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple 58
Average
1967 A Covenant with Death Actor Dietrich 58
Average
1966 The Fortune Cookie Actor Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) 63
Fair
1966 Namu, the Killer Whale Actor Joe Clausen 58
Average
1966 Scalplock Actor Standish 59
Average
1965 The Hallelujah Trail Actor Sgt. Buell 59
Average
1965 The Satan Bug Actor Agent Reagan 59
Average
1964 For the Love of Willadean Actor Farmer Wills 59
Average
1962 Ride the High Country Actor Elder Hammond 62
Fair
1962 Geronimo Actor Jeremiah Burns 58
Average
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Actor Preacher 59
Average
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army Actor Sailor (uncredited) 59
Average
1960 Psycho Actor California Charlie 83
Very good
1959 Last Train from Gun Hill Actor Salesman 62
Fair
1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart Actor Doc 59
Average
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Actor 60
Fair

Directing
1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Directing Assistant Director 58
Average

Writing
2021 John, 316 Writing Story Editor 58
Average