John Anderson
Known for: Acting
Born: October 20, 1922
Died: August 7, 1992
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)).
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Filmography
75 movies · 108 TV shows, newest first
6.5
John, 316
2021
6.5
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
6.0
Bed of Lies
1992
4.8
Daddy
1991
6.0
Babe Ruth
1991
6.1
In Broad Daylight
1991
10.0
Follow Your Heart
1990
7.8
Deadly Innocents
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
4.8
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
19897.5
Annie McGuire
1988
6.8
Eight Men Out
19887.0
Aaron's Way
1988
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
9.0
American Harvest
1987
4.6
Scorpion
1986
7.5
Heart of the City
1986
4.7
Never Too Young to Die
1986
6.0
Dream West
1986
5.6
I-Man
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.5
North and South
1985
7.7
MacGyver
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.1
Hunter
1984
5.2
Sins of the Past
1984
6.7
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
7.5
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
4.0
The First Time
1982
7.6
Voyagers!
1982
6.3
Matt Houston
1982
6.3
Silver Spoons
1982
6.2
Bret Maverick
1981
6.4
Zoot Suit
1981
7.0
Out of the Blue
1981
5.5
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
6.8
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
5.9
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
4.8
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
6.1
Backstairs at the White House
1979NR
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1979
6.0
The Deerslayer
1978
9.0
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978
6.9
Dallas
1978
NR
The Last Hurrah
1977
7.0
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
6.0
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
7.4
Lou Grant
1977
6.0
The Force of Evil
1977
6.8
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
8.3
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
10.0
Bridger
1976
9.0
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
8.5
The Quest
1976
6.4
The Quest
1976
4.9
Death Among Friends
1975
4.7
The Specialist
1975
6.8
Bronk
1975
7.5
Dead Man on the Run
1975
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.2
Petrocelli
1974
6.7
The Dove
1974
6.7
Manhunter
1974
6.8
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
6.1
Heatwave!
1974
NR
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
6.5
Executive Action
1973
5.6
Counselor at Crime
1973
7.3
Hitched
1973
9.0
Call to Danger
1973
7.0
Set This Town on Fire
1973
3.3
Molly and Lawless John
1972
4.1
The Stepmother
1972
7.7
Kung Fu
1972
7.9
M*A*S*H
1972
7.5
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
8.0
Emergency!
1972
6.3
The Sixth Sense
1972
6.8
Bearcats!
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
6.7
Man and Boy
1971
6.8
Soldier Blue
1970
6.2
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
6.3
The Andersonville Trial
1970
3.9
The Animals
1970
5.9
Young Billy Young
1969
6.6
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
5.5
Heaven with a Gun
1969
6.9
Here Come the Brides
1968
5.6
Lancer
1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
6.3
5 Card Stud
1968
4.9
A Man Called Gannon
1968
6.2
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.3
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
4.8
A Covenant with Death
1967
7.2
The Fortune Cookie
1966
8.0
Occasional Wife
1966
7.2
The Rat Patrol
1966
6.5
Felony Squad
1966
6.9
Tarzan
1966
5.3
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966
6.8
Scalplock
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
6.2
The Big Valley
1965
5.8
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
6.1
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
6.1
The Satan Bug
1965
NR
The Guide
1965
6.0
For the Love of Willadean
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
6.2
My Favorite Martian
1963
10.0
The Great Adventure
1963
6.3
Redigo
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
6.8
Stoney Burke
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
6.7
Sam Benedict
1962
7.1
Ride the High Country
1962
5.5
Geronimo
1962
6.6
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
6.2
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
10.0
Harrigan and Son
1960
6.5
Peter Loves Mary
1960
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
7.0
The Westerner
1960
6.7
Outlaws
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.9
The Tall Man
1960
8.4
Psycho
1960
6.7
The Detectives
1959
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
5.1
The Rebel
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
6.7
Laramie
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
7.1
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
6.2
Black Saddle
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
6.2
Yancy Derringer
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
7.3
Steve Canyon
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
7.0
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
6.7
Sea Hunt
1958
6.9
Trackdown
1957
7.5
The Walter Winchell File
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
8.0
Panic!
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.3
Lassie
1954
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951NR
Inside Detective
1950
5.5
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
NR
Rebel Range
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