John Anderson
Age: 69 | From: Clayton, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1922-10-20 09:16:24
Death: 1992-08-07 09:16:24
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Clayton, Illinois, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 59
TV Involvements: 78
Most Famous Work
Biography
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)).
Most Famous Work
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Vernon Hackett
Hunter
(1984) Winston Taggert
Adventures in Paradise
(1959) Benson
The Fugitive
(1963) Ed Shrader
The Big Valley
(1965) Matt Bentell
Bat Masterson
(1958) Major Liam Mars
MacGyver
(1985) Harry Jackson
The Twilight Zone
(1959) GoldsmithActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | California Charlie (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | Price Daniel, Sr. | |
| 1991 | George Watson | |
| Judge Landis | ||
| Wes Westerman | ||
| 1990 | Josh Lowe | |
| 1989 | Gus | |
| Pat Knight | ||
| George Dutton | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Kevin Uxbridge | |
| Ace Thompson | ||
| Judge Meriweather | ||
| 1986 | Noel G. Koch | |
| N/A | ||
| Arliss | ||
| N/A | ||
| Holbrook | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | William Hazard | |
| Harry Jackson | ||
| 1984 | Winston Taggert | |
| Rev. Donald Randolph | ||
| 1983 | N/A | |
| 1982 | Stanley Willard | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| Judge F.W. Charles | ||
| T.V. Interviewer | ||
| 1980 | Governor | |
| N/A | ||
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Caiaphas | ||
| Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt | ||
| 1978 | Hutter | |
| Patrick Breen | ||
| Dr. Herbert Styles | ||
| 1977 | Amos Force | |
| Alexander Majors | ||
| Mike Calahan | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sheriff John Carrington | ||
| Floyd Carrington | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Justin DeWilde | ||
| Scotty | ||
| President Andrew Jackson | ||
| Stephen Hancock | ||
| N/A | ||
| Army Officer | ||
| 1975 | Pike Smith | |
| N/A | ||
| Jason Monroe | ||
| 1974 | Gerald A. O'Malley | |
| N/A | ||
| Mike Turk | ||
| Aaron Denver | ||
| Col. John Lockport | ||
| Toler | ||
| 1973 | Halliday | |
| Don Vito Albanese | ||
| N/A | ||
| Henry Kealey | ||
| 1972 | Sheriff Marvin Parker | |
| Inspector Darnezi | ||
| N/A | ||
| General Collins | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Judge Juan O'Brien | |
| N/A | ||
| Stretch | ||
| 1970 | Col. Iverson | |
| Capt. Bryce | ||
| Ambrose Spencer | ||
| Sheriff Allan Pierce | ||
| 1969 | Boone | |
| Mayor Kincaid | ||
| Ase Beck | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Brig. General Earl Rigney | ||
| Marshal Dana | ||
| Capper | ||
| Captain Jefferson Addis | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple | ||
| Dietrich | ||
| 1966 | Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Major Indrus | ||
| Gen. Owen Lansbury | ||
| N/A | ||
| Joe Clausen | ||
| Standish | ||
| 1965 | Adam MacDonald | |
| Bollin | ||
| Matt Bentell | ||
| Moss Canby | ||
| Sgt. Buell | ||
| Agent Reagan | ||
| 1964 | Farmer Wills | |
| 1963 | Rankin | |
| Colonel Knowlton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Justin Briggs | ||
| Ed Shrader | ||
| Ebonite Interrogator | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Adam | ||
| Luke Hunter | ||
| Major Cass | ||
| Adam Tercell | ||
| Jeremiah Chilton | ||
| Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell | ||
| Sam McLain | ||
| N/A | ||
| Elder Hammond | ||
| Jeremiah Burns | ||
| Preacher | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Vernon Hackett | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kenneth Drake | ||
| 1960 | Sailor (uncredited) | |
| Earl | ||
| N/A | ||
| Leth Ritchie | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jacob Grant | ||
| N/A | ||
| California Charlie | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Benson | ||
| Ezra Taber | ||
| Cartwright | ||
| Gabriel | ||
| Capt. 'Skipper' Farver | ||
| Deidrich | ||
| Goldsmith | ||
| Clyde Santee | ||
| Matthew Bannock | ||
| Jeb Wicken | ||
| N/A | ||
| Salesman | ||
| Clyde Wicker | ||
| Captain James Rankin | ||
| Maj. Cantwell | ||
| 1958 | Major Liam Mars | |
| Wayne Raven | ||
| N/A | ||
| Samuel Gibbs | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Deputy Sheriff Fix | ||
| Doc | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| George Andrews | ||
| Bud Ferrand | ||
| Dan O'Malley | ||
| N/A | ||
| Paul Russell | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1956 | Roy Kelsey | |
| Fisk Madden | ||
| Marshal Cal Lazenby | ||
| John Duncan | ||
| 1955 | Nicholson | |
| Attendant | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ben Siple | ||
| Yermo | ||
| Delliver | ||
| Cheevers | ||
| Pa Gibbijohn | ||
| Les McConnell | ||
| Roberts | ||
| Jess Fletcher | ||
| Amos Sadler | ||
| Lemuel Cleary | ||
| Adam Kimbro | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1954 | Sgt. Duncan MacGregor | |
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Amos Force | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Story Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
