John Anderson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-10-20
Day of Death
1992-08-07 (69 years old)
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)).
Known For
Acting
(1994)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
(1993)
24 Hour Psycho
as California Charlie (archive footage)
(1992)
Bed of Lies
as Price Daniel, Sr.
(1991)
Daddy
as George Watson
(1991)
Babe Ruth
as Judge Landis
(1991)
In Broad Daylight
as Wes Westerman
(1990)
Follow Your Heart
as Josh Lowe
(1989)
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
as George Dutton
(1989)
Deadly Innocents
as Gus
(1988)
Eight Men Out
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
(1987)
American Harvest
as Judge Meriweather
(1986)
Never Too Young to Die
as Arliss
(1986)
I-Man
as Holbrook
(1986)
Scorpion
as Noel G. Koch
(1984)
Sins of the Past
as Rev. Donald Randolph
(1982)
The First Time
as Paul Cooper
(1982)
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Stanley Willard
(1981)
Zoot Suit
as Judge F.W. Charles
(1981)
Out of the Blue
as T.V. Interviewer
(1980)
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Governor
(1979)
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Caiaphas
(1978)
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Patrick Breen
(1978)
The Deerslayer
as Hutter
(1977)
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Alexander Majors
(1977)
The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force
(1977)
The Force of Evil
as Sheriff John Carrington
(1977)
The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Abraham Lincoln
(1976)
The Quest
as Army Officer
(1976)
Bridger
as President Andrew Jackson
(1976)
The Dark Side of Innocence
as Stephen Hancock
(1975)
Dead Man on the Run
as Jason Monroe
(1975)
The Specialist
as Pike Smith
(1974)
The Dove
as Mike Turk
(1974)
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Col. John Lockport
(1974)
Heatwave!
as Toler
(1974)
Manhunter
as Aaron Denver
(1973)
Executive Action
as Halliday
(1973)
Counselor at Crime
as Don Vito Albanese
(1973)
Call to Danger
as Edward McClure
(1973)
Set This Town on Fire
as Henry Kealey
(1972)
Molly and Lawless John
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
(1972)
The Stepmother
as Inspector Darnezi
(1971)
Hitched
as Jomer Cruett
(1971)
Man and Boy
as Stretch
(1970)
Soldier Blue
as Col. Iverson
(1970)
The Animals
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
(1970)
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Capt. Bryce
(1970)
The Andersonville Trial
as Ambrose Spencer
(1969)
Young Billy Young
as Boone
(1969)
The Great Bank Robbery
as Mayor Kincaid
(1969)
Heaven with a Gun
as Ase Beck
(1968)
5 Card Stud
as Marshal Dana
(1968)
Day of the Evil Gun
as Captain Jefferson Addis
(1968)
A Man Called Gannon
as Capper
(1967)
Welcome to Hard Times
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
(1967)
A Covenant with Death
as Dietrich
(1966)
The Fortune Cookie
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
(1966)
Namu, the Killer Whale
as Joe Clausen
(1966)
Scalplock
as Standish
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as Sgt. Buell
(1965)
The Satan Bug
as Agent Reagan
(1964)
For the Love of Willadean
as Farmer Wills
(1962)
Geronimo
as Jeremiah Burns
(1962)
Ride the High Country
as Elder Hammond
(1962)
Walk on the Wild Side
as Preacher
(1960)
Psycho
as California Charlie
(1960)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Sailor (uncredited)
(1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Salesman
(1958)
(1951)
Crew
(2021)
John, 316
Story Editor
(1946)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Assistant Director