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…
Known For
Psycho
California Charlie
The Fortune Cookie
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Ride the High Country
Elder Hammond
Eight Men Out
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Last Train from Gun Hill
Salesman
Soldier Blue
Col. Iverson
Smokey and the Bandit II
Governor
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
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Filmography
Acting (181)
Movies (73)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho
1993as California Charlie (archive footage)
Bed of Lies
1992as Price Daniel, Sr.
Babe Ruth
1991as Judge Landis
Daddy
1991as George Watson
In Broad Daylight
1991as Wes Westerman
Follow Your Heart
1990as Josh Lowe
Deadly Innocents
1989as Gus
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989as George Dutton
Eight Men Out
1988as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American Harvest
1987as Judge Meriweather
I-Man
1986as Holbrook
Never Too Young to Die
1986as Arliss
Scorpion
1986as Noel G. Koch
Sins of the Past
1984as Rev. Donald Randolph
The First Time
1982as Paul Cooper
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982as Stanley Willard
Zoot Suit
1981as Judge F.W. Charles
Out of the Blue
1981as T.V. Interviewer
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980as Governor
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979as Caiaphas
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978as Patrick Breen
The Deerslayer
1978as Hutter
The Force of Evil
1977as Sheriff John Carrington
The Last Hurrah
1977as Amos Force
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977as Abraham Lincoln
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977as Alexander Majors
The Quest
1976as Army Officer
Bridger
1976as President Andrew Jackson
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976as Stephen Hancock
Dead Man on the Run
1975as Jason Monroe
Death Among Friends
1975as Capt. Lewis
The Specialist
1975as Pike Smith
Manhunter
1974as Aaron Denver
The Dove
1974as Mike Turk
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974as President Lincoln
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974as Col. John Lockport
Heatwave!
1974as Toler
Executive Action
1973as Halliday
Counselor at Crime
1973as Don Vito Albanese
Hitched
1973as Jomer Cruett
Call to Danger
1973as Edward McClure
Set This Town on Fire
1973as Henry Kealey
The Stepmother
1972as Inspector Darnezi
Molly and Lawless John
1972as Sheriff Marvin Parker
Man and Boy
1971as Stretch
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970as Capt. Bryce
Soldier Blue
1970as Col. Iverson
The Animals
1970as Sheriff Allan Pierce
The Andersonville Trial
1970as Ambrose Spencer
Young Billy Young
1969as Boone
Heaven with a Gun
1969as Ase Beck
The Great Bank Robbery
1969as Mayor Kincaid
5 Card Stud
1968as Marshal Dana
Day of the Evil Gun
1968as Captain Jefferson Addis
A Man Called Gannon
1968as Capper
A Covenant with Death
1967as Dietrich
Welcome to Hard Times
1967as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
The Fortune Cookie
1966as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Scalplock
1966as Standish
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966as Joe Clausen
The Hallelujah Trail
1965as Sgt. Buell
The Satan Bug
1965as Agent Reagan
For the Love of Willadean
1964as Farmer Wills
Geronimo
1962as Jeremiah Burns
Walk on the Wild Side
1962as Preacher
Ride the High Country
1962as Elder Hammond
Psycho
1960as California Charlie
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960as Sailor (uncredited)
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959as Salesman
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958as Doc
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Rebel Range
as Fisk Madden
Television (108)
Quantum Leap
1989as Pat Knight
Aaron's Way
1988 Annie McGuire
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987as Kevin Uxbridge
Jake and the Fatman
1987as Ace Thompson
Matlock
1986as Sam Chandler
Heart of the City
1986as Warren
Dream West
1986as Brig. Gen. Brooke
MacGyver
1985as Harry Jackson
North and South
1985as William Hazard
Murder, She Wrote
1984as Andrew Dixon
Hunter
1984as Winston Taggert
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Silver Spoons
1982
Voyagers!
1982
Bret Maverick
1981as General Frye
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979as Col. Clayborn
$weepstake$
1979as Thomas Singer
Backstairs at the White House
1979as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dallas
1978as Dr. Herbert Styles
Lou Grant
1977as Russell Grainger
The Incredible Hulk
1977as Mike Calahan
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977as Floyd Carrington
Quincy, M.E.
1976as Movie Director
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976as Scotty
The Quest
1976
Bronk
1975as Colonel Hecker
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Rockford Files
1974as Gerald A. O'Malley
Petrocelli
1974as Joshua Forbes
M*A*S*H
1972as General Collins
Emergency!
1972as Captain Bob Roberts
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Kung Fu
1972as Benjamin Dundee
Cannon
1971
Bearcats!
1971as Judge Juan O'Brien
Hawaii Five-O
1968as Brig. General Earl Rigney
Lancer
1968
Here Come the Brides
1968
Mannix
1967as George Blake
Cimarron Strip
1967
Felony Squad
1966as Lt. Mike Reineck
The Rat Patrol
1966as Major Indrus
Tarzan
1966
Occasional Wife
1966
The F.B.I.
1965as Adam MacDonald
The Big Valley
1965as Matt Bentell
The Legend of Jesse James
1965as Moss Canby
The Fugitive
1963as Ed Shrader
The Outer Limits
1963as Ebonite Interrogator
My Favorite Martian
1963as Capt. Farrow
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963as Rankin
The Great Adventure
1963as Colonel Knowlton
The Lieutenant
1963as Joe Hammond
Redigo
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962as Adam
The Virginian
1962as Major Cass
Sam Benedict
1962as James Bradley
Stoney Burke
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961as Vernon Hackett
Ben Casey
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961as Kenneth Drake
87th Precinct
1961
Route 66
1960
Thriller
1960as Jacob Grant
The Tall Man
1960
Outlaws
1960
Stagecoach West
1960as Cole Dawson
Peter Loves Mary
1960as Bill Horton
Harrigan and Son
1960as Earl
The Westerner
1960as Leth Ritchie
Bonanza
1959as Gorman
The Twilight Zone
1959as Gabriel
Rawhide
1959as Captain James Rankin
Laramie
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959as Benson
The Detectives
1959
The Rebel
1959as Ezra Taber
Johnny Ringo
1959as Cartwright
Black Saddle
1959as Clyde Wicker
Law of the Plainsman
1959as Clyde Santee
Sea Hunt
1958
The Rifleman
1958as Owny Kincaid
Bat Masterson
1958as Major Liam Mars
Lawman
1958as Hassayampa Edwards
Bronco
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Deputy Sheriff Fix
Peter Gunn
1958
Steve Canyon
1958as Sergeant Bulla
Yancy Derringer
1958as Wayne Raven
Perry Mason
1957as George Andrews
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Fred Cooley
Trackdown
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957as Paul Russell
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Panic!
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Roy Kelsey
Cheyenne
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Attendant
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955as Virgil Earp
Gunsmoke
1955as Ben Siple
Lassie
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 Inside Detective
1950as Theater manager
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