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John Anderson

John Anderson

Acting

October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992 (died at 69)
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Male
76 Movies
152 TV Shows

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)).

Psycho
Psycho

Psycho

1960 8.4

as California Charlie

Age 37 (now 69)
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue

1970 6.8

as Col. Iverson

Age 47 (now 69)
MacGyver
MacGyver

MacGyver

1985 7.7

as Harry Jackson

Age 62 (now 69)
5 eps
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

1962 7.1

as Elder Hammond

Age 39 (now 69)
5 Card Stud
5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud

1968 6.2

as Marshal Dana

Age 45 (now 69)
Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II

Smokey and the Bandit II

1980 5.5

as Governor

Age 57 (now 69)
Dallas
Dallas

Dallas

1978 6.8

as Dr. Herbert Styles

Age 55 (now 69)
7 eps
Executive Action
Executive Action

Executive Action

1973 6.5

as Halliday

Age 51 (now 69)
The Hallelujah Trail
The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

1965 6.1

as Sgt. Buell

Age 42 (now 69)
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970 6.2

as Capt. Bryce

Age 47 (now 69)
Last Train from Gun Hill
Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959 7.1

as Salesman

Age 36 (now 69)
Heaven with a Gun
Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

1969 5.5

as Ase Beck

Age 46 (now 69)
Day of the Evil Gun
Day of the Evil Gun

Day of the Evil Gun

1968 6.2

as Captain Jefferson Addis

Age 45 (now 69)
Young Billy Young
Young Billy Young

Young Billy Young

1969 6.0

as Boone

Age 46 (now 69)
Zoot Suit
Zoot Suit

Zoot Suit

1981 6.4

as Judge F.W. Charles

Age 58 (now 69)
Geronimo
Geronimo

Geronimo

1962 5.5

as Jeremiah Burns

Age 39 (now 69)