John Anderson
Acting
1922-10-20 · 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)).
Filmography
John, 316
2021 · Movie
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994 · Movie
Bed of Lies
1992 · Movie
Daddy
1991 · Movie
Babe Ruth
1991 · Movie
In Broad Daylight
1991 · Movie
Follow Your Heart
1990 · Movie
Deadly Innocents
1989 · Movie
Quantum Leap
1989 · Series
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989 · Movie
Annie McGuire
1988 · Series
Eight Men Out
1988 · Movie
Aaron's Way
1988 · Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Series
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Series
American Harvest
1987 · Movie
Scorpion
1986 · Movie
Heart of the City
1986 · Series
Never Too Young to Die
1986 · Movie
Dream West
1986 · Series
I-Man
1986 · Movie
Matlock
1986 · Series
North and South
1985 · Series
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Hunter
1984 · Series
Sins of the Past
1984 · Movie
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Series
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982 · Movie
The First Time
1982 · Movie
Voyagers!
1982 · Series
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Silver Spoons
1982 · Series
Bret Maverick
1981 · Series
Zoot Suit
1981 · Movie
Out of the Blue
1981 · Movie
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980 · Movie
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980 · Series
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979 · Series
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979 · Movie
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · Series
$weepstake$
1979 · Series
The Deerslayer
1978 · Movie
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978 · Movie
Dallas
1978 · Series
The Last Hurrah
1977 · Movie
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977 · Movie
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Series
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977 · Movie
Lou Grant
1977 · Series
The Force of Evil
1977 · Movie
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Series
Bridger
1976 · Movie
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976 · Movie
The Quest
1976 · Series
The Quest
1976 · Movie
Death Among Friends
1975 · Movie
The Specialist
1975 · Movie
Bronk
1975 · Series
Dead Man on the Run
1975 · Movie
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
Petrocelli
1974 · Series
The Dove
1974 · Movie
Manhunter
1974 · Movie
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974 · Movie
Heatwave!
1974 · Movie
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974 · Movie
Executive Action
1973 · Movie
Counselor at Crime
1973 · Movie
Hitched
1973 · Movie
Call to Danger
1973 · Movie
Set This Town on Fire
1973 · Movie
Molly and Lawless John
1972 · Movie
The Stepmother
1972 · Movie
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Series
Emergency!
1972 · Series
The Sixth Sense
1972 · Series
Bearcats!
1971 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
Man and Boy
1971 · Movie
Soldier Blue
1970 · Movie
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · Movie
The Andersonville Trial
1970 · Movie
The Animals
1970 · Movie
Young Billy Young
1969 · Movie
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Movie
Heaven with a Gun
1969 · Movie
Here Come the Brides
1968 · Series
Lancer
1968 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
5 Card Stud
1968 · Movie
A Man Called Gannon
1968 · Movie
Day of the Evil Gun
1968 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Series
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Movie
A Covenant with Death
1967 · Movie
The Fortune Cookie
1966 · Movie
Occasional Wife
1966 · Series
Felony Squad
1966 · Series
The Rat Patrol
1966 · Series
Tarzan
1966 · Series
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966 · Movie
Scalplock
1966 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
The Big Valley
1965 · Series
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Series
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Movie
The Satan Bug
1965 · Movie
The Guide
1965 · Movie
For the Love of Willadean
1964 · Movie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
My Favorite Martian
1963 · Series
The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
Redigo
1963 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
The Outer Limits
1963 · Series
The Lieutenant
1963 · Series
Stoney Burke
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Sam Benedict
1962 · Series
Ride the High Country
1962 · Movie
Geronimo
1962 · Movie
Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · Movie
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
87th Precinct
1961 · Series
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Series
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Movie
Harrigan and Son
1960 · Series
Peter Loves Mary
1960 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
Stagecoach West
1960 · Series
The Westerner
1960 · Series
Outlaws
1960 · Series
Thriller
1960 · Series
The Tall Man
1960 · Series
Psycho
1960 · Movie
The Detectives
1959 · Series
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
The Rebel
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Series
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Series
Laramie
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Movie
Black Saddle
1959 · Series
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Bat Masterson
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Series
The Rifleman
1958 · Series
Bronco
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
Steve Canyon
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958 · Movie
Sea Hunt
1958 · Series
Trackdown
1957 · Series
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
Panic!
1957 · Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
Lassie
1954 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Movie
Inside Detective
1950 · Series
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946 · Movie
Rebel Range
Movie