John Anderson
75 movies · 108 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 20, 1922
- Died
- Aug 7, 1992 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Clayton, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- John R. 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)).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
John Anderson: movies and TV shows
Acting (180)
- Upcoming Rebel Range
as Fisk Madden
- 1994 Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (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 Deadly Innocents
as Gus
- 1989
- 1989 Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
as George Dutton
- 1988
- 1988 Eight Men Out
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 American Harvest
as Judge Meriweather
- 1986 Scorpion
as Noel G. Koch
- 1986
- 1986 Never Too Young to Die
as Arliss
- 1986
- 1986 I-Man
as Holbrook
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 Sins of the Past
as Rev. Donald Randolph
- 1983
- 1982 Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Stanley Willard
- 1982 The First Time
as Paul Cooper
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 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
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 In Search of Historic Jesus
as Caiaphas
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 The Deerslayer
as Hutter
- 1978 Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Patrick Breen
- 1978
- 1977 The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force
- 1977 Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Alexander Majors
- 1977
- 1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Abraham Lincoln
- 1977
- 1977 The Force of Evil
as Sheriff John Carrington
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976 Bridger
as President Andrew Jackson
- 1976 The Dark Side of Innocence
as Stephen Hancock
- 1976 The Quest
as Army Officer
- 1976
- 1975 Death Among Friends
as Capt. Lewis
- 1975 The Specialist
as Pike Smith
- 1975
- 1975 Dead Man on the Run
as Jason Monroe
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974 The Dove
as Mike Turk
- 1974 Manhunter
as Aaron Denver
- 1974 Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Col. John Lockport
- 1974 Heatwave!
as Toler
- 1974 Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as President Lincoln
- 1973 Executive Action
as Halliday
- 1973 The Counsellor
as Don Vito Albanese
- 1973 Hitched
as Jomer Cruett
- 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
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 Man and Boy
as Stretch
- 1970 Soldier Blue
as Col. Iverson
- 1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Capt. Bryce
- 1970 The Andersonville Trial
as Ambrose Spencer
- 1970 The Animals
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
- 1969 Young Billy Young
as Boone
- 1969 The Great Bank Robbery
as Mayor Kincaid
- 1969
- 1969 Heaven with a Gun
as Ase Beck
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 5 Card Stud
as Marshal Dana
- 1968 A Man Called Gannon
as Capper
- 1968 Day of the Evil Gun
as Captain Jefferson Addis
- 1967
- 1967
- 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
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 Namu, the Killer Whale
as Joe Clausen
- 1966 Scalplock
as Standish
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 The Hallelujah Trail
as Sgt. Buell
- 1965 The Satan Bug
as Agent Reagan
- 1964 For the Love of Willadean
as Farmer Wills
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Virginian · TV
as Major Cass / Adam Tercell / Jeremiah Chilton / Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell / Sam McLain / Seth James · 6 episodes
- 1962
- 1962 Ride the High Country
as Elder Hammond
- 1962 Geronimo
as Jeremiah Burns
- 1962 Walk on the Wild Side
as Preacher
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Sailor (uncredited)
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Psycho
as California Charlie
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Last Train from Gun Hill
as Salesman
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · TV
as Fisk Madden / Roy Kelsey / Marshal Cal Lazenby / John Duncan · 4 episodes
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Gunsmoke · TV
as Ben Siple / Delliver / Yermo / Cheevers / Pa Gibbijohn / Les McConnell / Roberts / Jess Fletcher / Amos Sadler / Lemuel Cleary / Adam Kimbro · 12 episodes
- 1955
- 1954
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950
Behind the camera (3)
- 2021 John, 316
Story Editor
- 1965 The Guide
Producer's Assistant
- 1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Assistant Director