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John Anderson

John Anderson

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)).

Personal information

Birthday

1922-10-20

Birth Place

Clayton, Illinois, USA

Movies and TV shows :

24 Hour Psycho

24 Hour Psycho

1993

4.0

Movie
5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud

1968

6.2

Movie
poster

87th Precinct

1961

7.5

TV
A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death

1967

5.0

Movie
A Man Called Gannon

A Man Called Gannon

1968

4.5

Movie
poster

Aaron's Way

1988

5.0

TV
poster

Adventures in Paradise

1959

5.7

TV
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
American Harvest

American Harvest

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

Annie McGuire

1988

5.0

TV
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

1991

6.0

Movie
poster

Backstairs at the White House

1979

5.9

TV
poster

Bat Masterson

1958

6.3

TV
poster

Bearcats!

1971

6.2

TV
Bed of Lies

Bed of Lies

1992

0.0

Movie
poster

Ben Casey

1961

5.7

TV
poster

Black Saddle

1959

6.0

TV
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
poster

Bret Maverick

1981

4.0

TV
Bridger

Bridger

1976

0.0

Movie
poster

Bronco

1958

4.8

TV
poster

Bronk

1975

6.2

TV
poster

Cain's Hundred

1961

4.7

TV
Call to Danger

Call to Danger

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

Cannon

1971

6.5

TV
poster

Cheyenne

1955

5.8

TV
poster

Cimarron Strip

1967

5.0

TV
Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

6.3

Movie
Counselor at Crime

Counselor at Crime

1973

5.6

Movie
Daddy

Daddy

1991

4.4

Movie
poster

Dallas

1978

6.8

TV
Day of the Evil Gun

Day of the Evil Gun

1968

6.2

Movie
Dead Man on the Run

Dead Man on the Run

1975

6.0

Movie
Deadly Innocents

Deadly Innocents

1989

10.0

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
poster

Dream West

1986

5.0

TV
Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

1988

6.9

Movie
poster

Emergency!

1972

7.8

TV
Executive Action

Executive Action

1973

6.3

Movie
poster

Felony Squad

1966

7.0

TV
Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

1990

0.0

Movie
For the Love of Willadean

For the Love of Willadean

1964

6.0

Movie
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

1989

5.1

Movie
Geronimo

Geronimo

1962

5.3

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
poster

Harrigan and Son

1960

0.0

TV
poster

Hart to Hart

1979

6.8

TV
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
poster

Hawaii Five-O

1968

7.1

TV
poster

Heart of the City

1986

5.0

TV
Heatwave!

Heatwave!

1974

5.9

Movie
Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

1969

5.5

Movie
poster

Here Come the Brides

1968

6.0

TV
Hitched

Hitched

1971

6.0

Movie
poster

Hunter

1984

7.2

TV
I-Man

I-Man

1986

5.0

Movie
In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

1991

5.7

Movie
In Search of Historic Jesus

In Search of Historic Jesus

1979

4.3

Movie
poster

Inside Detective

0.0

TV
poster

Jake and the Fatman

1987

5.9

TV
poster

Johnny Ringo

1959

5.7

TV
poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

5.3

TV
poster

Kung Fu

1972

7.6

TV
poster

Lancer

1968

4.7

TV
poster

Laramie

1959

6.4

TV
poster

Lassie

1954

6.1

TV
Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

7.0

Movie
poster

Law of the Plainsman

1959

6.0

TV
poster

Little House on the Prairie

1974

8.0

TV
poster

Lou Grant

1977

7.2

TV
poster

M*A*S*H

1972

7.9

TV
poster

MacGyver

1985

7.7

TV
Man and Boy

Man and Boy

1971

6.0

Movie
Manhunter

Manhunter

1974

7.0

Movie
poster

Mannix

1967

6.7

TV
poster

Matlock

1986

7.2

TV
poster

Matt Houston

1982

6.2

TV
Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

1982

6.7

Movie
Molly and Lawless John

Molly and Lawless John

1972

3.0

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
poster

My Favorite Martian

1963

6.0

TV
Namu, the Killer Whale

Namu, the Killer Whale

1966

4.1

Movie
Never Too Young to Die

Never Too Young to Die

1986

4.6

Movie
poster

North and South

1985

7.4

TV
poster

Occasional Wife

1966

7.5

TV
Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1981

6.9

Movie
poster

Outlaws

1960

6.2

TV
poster

Panic!

1957

0.0

TV
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
poster

Peter Gunn

1958

6.5

TV
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

1977

7.0

Movie
Psycho

Psycho

1960

8.4

Movie
poster

Quantum Leap

1989

8.0

TV
poster

Quincy, M.E.

1976

7.5

TV
poster

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

1977

6.0

TV
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
poster

Redigo

1963

5.0

TV
poster

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

1976

8.6

TV
poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

6.2

TV
Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

1962

7.0

Movie
poster

Route 66

1960

6.4

TV
poster

Sam Benedict

1962

6.0

TV
Scalplock

Scalplock

1966

6.5

Movie
poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

6.4

TV
Scorpion

Scorpion

1986

4.3

Movie
poster

Sea Hunt

1958

6.5

TV
Set This Town on Fire

Set This Town on Fire

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

Silver Spoons

1982

6.3

TV
Sins of the Past

Sins of the Past

1984

5.0

Movie
Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

1974

6.1

Movie
Smokey and the Bandit II

Smokey and the Bandit II

1980

5.5

Movie
Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue

1970

6.9

Movie
poster

Stagecoach West

1960

6.0

TV
poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

8.4

TV
poster

Stoney Burke

1962

5.7

TV
poster

Tarzan

1966

6.7

TV
poster

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

1980

6.8

TV
poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

7.8

TV
The Andersonville Trial

The Andersonville Trial

1970

6.7

Movie
The Animals

The Animals

1970

4.1

Movie
poster

The Big Valley

1965

6.0

TV
poster

The Bob Newhart Show

1972

7.4

TV
The Dark Side of Innocence

The Dark Side of Innocence

1976

0.0

Movie
The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1978

5.0

Movie
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

6.6

Movie
poster

The Detectives

1959

5.6

TV
The Dove

The Dove

1974

6.5

Movie
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
The Force of Evil

The Force of Evil

1977

6.0

Movie
The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

1966

7.2

Movie
poster

The Fugitive

1963

7.2

TV
poster

The Great Adventure

1963

0.0

TV
The Great Bank Robbery

The Great Bank Robbery

1969

6.3

Movie
The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

6.0

Movie
poster

The Incredible Hulk

1977

7.2

TV
The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

1977

0.0

Movie
poster

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

4.8

TV
poster

The Lieutenant

1963

6.0

TV
poster

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

6.7

TV
The Lincoln Conspiracy

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977

5.6

Movie
poster

The Outer Limits

1963

7.8

TV
The Quest

The Quest

1976

10.0

Movie
poster

The Quest

1976

6.4

TV
poster

The Rat Patrol

1966

7.2

TV
poster

The Rebel

1959

5.3

TV
poster

The Rifleman

1958

7.0

TV
poster

The Rockford Files

1974

7.5

TV
The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug

1965

6.2

Movie
poster

The Sixth Sense

1972

6.3

TV
The Specialist

The Specialist

1975

3.5

Movie
The Stepmother

The Stepmother

1972

4.2

Movie
poster

The Tall Man

1960

6.3

TV
The True Story of Lynn Stuart

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

1958

6.3

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

6.0

Movie
poster

The Walter Winchell File

1957

5.0

TV
poster

The Westerner

1960

6.7

TV
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
poster

Thriller

1960

6.4

TV
poster

Trackdown

1957

6.4

TV
poster

Voyagers!

1982

7.5

TV
Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

1962

6.5

Movie
poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

6.9

TV
Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times

1967

5.0

Movie
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

1994

6.2

Movie
poster

Yancy Derringer

1958

6.0

TV
Young Billy Young

Young Billy Young

1969

5.8

Movie
Zoot Suit

Zoot Suit

1981

6.1

Movie