John Anderson
Acting
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)).
TV Shows(108)
Quantum Leap
Pat Knight
1989
Annie McGuire
1988
Aaron's Way
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kevin Uxbridge
1987
Jake and the Fatman
Ace Thompson
1987
Heart of the City
Warren
1986
Dream West
Brig. Gen. Brooke
1986
Matlock
Sam Chandler
1986
North and South
William Hazard
1985
MacGyver
Harry Jackson
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Andrew Dixon
1984
Hunter
Winston Taggert
1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Silver Spoons
Captain Stark
1982
Bret Maverick
General Frye
1981
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Col. Clayborn
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Backstairs at the White House
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1979
$weepstake$
Thomas Singer
1979
Dallas
Dr. Herbert Styles
1978
The Incredible Hulk
Mike Calahan
1977
Lou Grant
Russell Grainger
1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Floyd Carrington
1977
Quincy, M.E.
Justin DeWilde
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Scotty
1976
The Quest
1976
Bronk
Colonel Hecker
1975
The Rockford Files
Gerald A. O'Malley
1974
Little House on the Prairie
Amos Pike
1974
Petrocelli
Joshua Forbes
1974
Kung Fu
Jack Youngblood
1972
M*A*S*H
General Collins
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Emergency!
Captain Bob Roberts
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Bearcats!
Judge Juan O'Brien
1971
Cannon
1971
Here Come the Brides
1968
Lancer
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Brig. General Earl Rigney
1968
Mannix
George Blake
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Occasional Wife
1966
The Rat Patrol
Major Indrus
1966
Felony Squad
Lt. Mike Reineck
1966
Tarzan
1966
The F.B.I.
Adam MacDonald
1965
The Big Valley
Matt Bentell
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
Moss Canby
1965
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rankin
1963
My Favorite Martian
Capt. Farrow
1963
The Great Adventure
Colonel Knowlton
1963
Redigo
1963
The Fugitive
Justin Briggs
1963
The Outer Limits
Ebonite Interrogator
1963
The Lieutenant
Joe Hammond
1963
Stoney Burke
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Luke Hunter
1962
The Virginian
Major Cass
1962
Sam Benedict
James Bradley
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
Vernon Hackett
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Cain's Hundred
Kenneth Drake
1961
Harrigan and Son
Earl
1960
Peter Loves Mary
Bill Horton
1960
Route 66
1960
Stagecoach West
Cole Dawson
1960
The Westerner
Leth Ritchie
1960
Outlaws
1960
Thriller
Jacob Grant
1960
The Tall Man
1960
The Detectives
1959
Adventures in Paradise
Benson
1959
The Rebel
Ezra Taber
1959
The Twilight Zone
Goldsmith
1959
Johnny Ringo
Cartwright
1959
Law of the Plainsman
Clyde Santee
1959
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
Sam Masters
1959
Black Saddle
Clyde Wicker
1959
Rawhide
Captain James Rankin
1959
Bat Masterson
Major Liam Mars
1958
Lawman
Hassayampa Edwards
1958
Yancy Derringer
Wayne Raven
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Bronco
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Steve Canyon
Sergeant Bulla
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Deputy Sheriff Fix
1958
Sea Hunt
1958
Trackdown
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Perry Mason
George Andrews
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Paul Russell
1957
Panic!
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Fisk Madden
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Nicholson
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
Ben Siple
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Lassie
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Inside Detective
Theater manager
1950
Movies(74)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
1994
24 Hour Psycho
California Charlie (archive footage)
1993
Bed of Lies
Price Daniel, Sr.
1992
Daddy
George Watson
1991
Babe Ruth
Judge Landis
1991
In Broad Daylight
Wes Westerman
1991
Follow Your Heart
Josh Lowe
1990
Deadly Innocents
Gus
1989
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
George Dutton
1989
Eight Men Out
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1988
American Harvest
Judge Meriweather
1987
Scorpion
Noel G. Koch
1986
Never Too Young to Die
Arliss
1986
I-Man
Holbrook
1986
Sins of the Past
Rev. Donald Randolph
1984
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Stanley Willard
1982
The First Time
Paul Cooper
1982
Zoot Suit
Judge F.W. Charles
1981
Out of the Blue
T.V. Interviewer
1981
Smokey and the Bandit II
Governor
1980
In Search of Historic Jesus
Caiaphas
1979
The Deerslayer
Hutter
1978
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Patrick Breen
1978
The Last Hurrah
Amos Force
1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Alexander Majors
1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Abraham Lincoln
1977
The Force of Evil
Sheriff John Carrington
1977
Bridger
President Andrew Jackson
1976
The Dark Side of Innocence
Stephen Hancock
1976
The Quest
Army Officer
1976
Death Among Friends
Capt. Lewis
1975
The Specialist
Pike Smith
1975
Dead Man on the Run
Jason Monroe
1975
The Dove
Mike Turk
1974
Manhunter
Aaron Denver
1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Col. John Lockport
1974
Heatwave!
Toler
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
President Lincoln
1974
Executive Action
Halliday
1973
Counselor at Crime
Don Vito Albanese
1973
Hitched
Jomer Cruett
1973
Call to Danger
Edward McClure
1973
Set This Town on Fire
Henry Kealey
1973
Molly and Lawless John
Sheriff Marvin Parker
1972
The Stepmother
Inspector Darnezi
1972
Man and Boy
Stretch
1971
Soldier Blue
Col. Iverson
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Capt. Bryce
1970
The Andersonville Trial
Ambrose Spencer
1970
The Animals
Sheriff Allan Pierce
1970
Young Billy Young
Boone
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
Mayor Kincaid
1969
Heaven with a Gun
Ase Beck
1969
5 Card Stud
Marshal Dana
1968
A Man Called Gannon
Capper
1968
Day of the Evil Gun
Captain Jefferson Addis
1968
Welcome to Hard Times
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
1967
A Covenant with Death
Dietrich
1967
The Fortune Cookie
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
Joe Clausen
1966
Scalplock
Standish
1966
The Hallelujah Trail
Sgt. Buell
1965
The Satan Bug
Agent Reagan
1965
For the Love of Willadean
Farmer Wills
1964
Ride the High Country
Elder Hammond
1962
Geronimo
Jeremiah Burns
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
Preacher
1962
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Sailor (uncredited)
1960
Psycho
California Charlie
1960
Last Train from Gun Hill
Salesman
1959
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Doc
1958
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Rebel Range
Fisk Madden
The American Adventure
Mark Twain / Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)