John Anderson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

222

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-10-20

Day of death

1992-08-07 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Clayton, Illinois, USA

John 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)).

Known For

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • The Bob Newhart Show

    The Bob Newhart Show

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • North and South

    North and South

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Sea Hunt

    Sea Hunt

  • The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

  • My Favorite Martian

    My Favorite Martian

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Silver Spoons

    Silver Spoons

  • Here Come the Brides

    Here Come the Brides

  • Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

  • The Rat Patrol

    The Rat Patrol

  • The Rat Patrol

    The Rat Patrol

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

  • Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

  • The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • Occasional Wife

    Occasional Wife

  • Yancy Derringer

    Yancy Derringer

  • The Hallelujah Trail

    The Hallelujah Trail

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

  • Smokey and the Bandit II

    Smokey and the Bandit II

  • The Lieutenant

    The Lieutenant

  • Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

    Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

  • Cotton Comes to Harlem

    Cotton Comes to Harlem

  • The Legend of Jesse James

    The Legend of Jesse James

  • Bronk

    Bronk

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • Heatwave!

    Heatwave!

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • The Walter Winchell File

    The Walter Winchell File

  • Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

  • Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out

  • The Lincoln Conspiracy

    The Lincoln Conspiracy

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

    Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

  • Heaven with a Gun

    Heaven with a Gun

  • The Westerner

    The Westerner

  • Bret Maverick

    Bret Maverick

  • Walk on the Wild Side

    Walk on the Wild Side

  • Peter Loves Mary

    Peter Loves Mary

  • The True Story of Lynn Stuart

    The True Story of Lynn Stuart

  • The Dove

    The Dove

  • I-Man

    I-Man

  • Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

    Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

  • Last Train from Gun Hill

    Last Train from Gun Hill

  • Dead Man on the Run

    Dead Man on the Run

  • The Last Hurrah

    The Last Hurrah

  • Rebel Range

    Rebel Range

  • Set This Town on Fire

    Set This Town on Fire

  • The Great Bank Robbery

    The Great Bank Robbery

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • Bearcats!

    Bearcats!

  • Heart of the City

    Heart of the City

  • The Dark Side of Innocence

    The Dark Side of Innocence

  • Stagecoach West

    Stagecoach West

  • Harrigan and Son

    Harrigan and Son

  • For the Love of Willadean

    For the Love of Willadean

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Backstairs at the White House

    Backstairs at the White House

  • Call to Danger

    Call to Danger

  • Aaron's Way

    Aaron's Way

  • Deadly Innocents

    Deadly Innocents

  • Zoot Suit

    Zoot Suit

  • A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

  • Bed of Lies

    Bed of Lies

  • The Satan Bug

    The Satan Bug

  • Redigo

    Redigo

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • Soldier Blue

    Soldier Blue

  • Ride the High Country

    Ride the High Country

  • Annie McGuire

    Annie McGuire

  • Follow Your Heart

    Follow Your Heart

  • Never Too Young to Die

    Never Too Young to Die

  • Young Billy Young

    Young Billy Young

  • The Specialist

    The Specialist

  • The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

  • The Deerslayer

    The Deerslayer

  • The First Time

    The First Time

  • Geronimo

    Geronimo

  • The Andersonville Trial

    The Andersonville Trial

  • A Man Called Gannon

    A Man Called Gannon

  • Scalplock

    Scalplock

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Counselor at Crime

    Counselor at Crime

  • The Force of Evil

    The Force of Evil

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

  • Daddy

    Daddy

  • Hang the Heart High

    Hang the Heart High

  • Namu, the Killer Whale

    Namu, the Killer Whale

  • Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

    Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

  • Sins of the Past

    Sins of the Past

  • In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

  • Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

  • Smile Jenny, You're Dead

    Smile Jenny, You're Dead

  • Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

    Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

  • American Harvest

    American Harvest

  • 24 Hour Psycho

    24 Hour Psycho

  • Scorpion

    Scorpion

  • Dream West

    Dream West

  • 5 Card Stud

    5 Card Stud

  • Executive Action

    Executive Action

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Molly and Lawless John

    Molly and Lawless John

  • Inside Detective

    Inside Detective

  • The Stepmother

    The Stepmother

  • Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth

  • Day of the Evil Gun

    Day of the Evil Gun

  • Man and Boy

    Man and Boy

  • The Animals

    The Animals

  • Bridger

    Bridger

  • Missing Children: A Mother's Story

    Missing Children: A Mother's Story

  • In Search of Historic Jesus

    In Search of Historic Jesus

  • Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

    Donner Pass: The Road to Survival