John Anderson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

224

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

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • 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

  • North and South

    North and South

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • 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

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • The Bob Newhart Show

    The Bob Newhart Show

  • The Rat Patrol

    The Rat Patrol

  • The Rat Patrol

    The Rat Patrol

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • I-Man

    I-Man

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

  • Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • Law of the Plainsman

    Law of the Plainsman

  • Sea Hunt

    Sea Hunt

  • Daddy

    Daddy

  • The Lieutenant

    The Lieutenant

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

  • Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

  • Bronk

    Bronk

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • My Favorite Martian

    My Favorite Martian

  • The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

  • The Stepmother

    The Stepmother

  • Silver Spoons

    Silver Spoons

  • American Harvest

    American Harvest

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • The Legend of Jesse James

    The Legend of Jesse James

  • Scalplock

    Scalplock

  • The Dove

    The Dove

  • Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

    Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

  • Heart of the City

    Heart of the City

  • Man and Boy

    Man and Boy

  • Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

  • Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • Yancy Derringer

    Yancy Derringer

  • 24 Hour Psycho

    24 Hour Psycho

  • The Walter Winchell File

    The Walter Winchell File

  • Young Billy Young

    Young Billy Young

  • Stagecoach West

    Stagecoach West

  • Namu, the Killer Whale

    Namu, the Killer Whale

  • Geronimo

    Geronimo

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The First Time

    The First Time

  • Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth

  • Here Come the Brides

    Here Come the Brides

  • Aaron's Way

    Aaron's Way

  • Deadly Innocents

    Deadly Innocents

  • 5 Card Stud

    5 Card Stud

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • The Westerner

    The Westerner

  • Death Among Friends

    Death Among Friends

  • Bret Maverick

    Bret Maverick

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Peter Loves Mary

    Peter Loves Mary

  • Occasional Wife

    Occasional Wife

  • Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

  • Backstairs at the White House

    Backstairs at the White House

  • Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

    Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

  • Smokey and the Bandit II

    Smokey and the Bandit II

  • Day of the Evil Gun

    Day of the Evil Gun

  • Soldier Blue

    Soldier Blue

  • Steve Canyon

    Steve Canyon

  • Redigo

    Redigo

  • Ride the High Country

    Ride the High Country

  • Harrigan and Son

    Harrigan and Son

  • Bearcats!

    Bearcats!

  • Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

    Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

  • Last Train from Gun Hill

    Last Train from Gun Hill

  • Bridger

    Bridger

  • Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out

  • Annie McGuire

    Annie McGuire

  • Rebel Range

    Rebel Range

  • The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

  • The Hallelujah Trail

    The Hallelujah Trail

  • The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

  • Inside Detective

    Inside Detective

  • Executive Action

    Executive Action

  • Never Too Young to Die

    Never Too Young to Die

  • The Satan Bug

    The Satan Bug

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

  • Dream West

    Dream West

  • Zoot Suit

    Zoot Suit

  • Heaven with a Gun

    Heaven with a Gun

  • Cotton Comes to Harlem

    Cotton Comes to Harlem

  • The Great Bank Robbery

    The Great Bank Robbery

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • Walk on the Wild Side

    Walk on the Wild Side

  • The Animals

    The Animals

  • In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

  • The Andersonville Trial

    The Andersonville Trial

  • A Man Called Gannon

    A Man Called Gannon

  • The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

  • Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

    Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

  • Call to Danger

    Call to Danger

  • Molly and Lawless John

    Molly and Lawless John

  • Heatwave!

    Heatwave!

  • Counselor at Crime

    Counselor at Crime

  • Smile Jenny, You're Dead

    Smile Jenny, You're Dead

  • Follow Your Heart

    Follow Your Heart

  • Bed of Lies

    Bed of Lies

  • Sins of the Past

    Sins of the Past

  • The True Story of Lynn Stuart

    The True Story of Lynn Stuart

  • In Search of Historic Jesus

    In Search of Historic Jesus

  • Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

    Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

  • The Lincoln Conspiracy

    The Lincoln Conspiracy

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • The Specialist

    The Specialist

  • Lincoln: Trial by Fire

    Lincoln: Trial by Fire

  • For the Love of Willadean

    For the Love of Willadean

  • Set This Town on Fire

    Set This Town on Fire

  • Missing Children: A Mother's Story

    Missing Children: A Mother's Story

  • Scorpion

    Scorpion

  • The Dark Side of Innocence

    The Dark Side of Innocence

  • The Force of Evil

    The Force of Evil

  • The Deerslayer

    The Deerslayer

  • Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

    Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

  • Dead Man on the Run

    Dead Man on the Run

  • The Last Hurrah

    The Last Hurrah