John Anderson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 20, 1922
- Died
- August 7, 1992
- Birthplace
- Clayton, Illinois, USA
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)).
Filmography
Rebel Range TBA
as Fisk Madden
John, 316 2021
Story Editor
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone 1994
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
Bed of Lies 1992
as Price Daniel, Sr.
Daddy 1991
as George Watson
Babe Ruth 1991
as Judge Landis
In Broad Daylight 1991
as Wes Westerman
Follow Your Heart 1990
as Josh Lowe
Deadly Innocents 1989
as Gus
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal 1989
as George Dutton
Eight Men Out 1988
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American Harvest 1987
as Judge Meriweather
Scorpion 1986
as Noel G. Koch
Never Too Young to Die 1986
as Arliss
I-Man 1986
as Holbrook
Sins of the Past 1984
as Rev. Donald Randolph
Missing Children: A Mother's Story 1982
as Stanley Willard
The First Time 1982
as Paul Cooper
Zoot Suit 1981
as Judge F.W. Charles
Out of the Blue 1981
as T.V. Interviewer
Smokey and the Bandit II 1980
as Governor
In Search of Historic Jesus 1979
as Caiaphas
The Deerslayer 1978
as Hutter
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival 1978
as Patrick Breen
The Last Hurrah 1977
as Amos Force
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion 1977
as Alexander Majors
The Lincoln Conspiracy 1977
as Abraham Lincoln
The Force of Evil 1977
as Sheriff John Carrington
Bridger 1976
as President Andrew Jackson
The Dark Side of Innocence 1976
as Stephen Hancock
The Quest 1976
as Army Officer
Death Among Friends 1975
as Capt. Lewis
The Specialist 1975
as Pike Smith
Dead Man on the Run 1975
as Jason Monroe
The Dove 1974
as Mike Turk
Manhunter 1974
as Aaron Denver
Smile Jenny, You're Dead 1974
as Col. John Lockport
Heatwave! 1974
as Toler
Lincoln: Trial by Fire 1974
as President Lincoln
Executive Action 1973
as Halliday
The Counsellor 1973
as Don Vito Albanese
Hitched 1973
as Jomer Cruett
Call to Danger 1973
as Edward McClure
Set This Town on Fire 1973
as Henry Kealey
Molly and Lawless John 1972
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
The Stepmother 1972
as Inspector Darnezi
Man and Boy 1971
as Stretch
Soldier Blue 1970
as Col. Iverson
Cotton Comes to Harlem 1970
as Capt. Bryce
The Andersonville Trial 1970
as Ambrose Spencer
The Animals 1970
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
Young Billy Young 1969
as Boone
The Great Bank Robbery 1969
as Mayor Kincaid
Heaven with a Gun 1969
as Ase Beck
5 Card Stud 1968
as Marshal Dana
A Man Called Gannon 1968
as Capper
Day of the Evil Gun 1968
as Captain Jefferson Addis
Welcome to Hard Times 1967
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
A Covenant with Death 1967
as Dietrich
The Fortune Cookie 1966
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Namu, the Killer Whale 1966
as Joe Clausen
Scalplock 1966
as Standish
The Hallelujah Trail 1965
as Sgt. Buell
The Satan Bug 1965
as Agent Reagan
The Guide 1965
Producer's Assistant
For the Love of Willadean 1964
as Farmer Wills
Ride the High Country 1962
as Elder Hammond
Geronimo 1962
as Jeremiah Burns
Walk on the Wild Side 1962
as Preacher
The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1960
as Sailor (uncredited)
Psycho 1960
as California Charlie
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959
as Salesman
The True Story of Lynn Stuart 1958
as Doc
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 1951
Actor
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946
Assistant Director
Credits from TMDB.