John Anderson

John Anderson

b. 1922 — d. 1992 (aged 70) Clayton, Illinois, USA

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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

Psycho

Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

The Satan Bug

Eight Men Out

Filmography

Bed of Lies

Price Daniel, Sr.

In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

Daddy

Babe Ruth

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

Deadly Innocents

Deadly Innocents

American Harvest

American Harvest

Judge Meriweather

Never Too Young to Die

Never Too Young to Die

Scorpion

Maxwell Eaton II

MacGyver

Sins of the Past

Sins of the Past

Rev. Donald Randolph

The First Time

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Stanley Willard

The American Adventure

The American Adventure

Tom Cottle: Up Close

Zoot Suit

Judge F.W. Charles

Smokey and the Bandit II

Smokey and the Bandit II

In Search of Historic Jesus

In Search of Historic Jesus

The Deerslayer

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

The Force of Evil

The Force of Evil

Sheriff Floyd Carrington

The Lincoln Conspiracy

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Abraham Lincoln

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

Alexander Majors

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

The Quest

Bridger

President Andrew Jackson

The Dark Side of Innocence

The Dark Side of Innocence

Stephen Hancock

The Specialist

Death Among Friends

Death Among Friends

Dead Man on the Run

Dead Man on the Run

The Dove

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Col. John Lockport

Heatwave!

Manhunter

Lincoln: Trial by Fire

Lincoln: Trial by Fire

President Lincoln

Executive Action

Executive Action

Brock's Last Case

Brock's Last Case

Call to Danger

Set This Town on Fire

Set This Town on Fire

The Stepmother

Inspector Darnezi

Molly and Lawless John

Molly and Lawless John

Sheriff Marvin Parker

The Animals

Sheriff Allan Pierce

Bearcats!

Judge Juan O'Brien

Man and Boy

Soldier Blue

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Young Billy Young

Young Billy Young

Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

The Great Bank Robbery

The Great Bank Robbery

5 Card Stud

Day of the Evil Gun

Day of the Evil Gun

Captain Jefferson Addis

A Man Called Gannon

A Man Called Gannon

Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times

A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death

The Rat Patrol

Namu, the Killer Whale

Namu, the Killer Whale

Scalplock

Burton Standish

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

The Satan Bug

For the Love of Willadean

For the Love of Willadean

Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

Geronimo

Alcoa Premiere

King of Diamonds

King of Diamonds

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman

Matthew Bannock

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

Bread of Freedom

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