Biography
John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 β 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
all 174
TV Shows 103
Movies 71
John, 316 (2021)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)
24 Hour Psycho (1993)
Bed of Lies (1992)
Daddy (1991)
Babe Ruth (1991)
In Broad Daylight (1991)
Follow Your Heart (1990)
Deadly Innocents (1989)
Quantum Leap (1989)
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal (1989)
Annie McGuire (1988)
Eight Men Out (1988)
Aaron's Way (1988)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
American Harvest (1987)
Scorpion (1986)
Heart of the City (1986)
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
Dream West (1986)
I-Man (1986)
Matlock (1986)
North and South (1985)
MacGyver (1985)
Amerasia (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Hunter (1984)
Sins of the Past (1984)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982)
Voyagers! (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
Silver Spoons (1982)
Bret Maverick (1981)
Zoot Suit (1981)
Out of the Blue (1981)
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980)
Hart to Hart (1979)
In Search of Historic Jesus (1979)
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
The Deerslayer (1978)
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978)
Dallas (1978)
The Last Hurrah (1977)
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977)
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
Lou Grant (1977)
The Force of Evil (1977)
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
Bridger (1976)
The Dark Side of Innocence (1976)
The Quest (1976)
The Quest (1976)
Death Among Friends (1975)
The Specialist (1975)
Bronk (1975)
Dead Man on the Run (1975)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
The Dove (1974)
Manhunter (1974)
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
Heatwave! (1974)
Executive Action (1973)
Counselor at Crime (1973)
Call to Danger (1973)
Set This Town on Fire (1973)
Molly and Lawless John (1972)
The Stepmother (1972)
Kung Fu (1972)
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Emergency! (1972)
The Sixth Sense (1972)
Bearcats! (1971)
Cannon (1971)
Man and Boy (1971)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
The Animals (1970)
Young Billy Young (1969)
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
Heaven with a Gun (1969)
Here Come the Brides (1968)
Lancer (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
5 Card Stud (1968)
A Man Called Gannon (1968)
Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Cimarron Strip (1967)
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
A Covenant with Death (1967)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Occasional Wife (1966)
The Rat Patrol (1966)
Felony Squad (1966)
Tarzan (1966)
Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)
Scalplock (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Big Valley (1965)
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
The Satan Bug (1965)
For the Love of Willadean (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
My Favorite Martian (1963)
The Great Adventure (1963)
Redigo (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
The Outer Limits (1963)
The Lieutenant (1963)
Stoney Burke (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Sam Benedict (1962)
Ride the High Country (1962)
Geronimo (1962)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Alcoa Premiere (1961)
Ben Casey (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
Harrigan and Son (1960)
Route 66 (1960)
The Westerner (1960)
Outlaws (1960)
Thriller (1960)
The Tall Man (1960)
Psycho (1960)
The Detectives (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The Rebel (1959)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Law of the Plainsman (1959)
Laramie (1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Bat Masterson (1958)
The Rough Riders (1958)
Yancy Derringer (1958)
The Rifleman (1958)
Bronco (1958)
Peter Gunn (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)
Sea Hunt (1958)
Trackdown (1957)
The Walter Winchell File (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Panic! (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
Lassie (1954)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
Inside Detective
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-10-20
Deathday1992-08-07 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceClayton, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn R. Anderson
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