People
John Anderson
- Name: John Anderson
- Birthday: 1922-10-20
- Also known as: John R. Anderson
- Place of birth: Clayton, Illinois, USA
- Popularity: 7.437
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... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
| 24 Hour Psycho as California Charlie (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
| Bed of Lies as Price Daniel, Sr. | 1992-01-20 |
| Daddy as George Watson | 1991-10-23 |
| Babe Ruth as Judge Landis | 1991-10-06 |
| In Broad Daylight as Wes Westerman | 1991-02-03 |
| Follow Your Heart as Josh Lowe | 1990-04-02 |
| Deadly Innocents as Gus | 1989-06-01 |
| Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal as George Dutton | 1989-02-05 |
| Eight Men Out as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis | 1988-09-02 |
| American Harvest as Judge Meriweather | 1987-01-16 |
| Scorpion as Noel G. Koch | 1986-12-01 |
| Never Too Young to Die as Arliss | 1986-06-13 |
| I-Man as Holbrook | 1986-04-06 |
| Sins of the Past as Rev. Donald Randolph | 1984-04-02 |
| Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Stanley Willard | 1982-12-01 |
| Zoot Suit as Judge F.W. Charles | 1981-10-02 |
| Out of the Blue as T.V. Interviewer | 1981-04-29 |
| Smokey and the Bandit II as Governor | 1980-08-15 |
| In Search of Historic Jesus as Caiaphas | 1979-08-01 |
| Shadow of Fear as Zook | 1979-01-28 |
| The Deerslayer as Hutter | 1978-12-18 |
| Donner Pass: The Road to Survival as Patrick Breen | 1978-10-24 |
| The Last Hurrah as Amos Force | 1977-11-16 |
| Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Alexander Majors | 1977-11-05 |
| The Lincoln Conspiracy as Abraham Lincoln | 1977-10-01 |
| The Force of Evil as Sheriff John Carrington | 1977-03-13 |
| Bridger as President Andrew Jackson | 1976-09-10 |
| The Dark Side of Innocence as Stephen Hancock | 1976-05-20 |
| The Quest as Army Officer | 1976-05-13 |
| The Specialist as Pike Smith | 1975-05-01 |
| Dead Man on the Run as Jason Monroe | 1975-04-02 |
| The Dove as Mike Turk | 1974-06-16 |
| Manhunter as Aaron Denver | 1974-02-26 |
| Smile Jenny, You're Dead as Col. John Lockport | 1974-02-03 |
| Heatwave! as Toler | 1974-01-27 |
| Executive Action as Halliday | 1973-11-07 |
| Counselor at Crime as Don Vito Albanese | 1973-08-30 |
| Call to Danger | 1973-02-27 |
| Set This Town on Fire as Henry Kealey | 1973-01-08 |
| Molly and Lawless John as Sheriff Marvin Parker | 1972-12-01 |
| The Stepmother as Inspector Darnezi | 1972-10-26 |
| Man and Boy as Stretch | 1971-06-23 |
| Soldier Blue as Col. Iverson | 1970-08-12 |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem as Capt. Bryce | 1970-05-27 |
| The Andersonville Trial as Ambrose Spencer | 1970-05-17 |
| The Animals as Sheriff Allan Pierce | 1970-03-09 |
| Young Billy Young as Boone | 1969-10-15 |
| The Great Bank Robbery as Mayor Kincaid | 1969-06-24 |
| Heaven with a Gun as Ase Beck | 1969-05-20 |
| 5 Card Stud as Marshal Dana | 1968-07-28 |
| A Man Called Gannon as Capper | 1968-03-08 |
| Day of the Evil Gun as Captain Jefferson Addis | 1968-03-01 |
| Welcome to Hard Times as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple | 1967-04-30 |
| A Covenant with Death as Dietrich | 1967-02-15 |
| The Fortune Cookie as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) | 1966-10-19 |
| Namu, the Killer Whale as Joe Clausen | 1966-08-01 |
| Scalplock as Standish | 1966-04-10 |
| The Hallelujah Trail as Sgt. Buell | 1965-06-23 |
| The Satan Bug as Agent Reagan | 1965-03-26 |
| For the Love of Willadean as Farmer Wills | 1964-03-08 |
| Ride the High Country as Elder Hammond | 1962-06-20 |
| Geronimo as Jeremiah Burns | 1962-04-27 |
| Walk on the Wild Side as Preacher | 1962-03-21 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Sailor (uncredited) | 1960-12-29 |
| Psycho as California Charlie | 1960-06-22 |
| Last Train from Gun Hill as Salesman | 1959-07-29 |
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Doc | 1958-03-03 |
| The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | 1951-10-16 |
