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John Anderson
Born October 20, 1922Died August 07, 1992
Place of birth: 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 co...
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Filmography
Actor (224 credits)
Movies
Wyatt Earp: Return to TombstoneVirgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
1994
24 Hour PsychoCalifornia Charlie (archive footage)
1993
Bed of LiesPrice Daniel, Sr.
1992
In Broad DaylightWes Westerman
1991
DaddyGeorge Watson
1991
Babe RuthJudge Landis
1991
Follow Your HeartJosh Lowe
1990
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes ScandalGeorge Dutton
1989
Deadly InnocentsGus
1989
Eight Men OutJudge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1988
American HarvestJudge Meriweather
1987
I-ManHolbrook
1986
Never Too Young to DieArliss
1986
ScorpionNoel G. Koch
1986
Sins of the PastRev. Donald Randolph
1984
Missing Children: A Mother's StoryStanley Willard
1982
The First TimePaul Cooper
1982
Zoot SuitJudge F.W. Charles
1981
Out of the BlueT.V. Interviewer
1981
Smokey and the Bandit IIGovernor
1980
In Search of Historic JesusCaiaphas
1979
Donner Pass: The Road to SurvivalPatrick Breen
1978
The DeerslayerHutter
1978
The Lincoln ConspiracyAbraham Lincoln
1977
The Force of EvilSheriff John Carrington
1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat StallionAlexander Majors
1977
The Last HurrahAmos Force
1977
The QuestArmy Officer
1976
The Dark Side of InnocenceStephen Hancock
1976
BridgerPresident Andrew Jackson
1976
The SpecialistPike Smith
1975
Dead Man on the RunJason Monroe
1975
Death Among FriendsCapt. Lewis
1975
Smile Jenny, You're DeadCol. John Lockport
1974
ManhunterAaron Denver
1974
Heatwave!Toler
1974
The DoveMike Turk
1974
Lincoln: Trial by FirePresident Lincoln
1974
Executive ActionHalliday
1973
Set This Town on FireHenry Kealey
1973
Counselor at CrimeDon Vito Albanese
1973
Call to DangerEdward McClure
1973
HitchedJomer Cruett
1973
The StepmotherInspector Darnezi
1972
Molly and Lawless JohnSheriff Marvin Parker
1972
Man and BoyStretch
1971
Soldier BlueCol. Iverson
1970
The AnimalsSheriff Allan Pierce
1970
The Andersonville TrialAmbrose Spencer
1970
Cotton Comes to HarlemCapt. Bryce
1970
Heaven with a GunAse Beck
1969
Young Billy YoungBoone
1969
The Great Bank RobberyMayor Kincaid
1969
5 Card StudMarshal Dana
1968
A Man Called GannonCapper
1968
Day of the Evil GunCaptain Jefferson Addis
1968
Welcome to Hard TimesEzra Maple / Isaac Maple
1967
A Covenant with DeathDietrich
1967
ScalplockStandish
1966
Namu, the Killer WhaleJoe Clausen
1966
The Fortune CookieAbraham Lincoln (uncredited)
1966
The Satan BugAgent Reagan
1965
The Hallelujah TrailSgt. Buell
1965
For the Love of WilladeanFarmer Wills
1964
Ride the High CountryElder Hammond
1962
GeronimoJeremiah Burns
1962
Walk on the Wild SidePreacher
1962
PsychoCalifornia Charlie
1960
The Wackiest Ship in the ArmySailor (uncredited)
1960
Last Train from Gun HillSalesman
1959
The True Story of Lynn StuartDoc
1958
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Rebel RangeFisk Madden
Tv
Quantum LeapPat Knight
1989
Aaron's Way
1988
Annie McGuire
1988
Star Trek: The Next GenerationKevin Uxbridge
1987
Jake and the FatmanAce Thompson
1987
MatlockSam Chandler
1986
Heart of the CityWarren
1986
Dream WestBrig. Gen. Brooke
1986
MacGyverHarry Jackson
1985
North and SouthWilliam Hazard
1985
HunterWinston Taggert
1984
Murder, She WroteAndrew Dixon
1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Silver Spoons
1982
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Bret MaverickGeneral Frye
1981
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
Backstairs at the White HousePres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff LoboCol. Clayborn
1979
$weepstake$Thomas Singer
1979
DallasDr. Herbert Styles
1978
Quinn Martin's Tales of the UnexpectedFloyd Carrington
1977
The Incredible HulkMike Calahan
1977
Lou GrantRussell Grainger
1977
The Quest
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book IIScotty
1976
Quincy, M.E.Justin DeWilde
1976
Quincy, M.E.Chief Frank Ollano
1976
Quincy, M.E.Movie Director
1976
BronkColonel Hecker
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Rockford FilesGerald A. O'Malley
1974
PetrocelliJoshua Forbes
1974
M*A*S*HGeneral Collins
1972
Kung FuJack Youngblood
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Kung FuWray
1972
Emergency!Captain Bob Roberts
1972
Kung FuBenjamin Dundee
1972
Cannon
1971
Bearcats!Judge Juan O'Brien
1971
Hawaii Five-OBrig. General Earl Rigney
1968
Lancer
1968
Here Come the Brides
1968
Cimarron Strip
1967
MannixGeorge Blake
1967
Tarzan
1966
Occasional Wife
1966
The Rat PatrolMajor Indrus
1966
The Rat PatrolGen. Owen Lansbury
1966
Felony SquadLt. Mike Reineck
1966
The F.B.I.Adam MacDonald
1965
The Big ValleyMatt Bentell
1965
The Legend of Jesse JamesMoss Canby
1965
The F.B.I.Bollin
1965
The Great AdventureColonel Knowlton
1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreRankin
1963
Redigo
1963
The FugitiveJustin Briggs
1963
The Outer LimitsEbonite Interrogator
1963
The FugitiveEd Shrader
1963
My Favorite MartianCapt. Farrow
1963
The LieutenantJoe Hammond
1963
The VirginianMajor Cass
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
The VirginianAdam Tercell
1962
The VirginianJeremiah Chilton
1962
The VirginianDeputy Sheriff Sam Morrell
1962
The VirginianSam McLain
1962
The VirginianSeth James
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourLuke Hunter
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourAdam
1962
Sam BenedictJames Bradley
1962
Sam BenedictJim Bradley
1962
Cain's HundredKenneth Drake
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. KildareVernon Hackett
1961
Route 66
1960
The Tall Man
1960
Outlaws
1960
ThrillerJacob Grant
1960
Harrigan and SonEarl
1960
Stagecoach WestCole Dawson
1960
The WesternerLeth Ritchie
1960
Peter Loves MaryBill Horton
1960
The Twilight ZoneCapt. 'Skipper' Farver
1959
The Twilight ZoneGoldsmith
1959
The Twilight ZoneDeidrich
1959
The Twilight ZoneGabriel
1959
RawhideCaptain James Rankin
1959
Adventures in ParadiseBenson
1959
Black SaddleClyde Wicker
1959
The RebelEzra Taber
1959
Laramie
1959
Law of the PlainsmanClyde Santee
1959
The Detectives
1959
Johnny RingoCartwright
1959
Law of the PlainsmanMatthew Bannock
1959
RawhideMaj. Cantwell
1959
Law of the PlainsmanJeb Wicken
1959
BonanzaSam Masters
1959
BonanzaGorman
1959
Sea Hunt
1958
Yancy DerringerWayne Raven
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Bronco
1958
Wanted: Dead or AliveDeputy Sheriff Fix
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Bat MastersonMajor Liam Mars
1958
The RiflemanSamuel Gibbs
1958
The RiflemanOwny Kincaid
1958
LawmanHassayampa Edwards
1958
Steve CanyonSergeant Bulla
1958
Trackdown
1957
Perry MasonGeorge Andrews
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private DetectivePaul Russell
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Panic!
1957
Perry MasonBud Ferrand
1957
Perry MasonDan O'Malley
1957
TrackdownMcCall
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelFred Cooley
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreFisk Madden
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreRoy Kelsey
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreMarshal Cal Lazenby
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJohn Duncan
1956
Cheyenne
1955
GunsmokeBen Siple
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsNicholson
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
GunsmokeDelliver
1955
GunsmokeYermo
1955
GunsmokeCheevers
1955
GunsmokePa Gibbijohn
1955
GunsmokeLes McConnell
1955
GunsmokeRoberts
1955
GunsmokeJess Fletcher
1955
GunsmokeAmos Sadler
1955
GunsmokeLemuel Cleary
1955
GunsmokeAdam Kimbro
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpVirgil Earp
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAttendant
1955
Lassie
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameAmos Force
1951
Inside DetectiveTheater manager
1950
Writer (1 credits)