John Anderson
Acting
🎂 1922-10-20
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)).
Cast credits(219)
1955
Virgil Earp
1955
1971
1974
1954
Dr. Herbert Styles
1978
Mike Calahan
1977
Kevin Uxbridge
1987
Luke Hunter
1962
Adam
1962
1958
Samuel Gibbs
1958
Owny Kincaid
1958
Brig. General Earl Rigney
1968
Benson
1959
Sam Masters
1959
Gorman
1959
Vernon Hackett
1961
Ace Thompson
1987
Harry Jackson
1985
1972
1983
George Blake
1967
General Collins
1972
Gerald A. O'Malley
1974
Capt. Farrow
1963
George Andrews
1957
Bud Ferrand
1957
Dan O'Malley
1957
Scotty
1976
1958
Andrew Dixon
1984
1957
Fred Cooley
1957
Pat Knight
1989
Cartwright
1959
Bill Horton
1960
Deputy Sheriff Fix
1958
James Bradley
1962
Moss Canby
1965
Jacob Grant
1960
Adam MacDonald
1965
Bollin
1965
Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
1959
Deidrich
1959
Goldsmith
1959
Gabriel
1959
1960
Clyde Wicker
1959
1958
1957
Russell Grainger
1977
Fisk Madden
1956
Roy Kelsey
1956
Marshal Cal Lazenby
1956
John Duncan
1956
Ezra Taber
1959
1961
1968
Joe Hammond
1963
Cole Dawson
1960
Matt Bentell
1965
1957
McCall
1957
1955
1979
Ebonite Interrogator
1963
Winston Taggert
1984
Captain Bob Roberts
1972
1959
1972
1958
Major Liam Mars
1958
1982
1959
Justin Briggs
1963
Ed Shrader
1963
Clyde Santee
1959
Matthew Bannock
1959
Jeb Wicken
1959
Captain James Rankin
1959
Maj. Cantwell
1959
Warren
1986
1982
1962
Col. Clayborn
1979
Justin DeWilde
1976
Chief Frank Ollano
1976
Movie Director
1976
1960
Kenneth Drake
1961
1966
1961
Major Indrus
1966
Gen. Owen Lansbury
1966
William Hazard
1985
Joshua Forbes
1974
1966
Major Cass
1962
Adam Tercell
1962
Jeremiah Chilton
1962
Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell
1962
Sam McLain
1962
Seth James
1962
1986
Rankin
1963
Colonel Hecker
1975
1968
1957
Paul Russell
1957
Earl
1960
1976
1988
Wayne Raven
1958
Colonel Knowlton
1963
Leth Ritchie
1960
1951
Amos Force
1951
Ben Siple
1955
Yermo
1955
Delliver
1955
Cheevers
1955
Pa Gibbijohn
1955
Les McConnell
1955
Roberts
1955
Jess Fletcher
1955
Amos Sadler
1955
Lemuel Cleary
1955
Adam Kimbro
1955
1988
Nicholson
1955
Attendant
1955
Sgt. Duncan MacGregor
1954
General Frye
1981
Judge Juan O'Brien
1971
1980
1960
California Charlie
1960
1963
1966
1967
1982
Theater manager
1950
Salesman
1959
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1979
Col. Iverson
1970
Floyd Carrington
1977
Jack Youngblood
1972
Wray
1972
Benjamin Dundee
1972
Governor
1980
Sgt. Buell
1965
Noel G. Koch
1986
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1988
Preacher
1962
Marshal Dana
1968
Judge F.W. Charles
1981
Elder Hammond
1962
1986
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
1966
1951
Boone
1969
Agent Reagan
1965
Sheriff Allan Pierce
1970
Arliss
1986
Mike Turk
1974
Jeremiah Burns
1962
Halliday
1973
T.V. Interviewer
1981
Sheriff Marvin Parker
1972
Ase Beck
1969
Capt. Bryce
1970
Mayor Kincaid
1969
Ambrose Spencer
1970
George Watson
1991
Captain Jefferson Addis
1968
Don Vito Albanese
1973
Joe Clausen
1966
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
1967
Jomer Cruett
1971
Price Daniel, Sr.
1992
George Dutton
1989
Sailor (uncredited)
1960
Army Officer
1976
Dietrich
1967
Capper
1968
Josh Lowe
1990
Toler
1974
Inspector Darnezi
1972
Rev. Donald Randolph
1984
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
1994
Caiaphas
1979
Aaron Denver
1974
California Charlie (archive footage)
1993
Edward McClure
1973
Henry Kealey
1973
Standish
1966
Farmer Wills
1964
President Andrew Jackson
1976
Pike Smith
1975
Holbrook
1986
Col. John Lockport
1974
Stephen Hancock
1976
Hutter
1978
Stanley Willard
1982
Doc
1958
Judge Meriweather
1987
Sheriff John Carrington
1977
Alexander Majors
1977
Abraham Lincoln
1977
Paul Cooper
1982
Patrick Breen
1978
Stretch
1971
Amos Force
1977
Wes Westerman
1991
Judge Landis
1991
Jason Monroe
1975
Gus
1989
Fisk Madden
