John Anderson
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-10-20 (70 years old)
Deathday
1992-08-07
Place of Birth
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Also known As
John R. Anderson
John Anderson
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 interrogato...
Acting
1960
as California Charlie
1969
as Ase Beck
1968
as Marshal Dana
1965
as Agent Reagan
1988
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1986
as Holbrook
1973
as Halliday
1970
as Col. Iverson
1962
as Elder Hammond
1962
as Jeremiah Burns
1966
as Standish
1969
as Boone
1993
as California Charlie (archive footage)
1966
as Joe Clausen
1981
as Judge F.W. Charles
1974
as Col. John Lockport
1970
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
1972
as Inspector Darnezi
1977
as Abraham Lincoln
1974
as Aaron Denver
1977
as Sheriff John Carrington
1969
as Mayor Kincaid
1971
as Stretch
1991
as Wes Westerman
1967
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
1976
as Army Officer
1991
as George Watson
1967
as Dietrich
1990
as Josh Lowe
1959
as Salesman
1979
as Caiaphas
1974
as Toler
1976
as Stephen Hancock
1972
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
1973
as Henry Kealey
1968
as Capper
1960
as Sailor (uncredited)
1966
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
1980
as Governor
1982
as Stanley Willard
1977
as Alexander Majors
1977
as Amos Force
1968
as Captain Jefferson Addis
1970
as Ambrose Spencer
1970
as Capt. Bryce
1958
1975
as Pike Smith
1974
as Mike Turk
1994
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
1991
as Judge Landis
1986
as Arliss
1965
as Sgt. Buell
1989
as George Dutton
1989
as Gus
1973
as Don Vito Albanese
1973
as Edward McClure
1962
as Preacher
1987
as Judge Meriweather
1978
as Patrick Breen
1978
as Hutter
1984
as Rev. Donald Randolph
1986
as Noel G. Koch
1992
as Price Daniel, Sr.
1964
as Farmer Wills
1976
as President Andrew Jackson
1981
as T.V. Interviewer
1975
as Jason Monroe
1971
as Jomer Cruett
1982
as Paul Cooper
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as Fisk Madden
Production
2021
as Story Editor
1946
as Assistant Director
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