Acting
John Anderson
EN, IT cinema · 75 credits
Born
20 October 1922
Died
7 August 1992 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Also known as John R. Anderson
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)).
Known for
Filmography
Rebel Range
as Fisk Madden
John, 316
Story Editor
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
Bed of Lies
as Price Daniel, Sr.
In Broad Daylight
as Wes Westerman
Daddy
as George Watson
Babe Ruth
as Judge Landis
Follow Your Heart
as Josh Lowe
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
as George Dutton
Eight Men Out
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American Harvest
as Judge Meriweather
I-Man
as Holbrook
Never Too Young to Die
as Arliss
Scorpion
as Noel G. Koch
Sins of the Past
as Rev. Donald Randolph
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Stanley Willard
The First Time
as Paul Cooper
Zoot Suit
as Judge F.W. Charles
Out of the Blue
as T.V. Interviewer
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Governor
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Caiaphas
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Patrick Breen
The Deerslayer
as Hutter
The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Abraham Lincoln
The Force of Evil
as Sheriff John Carrington
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Alexander Majors
The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force
The Quest
as Army Officer
The Dark Side of Innocence
as Stephen Hancock
Bridger
as President Andrew Jackson
The Specialist
as Pike Smith
Dead Man on the Run
as Jason Monroe
Death Among Friends
as Capt. Lewis
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Col. John Lockport
Manhunter
as Aaron Denver
Heatwave!
as Toler
The Dove
as Mike Turk
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as President Lincoln
Executive Action
as Halliday
Set This Town on Fire
as Henry Kealey
The Counsellor
as Don Vito Albanese
Call to Danger
as Edward McClure
Hitched
as Jomer Cruett
The Stepmother
as Inspector Darnezi
Molly and Lawless John
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
Man and Boy
as Stretch
Soldier Blue
as Col. Iverson
The Animals
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
The Andersonville Trial
as Ambrose Spencer
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Capt. Bryce
Heaven with a Gun
as Ase Beck
Young Billy Young
as Boone
The Great Bank Robbery
as Mayor Kincaid
5 Card Stud
as Marshal Dana
A Man Called Gannon
as Capper
Day of the Evil Gun
as Captain Jefferson Addis
Welcome to Hard Times
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
A Covenant with Death
as Dietrich
Scalplock
as Standish
Namu, the Killer Whale
as Joe Clausen
The Fortune Cookie
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
The Satan Bug
as Agent Reagan
The Hallelujah Trail
as Sgt. Buell
The Guide
Producer's Assistant
For the Love of Willadean
as Farmer Wills
Ride the High Country
as Elder Hammond
Geronimo
as Jeremiah Burns
Walk on the Wild Side
as Preacher
Psycho
as California Charlie
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Sailor (uncredited)
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Salesman
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Assistant Director