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John Anderson

John Anderson

Birthday: 1922-10-20 | 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 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)).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1992
Bed of Lies

as    Price Daniel, Sr.

1991
Daddy

as    George Watson

1991
In Broad Daylight

as    Wes Westerman

1986
Never Too Young to Die

as    Arliss

1986
I-Man

as    Holbrook

1981
Zoot Suit

as    Judge F.W. Charles

1980
Smokey and the Bandit II

as    Governor

1975
The Specialist

as    Pike Smith

1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead

as    Col. John Lockport

1973
Executive Action

as    Halliday

1972
The Stepmother

as    Inspector Darnezi

1971
The Animals

as    Sheriff Allan Pierce

1971
Man and Boy

as    Stretch

1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem

as    Capt. Bryce

1970
Soldier Blue

as    Col. Iverson

1969
Heaven with a Gun

as    Ase Beck

1969
Young Billy Young

as    Boone

1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as    Mayor Kincaid

1968
A Man Called Gannon

as    Capper

1968
Day of the Evil Gun

as    Captain Jefferson Addis

1968
5 Card Stud

as    Marshal Dana

1967
Welcome to Hard Times

as    Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple

1966
Namu, the Killer Whale

as    Joe Clausen

1966
Scalplock

as    Standish

1965
The Hallelujah Trail

as    Sgt. Buell

1962
Ride the High Country

as    Elder Hammond

1958
The True Story of Lynn Stuart

as    Doc (uncredited)