Acting · Clayton, Illinois, USA · Born October 20, 1922
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)).
MovieWyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
MovieBed of Lies
1992
as Price Daniel, Sr.
MovieDaddy
1991
as George Watson
MovieBabe Ruth
1991
as Judge Landis
MovieIn Broad Daylight
1991
as Wes Westerman
MovieFollow Your Heart
1990
as Josh Lowe
MovieDeadly Innocents
1989
as Gus
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Pat Knight
MovieFull Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
as George Dutton
Annie McGuire
1988
MovieEight Men Out
1988
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Aaron's Way
1988
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Kevin Uxbridge
TVJake and the Fatman
1987
as Ace Thompson
MovieAmerican Harvest
1987
as Judge Meriweather
MovieScorpion
1986
as Noel G. Koch
TVHeart of the City
1986
as Warren
MovieNever Too Young to Die
1986
as Arliss
TVDream West
1986
as Brig. Gen. Brooke
MovieI-Man
1986
as Holbrook
TVMatlock
1986
as Sam Chandler
TVNorth and South
1985
as William Hazard
TVMacGyver
1985
as Harry Jackson
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Andrew Dixon
TVHunter
1984
as Winston Taggert
MovieSins of the Past
1984
as Rev. Donald Randolph
TVScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
MovieMissing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Stanley Willard
MovieThe First Time
1982
as Paul Cooper
TVVoyagers!
1982
TVMatt Houston
1982
TVSilver Spoons
1982
as Captain Stark
TVBret Maverick
1981
as General Frye
MovieZoot Suit
1981
as Judge F.W. Charles
MovieOut of the Blue
1981
as T.V. Interviewer
MovieSmokey and the Bandit II
1980
as Governor
TVTenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
TVThe Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
as Col. Clayborn
TVHart to Hart
1979
MovieIn Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Caiaphas
TVBackstairs at the White House
1979
as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$weepstake$
1979
as Thomas Singer
MovieThe Deerslayer
1978
as Hutter
MovieDonner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978
as Patrick Breen
TVDallas
1978
as Dr. Herbert Styles
MovieThe Last Hurrah
1977
as Amos Force
MoviePeter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
as Alexander Majors
TVThe Incredible Hulk
1977
as Mike Calahan
MovieThe Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
as Abraham Lincoln
TVLou Grant
1977
as Russell Grainger
MovieThe Force of Evil
1977
as Sheriff John Carrington
TVQuinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
as Floyd Carrington
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Justin DeWilde
TVRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Scotty
MovieBridger
1976
as President Andrew Jackson
MovieThe Dark Side of Innocence
1976
as Stephen Hancock
MovieThe Quest
1976
as Army Officer
TVThe Quest
1976
MovieDeath Among Friends
1975
as Capt. Lewis
MovieThe Specialist
1975
as Pike Smith
TVBronk
1975
as Colonel Hecker
MovieDead Man on the Run
1975
as Jason Monroe
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Gerald A. O'Malley
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Amos Pike
TVPetrocelli
1974
as Joshua Forbes
MovieThe Dove
1974
as Mike Turk
MovieManhunter
1974
as Aaron Denver
MovieSmile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
as Col. John Lockport
MovieHeatwave!
1974
as Toler
MovieLincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
as President Lincoln
MovieExecutive Action
1973
as Halliday
MovieCounselor at Crime
1973
as Don Vito Albanese
MovieHitched
1973
as Jomer Cruett
MovieCall to Danger
1973
as Edward McClure
MovieSet This Town on Fire
1973
as Henry Kealey
MovieMolly and Lawless John
1972
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
MovieThe Stepmother
1972
as Inspector Darnezi
TVKung Fu
1972
as Jack Youngblood
TVM*A*S*H
1972
as General Collins
TVThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Mr. Charlie Colton
TVEmergency!
1972
as Captain Bob Roberts
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
TVBearcats!
1971
as Judge Juan O'Brien
TVCannon
1971
MovieMan and Boy
1971
as Stretch
MovieSoldier Blue
1970
as Col. Iverson
MovieCotton Comes to Harlem
1970
as Capt. Bryce
MovieThe Andersonville Trial
1970
as Ambrose Spencer
MovieThe Animals
1970
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
MovieYoung Billy Young
1969
as Boone
MovieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Mayor Kincaid
MovieHeaven with a Gun
1969
as Ase Beck
TVHere Come the Brides
1968
TVLancer
1968
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Brig. General Earl Rigney
Movie5 Card Stud
1968
as Marshal Dana
MovieA Man Called Gannon
1968
as Capper
MovieDay of the Evil Gun
1968
as Captain Jefferson Addis
TVMannix
1967
as George Blake
TVCimarron Strip
1967
MovieWelcome to Hard Times
1967
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
MovieA Covenant with Death
1967
as Dietrich
MovieThe Fortune Cookie
1966
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
TVOccasional Wife
1966
TVThe Rat Patrol
1966
as Major Indrus
TVFelony Squad
1966
as Lt. Mike Reineck
TVTarzan
1966
MovieNamu, the Killer Whale
1966
as Joe Clausen
MovieScalplock
1966
as Standish
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Adam MacDonald
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as Matt Bentell
TVThe Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Moss Canby
MovieThe Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Sgt. Buell
MovieThe Satan Bug
1965
as Agent Reagan
MovieFor the Love of Willadean
1964
as Farmer Wills
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Rankin
TVMy Favorite Martian
1963
as Capt. Farrow
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Colonel Knowlton
TVRedigo
1963
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Justin Briggs
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Ebonite Interrogator
TVThe Lieutenant
1963
as Joe Hammond
TVStoney Burke
1962
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Luke Hunter
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Major Cass
TVSam Benedict
1962
as James Bradley
MovieRide the High Country
1962
as Elder Hammond
MovieGeronimo
1962
as Jeremiah Burns
MovieWalk on the Wild Side
1962
as Preacher
TVBen Casey
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Vernon Hackett
TV87th Precinct
1961
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Kenneth Drake
MovieThe Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Sailor (uncredited)
TVHarrigan and Son
1960
as Earl
Peter Loves Mary
1960
as Bill Horton
TVRoute 66
1960
TVStagecoach West
1960
as Cole Dawson
TVThe Westerner
1960
as Leth Ritchie
TVOutlaws
1960
TVThriller
1960
as Jacob Grant
TVThe Tall Man
1960
MoviePsycho
1960
as California Charlie
TVThe Detectives
1959
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Benson
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Ezra Taber
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Cartwright
TVLaw of the Plainsman
1959
as Clyde Santee
TVLaramie
1959
TVBonanza
1959
as Sam Masters
MovieLast Train from Gun Hill
1959
as Salesman
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Clyde Wicker
TVRawhide
1959
as Captain James Rankin
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Major Liam Mars
TVLawman
1958
as Hassayampa Edwards
TVYancy Derringer
1958
as Wayne Raven
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVBronco
1958
TVPeter Gunn
1958
TVSteve Canyon
1958
as Sergeant Bulla
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Deputy Sheriff Fix
MovieThe True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
as Doc
TVSea Hunt
1958
TVTrackdown
1957
TVThe Walter Winchell File
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as George Andrews
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
TVRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Paul Russell
TVPanic!
1957
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Fisk Madden
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Nicholson
TVCheyenne
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Ben Siple
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
TVLassie
1954
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
MovieThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
Inside Detective
1950
as Theater manager
MovieRebel Range
as Fisk Madden
MovieThe American Adventure
as Mark Twain / Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)
