1922-10-20 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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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone | Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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24 Hour Psycho | California Charlie (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
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Bed of Lies | Price Daniel, Sr. | 1992-01-20 |
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In Broad Daylight | Wes Westerman | 1991-02-03 |
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Babe Ruth | Judge Landis | 1991-10-06 |
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Daddy | George Watson | 1991-10-23 |
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Follow Your Heart | Josh Lowe | 1990-04-02 |
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Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | George Dutton | 1989-02-05 |
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Deadly Innocents | Gus | 1989-06-01 |
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Eight Men Out | Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis | 1988-09-02 |
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American Harvest | Judge Meriweather | 1987-01-16 |
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I-Man | Holbrook | 1986-04-06 |
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Never Too Young to Die | Arliss | 1986-06-13 |
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Scorpion | Noel G. Koch | 1986-12-01 |
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Sins of the Past | Rev. Donald Randolph | 1984-04-02 |
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Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Stanley Willard | 1982-12-01 |
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The First Time | Paul Cooper | 1982-11-08 |
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Out of the Blue | T.V. Interviewer | 1981-04-15 |
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Zoot Suit | Judge F.W. Charles | 1981-10-02 |
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Smokey and the Bandit II | Governor | 1980-08-15 |
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In Search of Historic Jesus | Caiaphas | 1979-08-01 |
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | Patrick Breen | 1978-10-24 |
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The Deerslayer | Hutter | 1978-12-18 |
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The Force of Evil | Sheriff John Carrington | 1977-03-13 |
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The Last Hurrah | Amos Force | 1977-11-16 |
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Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Alexander Majors | 1977-11-06 |
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The Lincoln Conspiracy | Abraham Lincoln | 1977-10-01 |
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The Dark Side of Innocence | Stephen Hancock | 1976-05-20 |
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The Quest | Army Officer | 1976-05-13 |
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Bridger | President Andrew Jackson | 1976-09-10 |
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The Specialist | Pike Smith | 1975-05-01 |
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Dead Man on the Run | Jason Monroe | 1975-04-02 |
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The Dove | Mike Turk | 1974-06-16 |
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Manhunter | Aaron Denver | 1974-02-26 |
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Smile Jenny, You're Dead | Col. John Lockport | 1974-02-03 |
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Heatwave! | Toler | 1974-01-26 |
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Hitched | Jomer Cruett | 1973-03-31 |
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Call to Danger | Edward McClure | 1973-02-27 |
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Il consigliori | Don Vito Albanese | 1973-08-30 |
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Set This Town on Fire | Henry Kealey | 1973-01-08 |
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Executive Action | Halliday | 1973-11-07 |
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The Stepmother | Inspector Darnezi | 1972-10-26 |
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Molly and Lawless John | Sheriff Marvin Parker | 1972-12-01 |
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Man and Boy | Stretch | 1971-06-23 |
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Soldier Blue | Col. Iverson | 1970-08-12 |
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The Andersonville Trial | Ambrose Spencer | 1970-05-17 |
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The Animals | Sheriff Allan Pierce | 1970-03-09 |
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Cotton Comes to Harlem | Capt. Bryce | 1970-05-27 |
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Young Billy Young | Boone | 1969-10-15 |
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The Great Bank Robbery | Mayor Kincaid | 1969-06-24 |
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Heaven with a Gun | Ase Beck | 1969-05-20 |
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5 Card Stud | Marshal Dana | 1968-07-28 |
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A Man Called Gannon | Capper | 1968-03-08 |
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Day of the Evil Gun | Captain Jefferson Addis | 1968-03-01 |
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A Covenant with Death | Dietrich | 1967-02-15 |
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Welcome to Hard Times | Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple | 1967-04-30 |
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Namu, the Killer Whale | Joe Clausen | 1966-08-01 |
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Scalplock | Standish | 1966-04-10 |
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The Fortune Cookie | Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) | 1966-10-19 |
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The Hallelujah Trail | Sgt. Buell | 1965-06-23 |
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The Satan Bug | Agent Reagan | 1965-03-26 |
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For the Love of Willadean | Farmer Wills | 1964-03-08 |
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Ride the High Country | Elder Hammond | 1962-06-20 |
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Walk on the Wild Side | Preacher | 1962-02-21 |
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Geronimo | Jeremiah Burns | 1962-04-27 |
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Psycho | California Charlie | 1960-06-22 |
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Sailor (uncredited) | 1960-12-29 |
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Last Train from Gun Hill | Salesman | 1959-07-29 |
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Hang the Heart High | Marshal Cal Lazenby | 1959-01-15 |
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The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Doc | 1958-03-03 |
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | 1951-10-16 | |
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Rebel Range | Fisk Madden |
