John Anderson
Born in Clayton, Illinois, USA — Oct 20 1922• Died Aug 07 1992
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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 upstand…
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kevin Uxbridge
Perry Mason
George Andrews
Murder, She Wrote
Andrew Dixon
Bonanza
Sam Masters
Dallas
Dr. Herbert Styles
M*A*S*H
General Collins
MacGyver
Harry Jackson
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mannix
George Blake
Quantum Leap
Pat Knight
Quincy, M.E.
Justin DeWilde
Have Gun, Will Travel
Hawaii Five-O
Brig. General Earl Rigney
Lassie
The Fugitive
Justin Briggs
Little House on the Prairie
Amos Pike
The Virginian
Major Cass
The Twilight Zone
Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Luke Hunter
The Rockford Files
Gerald A. O'Malley
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Fisk Madden
Dr. Kildare
Vernon Hackett
Hart to Hart
Cannon
Emergency!
Captain Bob Roberts
The F.B.I.
Adam MacDonald
The Rifleman
Matlock
Sam Chandler
Ben Casey
The Incredible Hulk
Mike Calahan
Lawman
Hassayampa Edwards
Cheyenne
Rawhide
Captain James Rankin
The Big Valley
Matt Bentell
Route 66
Lou Grant
Russell Grainger
Sea Hunt
The Bob Newhart Show
The Outer Limits
Ebonite Interrogator
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rankin
Felony Squad
Lt. Mike Reineck
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Deputy Sheriff Fix
Hunter
Winston Taggert
Peter Gunn
Thriller
Jacob Grant
Adventures in Paradise
Benson
North and South
William Hazard
Bat Masterson
Major Liam Mars
Gunsmoke
Ben Siple
Bronco
Laramie
Silver Spoons
Captain Stark
Lancer
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Paul Russell
Jake and the Fatman
Ace Thompson
My Favorite Martian
Capt. Farrow
Psycho
California Charlie
Sam Benedict
James Bradley
Trackdown
Petrocelli
Joshua Forbes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Nicholson
Matt Houston
The Rebel
Ezra Taber
Black Saddle
Clyde Wicker
Cain's Hundred
Kenneth Drake
The Detectives
Johnny Ringo
Cartwright
The Great Adventure
Colonel Knowlton
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Tall Man
Stoney Burke
Bronk
Colonel Hecker
Yancy Derringer
Wayne Raven
Outlaws
The Rat Patrol
Major Indrus
87th Precinct
Here Come the Brides
The Lieutenant
Joe Hammond
$weepstake$
Thomas Singer
Occasional Wife
Law of the Plainsman
Clyde Santee
The Sixth Sense
Stagecoach West
Cole Dawson
Tarzan
Cimarron Strip
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Col. Clayborn
Voyagers!
Panic!
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Scotty
The Westerner
Leth Ritchie
The Legend of Jesse James
Moss Canby
Steve Canyon
Sergeant Bulla
The Walter Winchell File
Heart of the City
Warren
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Bret Maverick
General Frye
Aaron's Way
Bearcats!
Judge Juan O'Brien
The Quest
Harrigan and Son
Earl
Redigo
Peter Loves Mary
Bill Horton
Backstairs at the White House
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Last Train from Gun Hill
Salesman
Eight Men Out
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
The Hallelujah Trail
Sgt. Buell
Dream West
Brig. Gen. Brooke
Walk on the Wild Side
Preacher
Soldier Blue
Col. Iverson
Smokey and the Bandit II
Governor
5 Card Stud
Marshal Dana
Daddy
George Watson
Man and Boy
Stretch
Annie McGuire
Kung Fu
Jack Youngblood
Counselor at Crime
Don Vito Albanese
The Satan Bug
Agent Reagan
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Floyd Carrington
Geronimo
Jeremiah Burns
I-Man
Holbrook
Heatwave!
Toler
The Stepmother
Inspector Darnezi
Heaven with a Gun
Ase Beck
The Animals
Sheriff Allan Pierce
Manhunter
Aaron Denver
Zoot Suit
Judge F.W. Charles
The Quest
Army Officer
Never Too Young to Die
Arliss
The Dove
Mike Turk
A Covenant with Death
Dietrich
Babe Ruth
Judge Landis
Young Billy Young
Boone
Follow Your Heart
Josh Lowe
The Deerslayer
Hutter
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Sailor (uncredited)
The Fortune Cookie
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Executive Action
Halliday
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Capt. Bryce
The Dark Side of Innocence
Stephen Hancock
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
George Dutton
Ride the High Country
Elder Hammond
Namu, the Killer Whale
Joe Clausen
Welcome to Hard Times
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
Day of the Evil Gun
Captain Jefferson Addis
Bridger
President Andrew Jackson
Inside Detective
Theater manager
The Great Bank Robbery
Mayor Kincaid
Set This Town on Fire
Henry Kealey
Bed of Lies
Price Daniel, Sr.
A Man Called Gannon
Capper
For the Love of Willadean
Farmer Wills
The Last Hurrah
Amos Force
Scalplock
Standish
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Col. John Lockport
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Stanley Willard
Scorpion
Noel G. Koch
The Andersonville Trial
Ambrose Spencer
Call to Danger
Edward McClure
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Directing
Molly and Lawless John
Sheriff Marvin Parker
Hitched
Jomer Cruett
The First Time
Paul Cooper
Sins of the Past
Rev. Donald Randolph
John, 316
Writing
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Patrick Breen
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
In Broad Daylight
Wes Westerman
24 Hour Psycho
California Charlie (archive footage)
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Abraham Lincoln
Dead Man on the Run
Jason Monroe
Out of the Blue
T.V. Interviewer
American Harvest
Judge Meriweather
Death Among Friends
Capt. Lewis
The Guide
Production
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
President Lincoln
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Doc
The Specialist
Pike Smith
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Alexander Majors
In Search of Historic Jesus
Caiaphas
Rebel Range
Fisk Madden
Deadly Innocents
Gus
The Force of Evil
Sheriff John Carrington
The American Adventure
Mark Twain / Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)