Sam Anderson
Born in Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA — Apr 02 1947
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Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, Holland Manners on Angel, dentist Bernard Nadler on Lost, Happy Days-loving Doctor Harad who delivered Phoebe's triplets in Friends' 100th episode, and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump.
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Grey's Anatomy
Michael Whitman
NCIS
Walter Carmichael
Bones
Hugo Sanderson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Mercer
Lost
Bernard Nadler
Friends
Dr. Harad
The X-Files
Leamus
Hawaii Five-0
Owen Sutherland
Castle
Principal Duncan
CSI: Miami
Scott Sommer
NCIS: Los Angeles
Senator Dick Osborne
Grimm
Old Man
The West Wing
John LaSalle
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Assistant Manager
Diagnosis: Murder
Ernie Pitt
Without a Trace
Congressman Whitehurst
CSI: NY
Dr. Richards
This Is Us
Judge Walter Crowder
Murder, She Wrote
Stuart Himes
Malcolm in the Middle
Police Commissioner
Medium
Eliot Peterson
Boston Legal
Walter Fife
Scandal
Melvin Feen
ER
Jack Kayson
Chicago Hope
Howard Sherwood
Magnum, P.I.
Ray Jones / John Doe
L.A. Law
D.A. Bill Graphia
St. Elsewhere
Mr. McGrath
Everybody Loves Raymond
Special Agent Thomas Garfield
Angel
Holland Manners
21 Jump Street
Dan Finger
T. J. Hooker
Leo Santee
Station 19
Elliott
Melrose Place
Agent Hill
Newhart
The Golden Girls
Meyer
Profiler
Ken Harker
Justified
Lee Paxton
Leverage
Henry Retzing
How to Get Away with Murder
Thomas Fitzgerald
Matlock
Edwin Kingston
Millennium
Agent Jack Pierson
Tales from the Darkside
Dr. Synapsis
Forrest Gump
Principal Hancock
Hunter
Vinny Cochran
Harry's Law
Judge William Rothman
Nowhere Man
The Man
Picket Fences
FBI Agent Donald Morrell
Family Law
Carlisle Tucker
Ally McBeal
Mark Harrison
Hardcastle and McCormick
Teddy Peters
Two Guys and a Girl
Dr. Harvey
In the Heat of the Night
Drew Ward
The Stand
Whitney Horgan
WKRP in Cincinnati
Agent Berwick
A Million Little Things
Mr. Dennings
Perfect Strangers
Sam Gorpley
Growing Pains
Principal Willis Dewitt
Alien Nation
Thomas Edison
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Simon Wolfe
The Forgotten
Train Driver
Chasing Life
Gerald Rayburn
Boston Common
Wesley Butterfield
From the Earth to the Moon
Thomas Paine
Men at Work
James Wilson
Blue Thunder
Benjamin Kelty
Fantasy Island
Mr. Gable
The Visitor
Army General
Miracles
Cinda's Father
E/R
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tate (mid-70s)
Damien
Professor Igor Reneus
Painkiller
Raymond Sackler
Wolf Lake
Arthur Van Halen
The Cape
Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
Married to the Kellys
Bill Kelly
The Charmings
La Bamba
Mr. Ludwig
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Mr. Browning
Live Shot
Marvin Seaborne
Mama Malone
Stanley
Critters 2
Mr. Morgan
Dark Angel
Warren
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Chairman of the House Committee
Slackers
Charles Patton
Water for Elephants
Mr. Hyde
The Puppet Masters
Culbertson
Permanent Midnight
Dr. Olson
Devil's Due
Father Thomas
The Pentagon Wars
Congressman #2
The Independent
Ed
The Stockard Channing Show
NetForce
Fox
Touched
Dr. Reynolds
The Swap
Paul
Secret Santa
Mr. Gibson
Sonic Impact
Alex Holmes
What I Did for Love
Richard
Movers & Shakers
Ray Berg
The Sleepwalker Killing
Roth Lane
A Place to Be Loved
Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Paul Iberville
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Chris
Policewoman Centerfold
Druggist
The Man Next Door
Dwight Cooley
Perfect Game
Steven
Song of Back and Neck
Jarred Foxen
The Tragedy of King Lear
Duke of Albany
Maybe Someday
Douglas Donnelly
Breaking the Girls
Professor Nolan
Do You Take This Man
Steven
The Last Hand
Jimmy Walsh
The Lift
Dirty Habit
Bishop