Biography
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)).
Acted in 176
1990s
- 1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
- 1992
Bed of Lies
Price Daniel, Sr.
- 1991
Babe Ruth
Judge Landis
In Broad Daylight
Wes Westerman
- 1990
Follow Your Heart
Josh Lowe
1980s
- 1989
Deadly Innocents
Gus
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
George Dutton
- 1988
- 1987
American Harvest
Judge Meriweather
- 1986
Scorpion
Noel G. Koch
Heart of the City
Warren · 1 episode
Never Too Young to Die
Arliss
Dream West
Brig. Gen. Brooke · 3 episodes
I-Man
Holbrook
- 1985
- 1984
Sins of the Past
Rev. Donald Randolph
- 1983
- 1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Stanley Willard
The First Time
Paul Cooper
- 1981
Bret Maverick
General Frye · 1 episode
Zoot Suit
Judge F.W. Charles
Out of the Blue
T.V. Interviewer
- 1980
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
TV
1970s
- 1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
Caiaphas
Backstairs at the White House
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 4 episodes
- 1978
The Deerslayer
Hutter
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Patrick Breen
- 1977
The Last Hurrah
Amos Force
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Alexander Majors
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Abraham Lincoln
The Force of Evil
Sheriff John Carrington
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Floyd Carrington · 1 episode
- 1976
Bridger
President Andrew Jackson
The Dark Side of Innocence
Stephen Hancock
The Quest
Army Officer
The Quest
TV
- 1975
Death Among Friends
Capt. Lewis
The Specialist
Pike Smith
Dead Man on the Run
Jason Monroe
- 1974
The Dove
Mike Turk
Manhunter
Aaron Denver
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Col. John Lockport
Heatwave!
Toler
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
President Lincoln
- 1973
Executive Action
Halliday
The Counsellor
Don Vito Albanese
Hitched
Jomer Cruett
Call to Danger
Edward McClure
Set This Town on Fire
Henry Kealey
- 1972
The Stepmother
Inspector Darnezi
Kung Fu
Jack Youngblood, Wray, Benjamin Dundee · 1 episode
- 1971
Bearcats!
Judge Juan O'Brien · 1 episode
Man and Boy
Stretch
- 1970
The Andersonville Trial
Ambrose Spencer
1960s
- 1969
Heaven with a Gun
Ase Beck
- 1968
A Man Called Gannon
Capper
Day of the Evil Gun
Captain Jefferson Addis
- 1967
Welcome to Hard Times
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
A Covenant with Death
Dietrich
- 1966
Occasional Wife
TV
Scalplock
Standish
- 1965
- 1964
For the Love of Willadean
Farmer Wills
- 1963
Redigo
TV
- 1962
Walk on the Wild Side
Preacher
- 1961
- 1960
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Sailor (uncredited)
Harrigan and Son
Earl · 1 episode
Peter Loves Mary
Bill Horton · 1 episode
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Doc
- 1957
Panic!
TV
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Amos Force · 1 episode
No release date
Rebel Range
Fisk Madden
Wrote 1
2020s
- 2021
John, 316
Story Editor
Directed 1
1940s
- 1946
Produced 1
1960s
- 1965
The Guide
Producer's Assistant