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John Anderson
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 appea
Born October 20, 1922† August 7, 1992 Clayton, Illinois, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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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 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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- 2021John, 316Writer
- 1994Wyatt Earp: Return to TombstoneVirgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
- 1992Bed of LiesPrice Daniel, Sr.
- 1991DaddyGeorge Watson
- 1991Babe RuthJudge Landis
- 1991In Broad DaylightWes Westerman
- 1990Follow Your HeartJosh Lowe
- 1989Deadly InnocentsGus
- 1989Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes ScandalGeorge Dutton
- 1988Eight Men OutJudge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- 1987American HarvestJudge Meriweather
- 1986ScorpionNoel G. Koch
- 1986Never Too Young to DieArliss
- 1986I-ManHolbrook
- 1984Sins of the PastRev. Donald Randolph
- 1982Missing Children: A Mother's StoryStanley Willard
- 1982The First TimePaul Cooper
- 1981Zoot SuitJudge F.W. Charles
- 1981Out of the BlueT.V. Interviewer
- 1980Smokey and the Bandit IIGovernor
- 1979In Search of Historic JesusCaiaphas
- 1978The DeerslayerHutter
- 1978Donner Pass: The Road to SurvivalPatrick Breen
- 1977The Last HurrahAmos Force
- 1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat StallionAlexander Majors
- 1977The Lincoln ConspiracyAbraham Lincoln
- 1977The Force of EvilSheriff John Carrington
- 1976BridgerPresident Andrew Jackson
- 1976The Dark Side of InnocenceStephen Hancock
- 1976The QuestArmy Officer
- 1975Death Among FriendsCapt. Lewis
- 1975The SpecialistPike Smith
- 1975Dead Man on the RunJason Monroe
- 1974The DoveMike Turk
- 1974ManhunterAaron Denver
- 1974Smile Jenny, You're DeadCol. John Lockport
- 1974Heatwave!Toler
- 1974Lincoln: Trial by FirePresident Lincoln
- 1973Executive ActionHalliday
- 1973The CounsellorDon Vito Albanese
- 1973HitchedJomer Cruett
- 1973Call to DangerEdward McClure
- 1973Set This Town on FireHenry Kealey
- 1972Molly and Lawless JohnSheriff Marvin Parker
- 1972The StepmotherInspector Darnezi
- 1971Man and BoyStretch
- 1970Soldier BlueCol. Iverson
- 1970Cotton Comes to HarlemCapt. Bryce
- 1970The Andersonville TrialAmbrose Spencer
- 1970The AnimalsSheriff Allan Pierce
- Rebel RangeFisk Madden
- 1969Young Billy YoungBoone
- 1969The Great Bank RobberyMayor Kincaid
- 1969Heaven with a GunAse Beck
- 19685 Card StudMarshal Dana
- 1968A Man Called GannonCapper
- 1968Day of the Evil GunCaptain Jefferson Addis
- 1967Welcome to Hard TimesEzra Maple / Isaac Maple
- 1967A Covenant with DeathDietrich
- 1966The Fortune CookieAbraham Lincoln (uncredited)
- 1966Namu, the Killer WhaleJoe Clausen
- 1966ScalplockStandish
- 1965The Hallelujah TrailSgt. Buell
- 1965The Satan BugAgent Reagan
- 1965The GuideProducer
- 1964For the Love of WilladeanFarmer Wills
- 1962Ride the High CountryElder Hammond
- 1962GeronimoJeremiah Burns
- 1962Walk on the Wild SidePreacher
- 1960The Wackiest Ship in the ArmySailor (uncredited)
- 1959Last Train from Gun HillSalesman
- 1958The True Story of Lynn StuartDoc
- 1951The Desert Fox: The Story of RommelActor
- 1946Dick Tracy vs. CueballDirector
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