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John Robert Anderson was an American character actor who performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions during a career that spanned over four decades.
Birth Name
John Robert Anderson
Born
Friday, 20 October 1922
Died
Friday, 07 August 1992
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Musical Guest | 2003 |
| Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone | Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) / Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) | 1994 |
| Bed of Lies | Price Daniel, Sr. | 1992 |
| Daddy | George Watson | 1991 |
| Babe Ruth | Judge Landis | 1991 |
| In Broad Daylight | Wes Westerman | 1991 |
| Eight Men Out | Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis | 1988 |
| Deadly Innocents | Gus | 1989 |
| Quantum Leap | Pat Knight | 1989 |
| Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | George Dutton | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Musical Guest | 2003 |
| Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone | Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) / Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) | 1994 |
| Bed of Lies | Price Daniel, Sr. | 1992 |
| Daddy | George Watson | 1991 |
| Babe Ruth | Judge Landis | 1991 |
| In Broad Daylight | Wes Westerman | 1991 |
| Eight Men Out | Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis | 1988 |
| Deadly Innocents | Gus | 1989 |
| Quantum Leap | Pat Knight | 1989 |
| Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | George Dutton | 1989 |
| Knightwatch | Morris | 1988 |
| Annie McGuire | O'Reilly | 1988 |
| Baby Boom | Anakott | 1988 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kevin Uxbridge | 1987 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Ace Thompson | 1987 |
| Square One Television | Roark | 1987 |
| Mathnet | Roark | 1987 |
| American Harvest | Judge Meriweather | 1987 |
| Scorpion | Joel / Noel G. Koch | 1986 |
| Heart of the City | Warren | 1986 |
| Starman | Rayfield | 1986 |
| Our House | Lt. Col. Roger Trask | 1986 |
| Never Too Young to Die | Arliss | 1986 |
| Dream West | Brig. Gen. Brooke | 1986 |
| Perfect Strangers | Grandpa Beaumont 'Buzz' Appleton | 1986 |
| Matlock | Sam Chandler | 1986 |
| North & South: Book 1, North & South | William Hazard | 1985 |
| MacGyver | Harry Jackson | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Andrew Dixon | 1984 |
| Hunter | Winston Taggert | 1984 |
| Riptide | Walter Truman | 1984 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Humbug / Walter David Reilly | 1983 |
| Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Stanley Willard | 1982 |
| The First Time | Paul Cooper | 1982 |
| Voyagers! | Abraham Lincoln | 1982 |
| Tom Cottle: Up Close | Self | 1982 |
| Matt Houston | Judge David Myer / Capt. Conroy | 1982 |
| Silver Spoons | Captain Stark | 1982 |
| Bret Maverick | General Frye | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | Al Barton | 1981 |
| Zoot Suit | Judge F.W. Charles | 1981 |
| Out of the Blue | T.V. Interviewer | 1981 |
| Checking In | Mr. Claymore | 1981 |
| The Greatest American Hero | General Gerald Stocker | 1981 |
| Smokey and the Bandit II | Governor | 1980 |
| Sanford | Judge | 1980 |
| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | Vernon Laws | 1980 |
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Col. Clayborn | 1979 |
| SportsCenter | 1979 | |
| Hart to Hart | Jim Blye | 1979 |
| In Search of Historic Jesus | Caiaphas | 1979 |
| Backstairs at the White House | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 1979 |
| Sweepstakes | Thomas Singer | 1979 |
| Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | Patrick Breen | 1978 |
| Dallas | Dr. Herbert Styles / Richard McIntyre | 1978 |
| Project U.F.O. | Captain Bergstad | 1978 |
| The Last Hurrah | Amos Force | 1977 |
| Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Alexander Majors | 1977 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Mike Calahan | 1977 |
| The Lincoln Conspiracy | Abraham Lincoln | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Russell Grainger | 1977 |
| The Force of Evil | Sheriff Floyd Carrington | 1977 |
| Tail Gunner Joe | Gen. George C. Marshall | 1977 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Floyd Carrington | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Curtis George | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Chief Frank Ollano / Justin DeWilde / Movie Director | 1976 |
| America at the Movies | Elder Hammond | 1976 |
| The Quest | Harper | 1976 |
| Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Scotty | 1976 |
| The Quest | Army Officer | 1976 |
| The Family Holvak | McKesson | 1975 |
| The Specialist | Pike Smith | 1975 |
| Bronk | Colonel Hecker | 1975 |
| Dead Man on the Run | Jason Monroe | 1975 |
| The Jeffersons | Mr. Claymore | 1975 |
| Petrocelli | Joshua Forbes | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Dove | Mike Turk | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Amos Pike | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Gerald A. O'Malley | 1974 |
| Manhunter | Aaron Denver | 1974 |
| Smile Jenny, You're Dead | Col. John Lockport | 1974 |
| Heatwave! | Toler | 1974 |
| Lincoln: Trial by Fire | President Lincoln | 1974 |
| Executive Action | Halliday | 1973 |
| Counselor at Crime | Don Vito Albanese | 1973 |
| Call to Danger | Edward McClure | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | John Albright | 1973 |
| Molly and Lawless John | Sheriff Marvin Parker | 1973 |
| Hec Ramsey | Harry Munson / Gabe Rawlins | 1972 |
| M*A*S*H | Gen. Addison Collins | 1972 |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Mr. Charlie Colton | 1972 |
| The Stepmother | Inspector Darnezi | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Jack Youngblood / Benjamin Dundee | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Captain Bob Roberts | 1972 |
| The Sixth Sense | The Sheriff | 1972 |
| Cade's County | Colonel Street | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Sandy King | 1971 |
| Cannon | Major Bliss | 1971 |
| Man and Boy | Stretch | 1971 |
| Bearcats! | Judge Juan O'Brien | 1971 |
| Hitched | Jomer Cruett | 1971 |
| Soldier Blue | Col. Iverson | 1970 |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | Capt. Bryce | 1970 |
| The Andersonville Trial | Ambrose Spencer | 1970 |
| The Animals | Sheriff Allan Pierce | 1970 |
| Young Billy Young | Boone | 1969 |
| The Great Bank Robbery | Mayor Kincaid / Kincaid | 1969 |
| Heaven with a Gun | Ase Beck / Asa Beck | 1969 |
| Here Come the Brides | Gentleman Harry Smith / Silas | 1968 |
| Lancer | Sheriff | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Brig. General Earl Rigney | 1968 |
| Massacre Harbor | Maj. Indrus | 1968 |
| 5 Card Stud | Marshal Dana | 1968 |
| A Man Called Gannon | Capper | 1968 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Captain Jefferson Addis | 1968 |
| Mannix | George Blake | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Arn Tinker | 1967 |
| Dundee and the Culhane | Kintpaush | 1967 |
| Welcome to Hard Times | Isaac Maple / Ezra Maple | 1967 |
| A Covenant with Death | Dietrich | 1967 |
| The Fortune Cookie | Abraham Lincoln | 1966 |
| Occasional Wife | Col. Thorndyke | 1966 |
| The Rat Patrol | Major Indrus / Gen. Owen Lansbury | 1966 |
| Iron Horse | Burton Standish / Sven Olsen | 1966 |
| The Felony Squad | Lt. Mike Reineck | 1966 |
| The Road West | Major Perry | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Dolan | 1966 |
| Namu, the Killer Whale | Joe Clausen | 1966 |
| Scalplock | Burton Standish / Standish | 1966 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Sergeant Mac | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Bollin / Adam MacDonald | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Matt / Matt Bentell | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Sheriff Haley | 1965 |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Moss Canby | 1965 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | Sgt. Buell | 1965 |
| The Satan Bug | Agent Reagan | 1965 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dr. Janus | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Rankin | 1963 |
| My Favorite Martian | Capt. Farrow | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Andrew Jackson / Colonel Knowlton | 1963 |
| Redigo | Lee Cresco | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Ed Shrader / Justin Briggs | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Ebonite Interrogator | 1963 |
| The Lieutenant | Joe Hammond | 1963 |
| How the West Was Won | Man | 1962 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Agent Sterne | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Foster Fowler / Bruce Austin | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Luke Hunter / Adam | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Seth James / Sam McLain / Major Cass / Jeremiah Chilton / Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell / Adam Tercell | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | James Bradley / Jim Bradley | 1962 |
| Ride the High Country | Elder Hammond | 1962 |
| Geronimo | Jeremiah Burns | 1962 |
| Walk on the Wild Side | Preacher | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Hannibal Roth / Heber Gresham | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Carl | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Foster Hancock / Krabz | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Sherwin Cullen / Vernon Hackett | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Father Sheehan | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Bill Brewster | 1961 |
| Cain's Hundred | Kenneth Drake | 1961 |
| King of Diamonds | Lt. Rogers / Sam Hall | 1961 |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | Sheriff Jim Seay | 1961 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Sailor | 1960 |
| Harrigan and Son | Earl | 1960 |
| Peter Loves Mary | Bill Horton | 1960 |
| Route 66 | General Scranton | 1960 |
| Stagecoach West | Cole Dawson | 1960 |
| Dante | Harrigan | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Leth Ritchie | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Simon Shaw | 1960 |
| Thriller | Jacob Grant | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Major Jud Randolph | 1960 |
| Psycho | California Charlie | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Lodestone Marshal | 1960 |
| The Detectives | Will Stalker / Spencer / Long | 1959 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Craig | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Benson | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Ezra Taber | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Capt. 'Skipper' Farver / Deidrich / Gabriel / Goldsmith | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | Cartwright | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Matthew Bannock / Jeb Wicken / Clyde Santee | 1959 |
| Laramie | Bob Blayne / Ed McKeever / Frank Bannister / Leo McCall / Matt Cady / Sobey | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Tulsa Weems / Sam Masters / Tom Andrews / Gorman | 1959 |
| Last Train from Gun Hill | Salesman in Horseshoe / Salesman | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | George McPhail / Miles Spencer / Victor Kurtz | 1959 |
| Black Saddle | Clyde Wicker / Sam Glidden | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Captain James Rankin / Maj. Cantwell | 1959 |
| U.S. Marshal | Roy Andrews | 1958 |
| Cimarron City | Sheriff Jim Martin | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Major Liam Mars | 1958 |
| Lawman | Lloyd Malone / Hassayampa Edwards | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Wayne Raven | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | Matt Kane / John Healy | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Cass Callicot / Will Temple / Sully Hobbs / Samuel Gibbs / Owny Kincaid / John Gangling / John Beaumont / Jess Profit / Hank Clay / Eli Flack / Chet Packard | 1958 |
| Bronco | Andy Strudevant | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Sergeant Rainey | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Sergeant Bulla | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Deputy Sheriff Fix | 1958 |
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Doc | 1958 |
| Mike Hammer | Bill Thomas | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Warren Tate / Professor Auerbach / P.K. Kennedy | 1958 |
| Man Without a Gun | Ab Carver | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Allen Danbury | 1957 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Virgil Merryman | 1957 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Phil | 1957 |
| Trackdown | McCall / Sam Bass | 1957 |
| The Walter Winchell File | Burke | 1957 |
| The Californians | Reed Bullard / Slater / The Deacon | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | George Andrews / Dan O'Malley / Bud Ferrand | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Fred Cooley / Martin Wheeler / Walt Dunne | 1957 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Paul Russell | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Charley Mason / Col. Bledsoe / Sheriff | 1957 |
| Panic! | Sheriff | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Fisk Madden / John Duncan / Marshal Cal Lazenby / Roy Kelsey | 1956 |
| Target Zero | Undetermined Role | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Nicholson | 1955 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | Zeke 'Ozark' Rutledge / Film Theatre Orderly | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Thackeray Smith / Col John Nathan Thomas | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Les McConnell / Adam Kimbro / Amos Sadler / Ben Siple / Cheevers / Delliver / Jess Fletcher / Lemuel Cleary / Pa Gibbijohn / Roberts / Yermo | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Virgil Earp | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Farmer Wills / Holbrook | 1954 |
| Lassie | Russ Anderson / Les Matthews / Boone Sawyer | 1954 |
| The Eddie Cantor Story | Bobby | 1953 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Cafe Owner | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Jim Reed / George Lynch | 1952 |
| Rocky King, Detective | Theater Manager / Bartender | 1950 |
