John Anderson
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 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 Movies
Director: Hal Needham
Writers: Brock Yates,
Cast: Burt Reynolds, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, John Anderson, Mike Henry, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, Sally Field,
Director: Ralph Nelson
Writers: John Gay,
Cast: Bob Carraway, Candice Bergen, Dana Elcar, Donald Pleasence, James Hampton, John Anderson, Jorge Rivero, Martin West, Mort Mills, Peter Strauss,
Director: Ossie Davis
Writers: Ossie Davis,
Cast: Calvin Lockhart, Emily Yancy, Eugene Roche, Godfrey Cambridge, J.D. Cannon, John Anderson, Judy Pace, Lou Jacobi, Raymond St. Jacques, Redd Foxx,
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Writers: N.B. Stone Jr.,
Cast: Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, Jenie Jackson, Joel McCrea, John Anderson, L.Q. Jones, Mariette Hartley, R.G. Armstrong, Randolph Scott, Ron Starr,