Birthday
1922/10/20
Day of death
1992/08/07 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Also know as
John R. 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...Read more
(1960) Psycho
as California Charlie
(1969) Heaven with a Gun
as Ase Beck
(1968) 5 Card Stud
as Marshal Dana
(1965) The Satan Bug
as Agent Reagan
(1988) Eight Men Out
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
(1986) I-Man
as Holbrook
(1973) Executive Action
as Halliday
(1970) Soldier Blue
as Col. Iverson
(1962) Ride the High Country
as Elder Hammond
(1962) Geronimo
as Jeremiah Burns
(1966) Scalplock
as Standish
(1969) Young Billy Young
as Boone
(1993) 24 Hour Psycho
as California Charlie (archive footage)
(1966) Namu, the Killer Whale
as Joe Clausen
(1981) Zoot Suit
as Judge F.W. Charles
(1974) Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Col. John Lockport
(1970) The Animals
as Sheriff Allan Pierce
(1972) The Stepmother
as Inspector Darnezi
(1977) The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Abraham Lincoln
(1974) Manhunter
as Aaron Denver
(1977) The Force of Evil
as Sheriff John Carrington
(1969) The Great Bank Robbery
as Mayor Kincaid
(1971) Man and Boy
as Stretch
(1991) In Broad Daylight
as Wes Westerman
(1967) Welcome to Hard Times
as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
(1976) The Quest
as Army Officer
(1991) Daddy
as George Watson
(1967) A Covenant with Death
as Dietrich
(1990) Follow Your Heart
as Josh Lowe
(1959) Last Train from Gun Hill
as Salesman
(1979) In Search of Historic Jesus
as Caiaphas
(1974) Heatwave!
as Toler
(1976) The Dark Side of Innocence
as Stephen Hancock
(1972) Molly and Lawless John
as Sheriff Marvin Parker
(1973) Set This Town on Fire
as Henry Kealey
(1951) The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as ---
(1968) A Man Called Gannon
as Capper
(1960) The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Sailor (uncredited)
(1966) The Fortune Cookie
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
(1980) Smokey and the Bandit II
as Governor
(1982) Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Stanley Willard
(1977) Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Alexander Majors
(1977) The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force
(1968) Day of the Evil Gun
as Captain Jefferson Addis
(1970) The Andersonville Trial
as Ambrose Spencer
(1970) Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Capt. Bryce
(1958) The True Story of Lynn Stuart
as Doc
(1975) The Specialist
as Pike Smith
(1974) The Dove
as Mike Turk
(1994) Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage)
(1991) Babe Ruth
as Judge Landis
(1986) Never Too Young to Die
as Arliss
(1965) The Hallelujah Trail
as Sgt. Buell
(1989) Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
as George Dutton
(1989) Deadly Innocents
as Gus
(1973) Counselor at Crime
as Don Vito Albanese
(1973) Call to Danger
as Edward McClure
(1962) Walk on the Wild Side
as Preacher
(1987) American Harvest
as Judge Meriweather
(1978) Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Patrick Breen
(1978) The Deerslayer
as Hutter
(1984) Sins of the Past
as Rev. Donald Randolph
(1986) Scorpion
as Noel G. Koch
(1992) Bed of Lies
as Price Daniel, Sr.
(1964) For the Love of Willadean
as Farmer Wills
(1976) Bridger
as President Andrew Jackson
(1981) Out of the Blue
as T.V. Interviewer
(1975) Dead Man on the Run
as Jason Monroe
(1971) Hitched
as Jomer Cruett
(1972) M*A*S*H
as General Collins
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1957) Trackdown
as ---
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Kenneth Drake
(1980) Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
as ---
(1987) Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Kevin Uxbridge
(1972) Kung Fu
as ---
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Colonel Knowlton
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Rankin
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Adam MacDonald
(1982) Silver Spoons
as ---
(1986) Matlock
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Brig. General Earl Rigney
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1972) The Bob Newhart Show
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Goldsmith
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Capt. 'Skipper' Farver
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Deidrich
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as ---
(1985) MacGyver
as Harry Jackson
(1989) Quantum Leap
as Pat Knight
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Ben Siple
(1957) Perry Mason
as George Andrews
(1979) Hart to Hart
as ---
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(1982) Voyagers!
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ---
(1984) Hunter
as Winston Taggert
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Gabriel
(1979) Backstairs at the White House
as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(1978) Dallas
as Dr. Herbert Styles
(1958) Sea Hunt
as ---
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Nicholson
(1961) 87th Precinct
as ---
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1963) Redigo
as ---
(1976) The Quest
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1988) Aaron's Way
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Captain James Rankin
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1967) Cimarron Strip
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Justin Briggs
(1962) The Virginian
as Major Cass
(1968) Lancer
as ---
(1960) Thriller
as Jacob Grant
(1958) Yancy Derringer
as Wayne Raven
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Paul Russell
(1965) The Big Valley
as Matt Bentell
(1968) Here Come the Brides
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Benson
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1972) The Sixth Sense
as ---
(1966) Occasional Wife
as ---
(1959) Black Saddle
as Clyde Wicker
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Deputy Sheriff Fix
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1959) The Rebel
as Ezra Taber
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Major Liam Mars
(1959) Laramie
as ---
(1966) The Rat Patrol
as Major Indrus
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Clyde Santee
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Fisk Madden
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1986) Heart of the City
as Warren
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Roy Kelsey
(1963) The Lieutenant
as ---
(1977) Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
as Floyd Carrington
(1962) Stoney Burke
as ---
(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Cartwright
(1965) The Legend of Jesse James
as Moss Canby
(1988) Annie McGuire
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Vernon Hackett
(1957) The Walter Winchell File
as ---
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Ebonite Interrogator
(1963) The Fugitive
as Ed Shrader
(1957) Panic!
as ---
(1986) Dream West
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Cal Lazenby
(1985) North and South
as William Hazard
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Matthew Bannock
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Sgt. Duncan MacGregor
(1959) Rawhide
as Maj. Cantwell
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Bollin
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Delliver
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Yermo
(1962) The Virginian
as Adam Tercell
(1962) The Virginian
as Jeremiah Chilton
(1962) The Virginian
as Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell
(1962) The Virginian
as Sam McLain
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Jeb Wicken
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Cheevers
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Pa Gibbijohn
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Les McConnell
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Roberts
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Jess Fletcher
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Amos Sadler
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Lemuel Cleary
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Adam Kimbro
(1960) Harrigan and Son
as Earl
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as John Duncan
(1976) Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Scotty
(1957) Perry Mason
as Bud Ferrand
(1966) The Rat Patrol
as Gen. Owen Lansbury
(1957) Perry Mason
as Dan O'Malley
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Justin DeWilde
(1958) The Rifleman
as Samuel Gibbs
(1971) Bearcats!
as Judge Juan O'Brien
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Amos Force
(1962) The Virginian
as Seth James
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Gerald A. O'Malley
(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as Ace Thompson
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Andrew Dixon
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Virgil Earp
(1972) Kung Fu
as Wray
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Attendant
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Chief Frank Ollano
(1972) Emergency!
as Captain Bob Roberts
(1963) My Favorite Martian
as Capt. Farrow
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as Mike Calahan
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Movie Director
(1960) Stagecoach West
as Cole Dawson
(1960) The Westerner
as Leth Ritchie
(1959) Bonanza
as Sam Masters
(1958) The Rifleman
as Owny Kincaid
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Luke Hunter
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Adam
(1972) Kung Fu
as Benjamin Dundee
(1959) Bonanza
as Gorman
(1957) Trackdown
as McCall
(1981) Bret Maverick
as General Frye
(1979) The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
as Col. Clayborn
(1975) Bronk
as Colonel Hecker
(1950) Inside Detective
as Theater manager
(1977) Lou Grant
as Russell Grainger
(1960) Peter Loves Mary
as Bill Horton