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