John Anderson
Born: 1922-10-20 Clayton, Illinois, USA
Died: 1992-08-07
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 ...
Acting (in our collection)
Eight Men Out
(1988)
Zoot Suit
(1981)
Smokey and the Bandit II
(1980)
Executive Action
(1973)
Molly and Lawless John
(1972)
The Andersonville Trial
(1970)
Cotton Comes to Harlem
(1970)
Ride the High Country
(1962)
Walk on the Wild Side
(1962)
Psycho
(1960)