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)).
Known for
ActingBirthday
October 20, 1922Deathday
August 7, 1992Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
69Place of birth
Clayton, Illinois, USAAlso known as
John R. AndersonCast credits
Psycho
California CharlieHeaven with a Gun
Ase Beck5 Card Stud
Marshal DanaThe Satan Bug
Agent ReaganEight Men Out
Judge Kenesaw Mountain LandisI-Man
HolbrookExecutive Action
HallidayRide the High Country
Elder HammondSoldier Blue
Col. IversonGeronimo
Jeremiah BurnsYoung Billy Young
BooneNamu, the Killer Whale
Joe ClausenZoot Suit
Judge F.W. CharlesSmile Jenny, You're Dead
Col. John LockportThe Animals
Sheriff Allan PierceThe Stepmother
Inspector DarneziThe Lincoln Conspiracy
Abraham LincolnThe Great Bank Robbery
Mayor KincaidMan and Boy
StretchIn Broad Daylight
Wes WestermanWelcome to Hard Times
Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple