Richard Anderson

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
August 8, 1926 (91 years old)
Died
August 31, 2017
Place of Birth
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Thriller Crime
Career Span
1950 – 2021

Richard Anderson

1 win
66 nominations
1 Oscar
88 credits

Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 - August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles is his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series and their subsequent television movies: The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) andBionic Ever After? (1994).

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Personal Info

Born
Aug 8, 1926
From
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1950 – 2021

Award Recognition

1
Win
66
Nominations
1
Oscar

Complete Filmography

2021

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self Award

2018

Rottentail as Thomas

2010

The Frankenstein Syndrome as Marquez
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger as Himself

2006

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self

2003

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films as Husband (archive footage)

1996

In the Lake of the Woods as Claude Rasmussen

1994

The Glass Shield as Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey Award
Bionic Ever After? as Oscar Goldman

1993

Gettysburg as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

1992

The Player as Richard Anderson Award

1989

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman

1988

Stranger on My Land as Maj. Walters

1987

The Stepford Children as Lawrence Danton Award
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman
Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War as Lyndon Johnson

1985

Perry Mason Returns as Ken Braddock Award

1984

Cover Up as Henry Towler

1982

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix as Ralph Wesley

1980

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Chief George Untermeyer
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor as Chief

1979

Murder by Natural Causes as George Brubaker

1978

The Immigrants as Thomas Seldon
Never Give Up as US green beret officer

1975

The Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman

1974

Black Eye as Dole

1973

The Night Strangler as Dr. Richard Malcolm
Partners in Crime as Roger Goldsmith
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Oscar Goldman
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping as Oscar Goldman
Jarrett as Spencer Loomis

1972

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole as Dr. Ben Cole
The Honkers as Royce Owens
Play It as It Lays as Les Goodwin
The Astronaut as Dr. Wylie
The Longest Night as Harvey Eaton

1971

Macho Callahan as Officer
Doctors' Wives as D.A. Douglas
Dead Men Tell No Tales as Tom Austin

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora! as Captain John B. Earle Award
Menace on the Mountain as Maj. Galt
Along Came a Spider as District Attorney Freiberg

1967

The Ride to Hangman's Tree as Carlson
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk as Fenton Hardy
Ghostbreakers as Timothy Selfridge

1966

Seconds as Dr. Innes Award

1964

Seven Days in May as Col. Murdock
Kitten with a Whip as Grant

1963

Johnny Cool as Correspondent Award
A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Ralph Josten

1960

The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Dennis Foster

1959

Compulsion as Max Steiner Award
The Gunfight at Dodge City as Dave Rudabaugh

1958

The Long, Hot Summer as Alan Stewart Award
Curse of the Faceless Man as Dr. Paul Mallon

1957

Paths of Glory as Maj. Saint-Auban Award
The Buster Keaton Story as Tom McAffee

1956

Forbidden Planet as Chief Engineer Quinn Award
Three Brave Men as Lt. Bill Horton
A Cry in the Night as Owen Clark
The Search for Bridey Murphy as Dr. Deering

1955

Hit the Deck as Lt. Jackson
It's a Dog's Life as George Oakley

1954

Betrayed as John (uncredited)
The Student Prince as Lucas
Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)

1953

Escape from Fort Bravo as Lieutenant Beecher Award
The Story of Three Loves as Marcel Award
I Love Melvin as Harry Flack
Dream Wife as Henry Malvine
Give a Girl a Break as Burton Bradshaw
The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres as narrator

1952

Scaramouche as Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus) Award
Holiday for Sinners as Father Victor Carducci
Fearless Fagan as Capt. Daniels
Just This Once as Tom Winters

1951

Go for Broke! as Lieutenant Award
Cause for Alarm! as Lonesome Sailor Award
The People Against O'Hara as Jeff Chapman Award
Payment on Demand as Jim Boland Award
Storm Warning as Interne (uncredited)
The Unknown Man as Bob Masen
No Questions Asked as Detective Walter O'Bannion
Across the Wide Missouri as Dick
Grounds for Marriage as Tommy
Rich, Young and Pretty as Bob Lennart

1950

The Vanishing Westerner as Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson
The Magnificent Yankee as Reynolds

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Paths of Glory
Forbidden Planet
The Player
The Long, Hot Summer
Seconds
Go for Broke!
Cause for Alarm!
Scaramouche
Compulsion

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