John Anderson

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 20, 1922 (69 years old)
Died
August 7, 1992
Place of Birth
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Popular Genres
Western Drama TV Movie
Career Span
1951 – 1994

John Anderson

1 win
31 nominations
1 Oscar
70 credits

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)).

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Personal Info

Born
Oct 20, 1922
From
Clayton, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1951 – 1994

Award Recognition

1
Win
31
Nominations
1
Oscar

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Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Psycho
Ride the High Country
Eight Men Out
The Fortune Cookie
The Hallelujah Trail
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
The Satan Bug
Out of the Blue
Zoot Suit

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