About
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...
Known for
Star Trek: The Next GenerationSeries • 1987
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
DallasSeries • 1978
MacGyverSeries • 1985
M*A*S*HSeries • 1972
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
LassieSeries • 1954
Quantum LeapSeries • 1989
Hawaii Five-OSeries • 1969
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
The Rockford FilesSeries • 1974
Little House on the PrairieSeries • 1974
MannixSeries • 1967
The VirginianSeries • 1962
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
MatlockSeries • 1986
CannonSeries • 1971