Birth Day: 1922-10-20
Place of birth: Clayton, Illinois, USA
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)).
Credits
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As Virgil Earp (flashback sequence) (archive footage) -
As California Charlie (archive footage) -
As Price Daniel, Sr. -
As Judge Landis -
As George Watson -
As Wes Westerman -
As Josh Lowe -
As Gus -
As George Dutton -
As Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis -
As Judge Meriweather -
As Holbrook -
As Noel G. Koch -
As Arliss -
As Rev. Donald Randolph -
As Stanley Willard -
As Judge F.W. Charles -
As T.V. Interviewer -
As Governor -
As Caiaphas
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As Patrick Breen -
As Hutter -
As Amos Force -
As Sheriff John Carrington -
As Alexander Majors -
As Abraham Lincoln -
As Stephen Hancock -
As Army Officer -
As President Andrew Jackson -
As Jason Monroe -
As Pike Smith -
As Mike Turk -
As Aaron Denver -
As Toler -
As Col. John Lockport -
As Halliday -
As Don Vito Albanese -
As Edward McClure -
As Henry Kealey
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As Sheriff Marvin Parker -
As Inspector Darnezi -
As Jomer Cruett -
As Stretch -
As Sheriff Allan Pierce -
As Ambrose Spencer -
As Capt. Bryce -
As Col. Iverson -
As Ase Beck -
As Boone -
As Mayor Kincaid -
As Marshal Dana -
As Capper -
As Captain Jefferson Addis -
As Dietrich -
As Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple -
As Standish -
As Joe Clausen -
As Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) -
As Agent Reagan -
As Sgt. Buell -
As Farmer Wills -
As Preacher -
As Jeremiah Burns -
As Elder Hammond -
As Sailor (uncredited) -
As California Charlie -
As Salesman -
As Doc -
