John Anderson (actor)

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John Anderson
Anderson in The Virginian, 1960s
Born
John Robert Anderson

(1922-10-20)October 20, 1922
Clayton, Illinois, U.S.
DiedAugust 7, 1992(1992-08-07) (aged 69)
Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1950–1992
Spouse
Patricia A. Cason
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(m. 1946; died 1989)​

John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992)[1] was an American character actor. He was best known for his more than 500 television roles.[2]

Early life

Anderson was born in 1922 and raised in Clayton, Illinois.[3][1] He first studied theatre in Minnesota and then Ohio.[4] Anderson served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.[3] He left Ohio to pursue an acting career in New York City.[4] He also held a master's degree in drama from the University of Iowa.[1] After moving to Los Angeles, Anderson worked as a street mime, jester, and juggler.[4]

Career

Anderson started out on Broadway, including an appearance in the musical Paint Your Wagon in 1951.[5] He was in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof from 1955 to 1956 at the Morosco Theatre.[6] Standing 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm), Anderson bore a strong resemblance to Abraham Lincoln,[3] whom he portrayed three times. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as used car salesman "California Charlie", who sells a car to Marion Crane (Janet Leigh). On television, he appeared in such series as The Rockford Files, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Laramie, Have Gun – Will Travel , The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Californians, Johnny Ringo, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Trackdown, The Big Valley, Tales of Wells Fargo, Emergency!, The Incredible Hulk, MacGyver and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (episode "Cradle of the Deep").

Anderson was cast on The Rat Patrol four times (three of those occasions as the same character). He also made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, which include the episodes "The Case of the Calendar Girl" (1959), "The Case of the Bartered Bikini" (1959), and "The Case of the Greek Goddess". In 1959 Anderson appeared as Sergeant Bulla, in the TV series Steve Canyon in the Season 1/Episode 24, that was titled "The Bomb". In 1961 Anderson appeared as Hassayampa Edwards in the TV western Lawman in the episode titled "Hassayampa". He can also be seen in other series produced in this period, such as Overland Trail, The Tall Man, and The Legend of Jesse James. He portrays an eccentric farmer who jealously guards his prize watermelon with a shotgun in "For the Love of Willadean", a story originally broadcast on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color in 1964.

In 1966 he starred as "Les McConnell", the brains and front man for a murderous bank robbing gang in a rare two part episode of Gunsmoke called "The Raid" (S11E19) along with actors Michael Conrad, Jim Davis, Richard Jaeckel and Gary Lockwood.

Anderson had a recurring role in MacGyver as Harry Jackson, MacGyver's grandfather. Other credits include: Man Without a Gun; Hawaii Five-O; M*A*S*H as Major General Collins; Once an Eagle; Rich Man, Poor Man Book II; Backstairs at the White House; Star Trek: The Next Generation and Dallas. A recurring Twilight Zone actor, he appeared in four different episodes: "A Passage for Trumpet", "The Odyssey of Flight 33", "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" and "The Old Man in the Cave".[7] He was also The Interrogator on an episode of The Outer Limits titled "Nightmare".

The first release of the 1993 soundtrack album Music from the Television Series Quantum Leap was dedicated to him. He had been featured in the fourth season episode "The Last Gunfighter" of that sci-fi series as Pat Knight; the episode had first aired about six months before his death.

Personal life and death

On June 8, 1946, Anderson married Patricia A. Cason in the rectory of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Quincy, Illinois and the couple moved to Iowa City, where Anderson studied in the liberal arts college at the University of Iowa and earned his master's degree in drama.[3] Anderson was married to Cason until her death on February 18, 1989. Three years later, Anderson suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, at the age of 69.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes ref
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story Bobby[a] Alfred E. Green Musical drama film [8]
1955 Target Zero Guest[a] Harmon Jones War drama film [9][10]
1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart Doc Lewis Seiler Biographical crime drama film[a] [11][12]
1959 Last Train from Gun Hill Salesman In Horseshoe[a] John Sturges Western film [11]
1960 Psycho California Charlie Alfred Hitchcock Horror film
Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch		 [13][14]
[15][16]
The Wackiest Ship in the Army Sailor[a] Richard Murphy Comedy-drama War film
Based on Big Fella Wash-Wash by Herbert Carlson		 [17]
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Preacher Edward Dmytryk Drama film
Based on A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren		 [18][19]
[20][21]
Geronimo Jeremiah Burns Arnold Laven Western film [11][21]
[22]
Ride the High Country Elder Hammond Sam Peckinpah Western film
Released internationally as Guns in the Afternoon		 [11][21]
[23][24]
1965 The Satan Bug Agent Reagan John Sturges Crime science fiction suspense film
Based on the 1962 novel by Ian Stuart		 [21][25]
[26][27]
The Hallelujah Trail Sergeant Buell John Sturges Western epic mockumentary spoof
Based on The Hallelujah Trail by Bill Gulick		 [21][28]
[29][30]
1966 Namu, the Killer Whale Joe Clausen László Benedek Adventure film [21][31]
[32]
The Fortune Cookie Abraham Lincoln[a] Billy Wilder Black comedy film
Also known as Meet Whiplash Willie		 [33][34]
[35]
1967 A Covenant with Death Dietrich Lamont Johnson Legal drama film
Based on A Covenant with Death by Stephen Becker		 [21][36]
[37]
Welcome to Hard Times Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple Burt Kennedy Western film
Based on Welcome to Hard Times by E. L. Doctorow		 [21][38]
[39][40]
1968 Day of the Evil Gun Captain Jefferson Addis Jerry Thorpe Western film [21][41]
[42][43]
[44][45]
[46][47]
[48]
A Man Called Gannon Capper James Goldstone Western film
Remake of Man Without a Star		 [11][21]
[49][50]
5 Card Stud Marshal Dana Henry Hathaway Western mystery film [21][51]
[52][53]
Massacre Harbor Major Indrus[b] John Peyser War action film [11][54]
1969 Heaven with a Gun Asa Beck Lee H. Katzin Western film [21][41]
[51][55]
The Great Bank Robbery Mayor Kincaid Hy Averback Western comedy film
Based on The Great Bank Robbery by Frank O'Rourke		 [21][51]
[56][57]
Young Billy Young Boone Burt Kennedy Western film
Based on Who Rides with Wyatt by Will Henry		 [21][51]
[58][59]
1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem Captain Bryce Ossie Davis Neo-noir film
Based on Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes		 [21][60]
[61][62]
Soldier Blue Colonel Iverson Ralph Nelson Revisionist western film
Based on Arrow in the Sun by T. V. Olsen		 [21][63]
[64][65]
1971 Man and Boy Stretch E.W. Swackhamer Western film [66][67]
1972 The Stepmother Inspector Darnezi Howard L. Avedis Comedy-drama film [68][69]
Molly and Lawless John Sheriff Marvin Parker Gary Nelson Western film [70][71]
[72][73]
1973 Counselor at Crime Don Vito Albanese Alberto de Martino Italian-Spanish crime film
Italian: Il consigliori
Also known as The Counsellor		 [11][74]
[75][76]
[77]
Executive Action Halliday David Miller Political thriller film
Fictionalized account of a conspiracy to assassinate United States President John F. Kennedy
Based on Executive Action by Donald Freed and Mark Lane		 [11][78]
[79][80]
1974 The Dove Mike Turk Charles Jarrott Biographical film
Based on Dove by Robin Lee Graham and Derek L.T. Gill
Produced by Gregory Peck		 [11][81]
[82][83]
1975 The Specialist Pike Smith Howard Avedis Thriller film [11][84]
1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy Abraham Lincoln James L. Conway Drama film
Based on book of the same name by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr.		 [85][86]
1979 In Search of Historic Jesus Caiaphas Henning Schellerup Documentary film
Based on Lee Roddy and Charles E. Sellier Jr.'s book of the same name		 [11][87]
1980 Out of the Blue TV Interviewer Dennis Hopper Drama film
Released in Canada as No Looking Back		 [88]
Smokey and the Bandit II Governor Hal Needham Action comedy film [11][89]
1981 Zoot Suit Judge F.W. Charles Luis Valdez Drama musical film
Based on Zoot Suit by Valdez		 [90][91]
1986 Never Too Young to Die Arliss Gil Bettman Action film [11][92]
1986 Scorpion Joel / Noel G. Koch William Riead Action film
Also known as The Summons		 [11]
1988 Eight Men Out Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis John Sayles Sports drama film
Based on Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof		 [93][94]
[95][96]
1989 Deadly Innocents Gus John D. Patterson
Hugh Parks		 Thriller film

Television

Year Title Role Notes ref
1950 Fireside Theatre Guest Episode: "The Courting of Belle/Rendezvous"
1952 Hallmark Hall of Fame Guest Episode: "Bread of Freedom"
1952–54 Rocky King, Detective
  • Bartender
  • Theater manager
 Episodes:
  • "Murder, Ph. D."
  • "Return for Death"
1954 Cavalcade of America Guest Episode: "Man of Glass: The Story of a Glassmaker""
Colonel Humphrey Flack Guest Episode: "The Wild West"
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse Guest Episode: "The Gomez Chase"
1955 Gang Busters Guest Episode: "The Rocco Trapani Case"
1955–56 The Phil Silvers Show
  • Zeke 'Ozark' Rutledge[a]
  • Film Theater Orderly[a]
 Episodes:
  • "The Reunion"
  • "Platoon in the Movies"
1957–59 Trackdown
  • Sam Bass
  • McCall
 Episodes:
  • "End of an Outlaw"
  • "Toss Up"
1957–60 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Various 4 episodes
1957 Panic! Sheriff Episode: "The Vigilantes"
The Court of Last Resort Phil Episode: "The Gordon Wallace Case"
1958 Tombstone Territory Allen Danbury Episode: "The Return of the Outlaw"
Sea Hunt Various 3 episodes [3]
The Walter Winchell File Burke Episode "Exclusive Story: File #31"
Cimarron City Sheriff Jim Martin Episode: "I, the People"
The Californian Various 3 episodes
Target Guest Episode: "So Deathly Quiet"
1958–59 Have Gun - Will Travel Various 3 episodes [3]
1958–62 Tales of Wells Fargo Various 3 episodes [3]
1958–73 Gunsmoke Various 12 episodes [3]
1959 U.S. Marshal Roy Andrews Episode: "Gold Is Wher You Find It"
Mike Hammer Bill Thomas Episode: "Aces and Eights"
Alcoa Theatre Virgil Merryman Episode: "Man of His House"
Steve Canyon Sergeant Bulls Episode: "The Bomb"
Peter Gunn Sergeant Rainey Episode: "Breakout" [3]
Richard Diamond, Private Detective Paul Russel Episode: "Crown of Silla" [97]
Yancy Derringer Wayne Raven Episode: "Outlaw at Liberty"
Man Without a Gun Ab Carver Episode: "Eye Witness"
The Rough Riders
  • John Healy
  • Matt Kane
 Episodes:
  • "End of Track"
  • "Ransom of Rita Renee"
1959–60 Black Saddle
  • Clyde Wicker
  • Sam Glidden
 Episodes:
  • "Client Vardon"
  • "The Indian Tree"
1959–63 The Rifleman Various 11 episodes [3]
Perry Mason Various 3 episodes
1959–66 Lassie Various 3 episodes
1960 Bronco Andy Strudevant Episode: "Legacy of Twisted Creek"
The Detectives Various 3 episodes
Wanted: Dead or Alive Deputy Sheriff Fix Episode: "The Inheritance"
The Rebel Ezra Taber Episode: "Paint a House with Scarlet"
Johnny Ringo Cartwright Episode: "The Derelict"
The Man from Blackhawk Walter Craig Episode: "The Money Machine"
The Westerner Leth Richie Episode: "School Days"
Stagecoach West Cole Dawson Episode: The Land Beyond"
Dante Harrigan Episode: "My Pal, the Bullseye"
Harrigan and Son Earl Episode: "Non Compos Mentis"
1960–61 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Virgil Earp 6 episodes [98]
Lawman
  • Lloyd Malone
  • Hassayampa
 Episodes:
  • "Left Hand of the Law"
  • "Hassayampa Edwards"
 [3]
1960–63 Laramie Various 6 episodes
The Untouchables Various 3 episodes [3]
The Twilight Zone Various 4 episodes [3]
1960–64 Death Valley Days
  • Jim Reed
  • George Lynch
 Episodes:
  • "A Girl Named Virginia"
  • "Law of the Round Tent"
1960–69 Bonanza Various 3 episodes [3]
1961 Bat Masterson Major Liam Mars Episode: "The Court Martial of Major Mars
Adventures in Paradise Benson Episode: "Captain Butcher
87th Precinct Biil Brewster Episode: "The Modus Man"
King of Diamonds
  • Lt. Rogers
  • Sam Hall
 Episodes:
  • "The Wizard of Ice"
  • "The Uncivil Servant"
Frontier Circus Carl Episode: "The Hunter and the Hunted"
Cheyenne Thackeray Smith Episode: "Retaliation"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Joey 'Nick' Nicholson Episode: "The Old Pro"
1962–63 Alcoa Premiere
  • Heber Gresham
  • Hannibal Roth
 Episodes:
  • "Second Chance"
  • "Blow High, Blow Clear"
Stoney Burke
  • Bruce Austin
  • Foster Fowler
 Episodes:
  • "Spin a Golden Web"
  • "To Catch a Kaiser"
Dr. Kildare
  • Vernon Hackett
  • Sherwin Cullen
 Episodes:
  • "The Visitors"
  • "The Good Samaritan"
1962–65 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  • Adam
  • Luke Hunter
 Episodes:
  • "Ride the Nightmare"
  • "The Second Wife"
1962 The Tall Man Major Judd Randolph Episode: "Night of the Hawk"
Cain's Hundred Kenneth Drake Episode: "Cost of Living: Howard Judlow"
Thriller Jacob Grant Episode: "The Innocent Bystanders"
The Eleventh Hour Agent Steme Episode: "I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House"
Sam Benedict James "Jim" Bradley 3 episodes
1962–69 The Virginian Various 6 episodes [3]
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre Father Sheehan Episode: "The Judge"
Route 66 General Scranton Episode: "...Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Schillings to the King"
Kraft Mystery Theater Sheriff Jim Seay Episode: "Shadow of a Man"
Redigo Lee Cresco Episode: "Horns of Hate"
The Outer Limits Ebonite Interrogator Episode: "Nightmare"
My Favorite Martian Captain Farrow Episode: "Raffles No. 2"
1963–64 The Great Adventure
Episodes:
  • "The Story of Nathan Hale"
  • "The Pirate and the Patriot"
Ben Casey Various 3 episodes
1964 The Lieutenant Joe Hammond Episode: "Gone the Sun"
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Farmer Wills Episode: "For the Love of Willadean"
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Café owner Episode: "The Café Caper"
1964–65 The Fugitive
  • Ed Strader
  • Justin Briggs
 Episodes:
  • "Come Watch Me Die"
  • "Scapegoat"
 [3]
Rawhide
  • Captain James Rankin
  • Maj. Cantell
 Episodes:
  • "Incident at Hourglass"
  • "Retreat"
 [3]
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Dr. Janus Episode: "Cradle of the Deep"
Kraft Suspense Theatre Rankin Episode: "Won't It Ever Be Morning"
A Man Called Shenandoah Sheriff Haley Episode: "Survival"
The Big Valley
  • Matt
  • Matt Bentell
 Episodes:
  • "Boots with My Father's Name"
  • "The Guilt of Matt Bentell"
1966–72 The F.B.I.
  • Adam McDonald
  • Bolin
 Episodes:
  • "The Forests of the Night"
  • "The Loner"
1966 The Wackiest Ship in the Army Sergeant Mac Episodes:
  • "The Lamb Who Hunted Wolves, part 1"
  • "The Lamb Who Hunted Wolves, part 2"
Scalplock Burton Standish Made-for-TV movie directed James Goldstone[c] [11]
The Legend of Jesse James Moss Canby Episode: "The Hunted and the Hunters"
Sidekicks Sheriff Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter Tewksbury
1966–68 The Rat Patrol
  • Major Indrus[d]
  • Gen. Owen Lansbury
 Episodes:
  • "The Last Harbor Raid, parts 1–3"
  • "The Pipeline to Disaster Raid"
 [3][11]
[54]
1967 The Felony Squad Lt. Mike Reineck Episode: "The Deadly Partner"
Tarzan Dolan Episode: "The Day the Earth Trembled"
The Road West Major Perry Episode: "Road to Glory"
Occasional Wife Col. Thomdyke Episode: "Oil, Be Seeing You"
Cimarron Strip Arn Tinker Episode: "Whitey"
Dundee and the Culhane Kintpaush Episode: "The Death of a Warrior Brief"
Mannix George Blake Episode: "Then the Drink Takes the Man"
1968 Lancer Sheriff Episode: "Blood Rock"
1969 Here Come the Brides
  • Silas
  • Gentleman Harry Smith
 Episodes:
  • "A Man's Errand"
  • "The Road to the Cradle"
1970 The Andersonville Trial Ambrose Spencer Made-for-TV movie directed by George C. Scott
1971 Hawaii Five-O Brigadier General Earl Rigney Episode: "To Kill or Be Killed"
Hitched Jomer Cruett Made-for-TV movie directed by Boris Sagal [99][100]
Cade's County Colonel Street Episode: "Violent Echo"
The Animals Sheriff Allan Pierce Made-for-TV movie directed Ron Joy [11]
McMillan & Wife Sandy King Episode: "Death Is a Seven Point Favorite"
Bearcats! Judge Juan O'Brian Episode: "Man in a Cage"
1972 The Sixth Sense The Sheriff Episode: "Through a Flame Darkly"
Night Gallery Sheriff Episode "Through the Flame Darkly"
1973–74 Hec Ramsey
  • Gabe Rawlins
  • Harry Munson
 Episodes:
  • "The Mystery of Chalk Hill"
  • "Dead Heat"
Kung Fu
  • Benjamin Dundee
  • Jack Youngblood
 Episodes:
  • "Blood Brother"
  • "Crossties"
 [3]
1973 Set This Town on Fire Henry Kealey Made-for-TV movie directed by David Lowell Rich [11]
Call to Danger Edward McClure Made-for-TV movie directed by Tom Gries [11]
Brock's Last Case Joe Cuspis Made-for-TV movie directed by David Lowell Rich [11]
Cannon Major Bliss Episode: "Deadly Heritage"
Egan J.R. King Made-for-TV movie directed by Jud Taylor
1974 Lincoln: Trial by Fire President Lincoln Made-for-TV movie directed by Ed Spiegel
Heatwave! Toler Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry Jameson
Part of the ABC Movie of the Week		 [11][101]
[102]
Smile Jenny, You're Dead Col. John Lockport Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry Thorpe [11]
Manhunter Aaron Denver Made-for-TV movie directed by Walter Grauman[e] [11]
Petrocelli Joshua Forbes Episode: "A Life for a Life"
The Bob Newhart Show Mr. Charlie Colton Episode: "The Gray Flannel Shrink"
1975 Emergency! Captain Bob Roberts Episode: "Smoke Eater"
Barnaby Jones John Albright Episode: "Jeopardy for Two"
Dead Man on the Run Jason Monroe Made-for-TV movie directed by Bruce Bilson [11]
Bicentennial Minutes Self/Narrator Episode: "#1.304"
Death Among Friends Capt. Lewis Made-for-TV movie directed by Paul Wendkos [11]
Little House on the Prairie Mr. Pike Episode: "Haunted House"
The Family Holvak McKesson Episode: "The Devil's Chariot"
Bronk Colonel Kecker Episode: "Deception"
1976 The Quest Army Officer Made-for-TV movie directed by Lee H. Katzin[f] [11][103]
[104]
The Dark Side of Innocence Stephen Hancock Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry Thorpe [11]
Bridger President Andrew Jackson Made-for-TV movie directed by David Lowell Rich [11]
The Quest Harper Episode: "Shanklin" [105]
The Rockford Files Gerald A. O'Malley Episode: "Coulter City Wildcat"
Rich Man, Poor Man Book II John "Scotty" Scott Miniseries
7 episodes		 [98][106]
Once an Eagle George Varney Miniseries [98]
1977–82 Quincy, M.E. Various 3 episodes [3]
1977 Tail Gunner Joe Gen. George C. Marshall[a] Made-for-TV movie directed by Jud Taylor [11]
Tales of the Unexpected Floyd Carrington Episode: "Force of Evil"[g]
The Force of Evil Sheriff Floyd Carrington Made-for-TV movie directed by Richard Lang[h]
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion Alexander Majors Made-for-TV movie directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Based on San Domingo, The Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry		 [11][107]
[108][109]
The Last Hurrah Amos Force Made-for-TV movie political drama by Vincent Sherman
Based on the novel of the same name by Edwin O'Connor
Remake of 1958 film of the same title		 [11][110]
[111][109]
Lou Grant Russell Granger Episode: "Takeover"
1978 Donner Pass: The Road to Survival Patrick Breen Made-for-TV movie directed by James L. Conway [11]
The Deerslayer Hutter Made-for-TV movie directed by Richard Friedenberg [11]
1979 The Incredible Hulk Mike Callahan Episode: "Wildfire"
Backstairs at the White House President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Miniseries [98]
Sweepstakes Thomas Singer Episode: "Pilot"
Project U.F.O. Captain Bergstad Episode: "Sighting 4026: The Atlantic Queen Incident"
1980 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Col. Clayborn Episode: "First to Finish, Last to Show"
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe Vernon Laws Episode: "This One's Gonna Kill Ya"
1981 Sanford Judge Episode: "Here Comes the Bride: Part 2"
ABC Weekend Special Curtis George Episode: "Mayday! Mayday!"
The Jeffersons Mr. Claymore Episodes:
  • "Florence's New Job: Part 1"
  • "Florence's New Job: Part 2"
 [3]
Checking In Mr. Claymore Episode: "Block's Party"
The Greatest American Hero General Gerald Stocker Episode: "Operation Spoilsport"
Hart to Hart Jim Blye Episode: "Hart of Darkness"
1982 Bret Maverick General Frye Episode: "The Vulture Also Rises"
Silver Spoons Captain Stark Episode: "The Great Computer Caper"
The First Time Paul Cooper Made-for-TV movie by Noel Nosseck [11]
Voyagers! Abraham Lincoln Episode: "The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln"
Missing Children: A Mother's Story Stanley Willard Made-for-TV movie directed by Dick Lowry [11]
1982–83 Tom Cottle: Up Close Self Episodes:
  • "#1.34"
  • "#1.84"
1983 The Fall Guy| Al Barton Episode: "Happy Trails"
M*A*S*H General Addison Collins Episode: "Say No More" [3]
Insight Fletcher Episode: "The Hit Man"
1983–88 Dallas
  • Richard McIntyre[i]
  • Dr. Herbert Styles[j]
 6 episodes
1984 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Humbug-Waiter David Reilly Episode: "The Mole"
Riptide Walter Truman Episode: "Diamonds Are Forever"
Sins of the Past Rev. Donald Randolph Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter H. Hunt
Jessie Peckham Episode: "The Psychic Connection"
1984–85 Matt Houston
  • Judge David Myer
  • Capt. Conroy
 Episodes:
  • "The Monster"
  • "New Orleans Nightmare"
1985 North and South William Hazard Miniseries
1 episode (credited for 5 more)		 [3][98]
1985–90 MacGyver "Grandpa" Harry Jackson 5 episodes [3]
1986 The Wonderful World of Disney Holbrook Episode: "I-Man"
Dream West Brigadier General Brooke Miniseries directed by Dick Lowry [98]
Hardesty House Maxwell Eaton II Made-for-TV movie directed by Martin Davidson & R.W. Goodwin
Starman Rayfield Episode: "Best Buddies"
1987 Heart of the City Frank Episode: "Out on a Limb"
American Harvest Judge Meriweather Made-for-TV movie directed by Dick Lowry [11]
Mathnet Roark Episode: "The Problem of the Dirty Money"
Square One Television Roark Episode: "1:22"
Our House Lt. Col. Roger Trask Episode: "They Also Serve"
1988 Annie McGuire O'Reilly Episode: "The Legend of the Bad Fish"
Hunter Winston Taggert Episode: "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"
Baby Boom Anakott Episode: "The He-Man Woman's Hater Club"
1989 Knightwatch Morris 3 episodes
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal George Dutton Made-for-TV movie directed by Noel Nosseck [11]
Star Trek: The Next Generation Kevin Uxbridge Episode: "The Survivors"
1990 Matlock Sam Chandler Episode: "The Informer: Part 1" [3]
Follow Your Heart Josh Made-for-TV movie directed by Noel Nosseck [11]
Shannon's Deal Guest[a] Episode: "Sanctuary"
1991 In Broad Daylight Wes Westerman Made-for-TV movie directed by James Steven Sadwith [11]
Murder, She Wrote Andrew Dixon Episode: "Thursday's Child" [3][71]
Babe Ruth Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis Made-for-TV movie directed by Mark Tinker [11]
Perfect Strangers Grandpa Beaumont 'Buzz' Appleton Episode: "Grandpa"
Daddy George Watson Made-for-TV movie directed by Michael Miller [11]
1992 Bed of Lies Price Daniel Sr. Made-for-TV movie directed by William A. Graham [11]
Quantum Leap Pat Knight Episode: "The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957" [3]
Jake and the Fatman Ace Thompson Episode: "All Through the Night"

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cameo appearance
  2. ↑ Released after the three-part story arc: "The Last Harbor Raid" on The Rat Patrol
  3. ↑ Pilot for the series Iron Horse
  4. ↑ Made into 1968's Massacre Harbor directed by John Peyser
  5. ↑ Pilot for the series The Manhunter
  6. ↑ Pilot for the series The Quest
  7. ↑ Television episode was shown March 13, 1977
  8. ↑ Television episode expanded into a film
  9. ↑ Season 6, episodes 23 & 24
  10. ↑ Season 11, episodes 14, 17, 20 & 22

References

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  2. ↑ "John Anderson, Actor, Dies At 69". Southeast Missourian. Rust Communications. Associated Press. August 9, 1992. p. 6. Retrieved September 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 McGinley, Patrick (October 17, 2013). "John Anderson: Quincy's greatest character actor". Herald-Whig. Quincy Media. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Tate & Houser 2022, p. 246.
  5. ↑ John Anderson at the Internet Broadway Database
  6. ↑ Willis 2000, p. 218.
  7. ↑ Rubin, Steve (August 7, 2017). "Remembering John Anderson". SyFyWire. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ Whitman, Alden (December 26, 1953). "At the Paramount". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (November 16, 1955). "Movie Review - Target Zero - Screen: 'Target Zero'; Korean Conflict Story Misses the Mark". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  10. ↑ "B'way Slips in Snow; 'Target' Light 30G in 8". Variety. November 23, 1955. p. 9. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Aaker 2024, p. 12.
  12. ↑ Coats, Paul V. (August 29, 1957). "Confidential file". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 2165-1736. OCLC 3638237. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ Phillips 2005, p. 61.
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