John Anderson (actor)

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John Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) was an American actor and director.

Biography

Prior to a prolific acting career, Anderson served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II where he met artist Orazio Fumagalli who became one of his best lifelong friends.

He was known for several roles, including his recurring role in "MacGyver" as Harry Jackson. Earlier work included appearances on many Western series, including "Gunsmoke" (twelve times), "The Rifleman" (eleven times), "The Virginian" (six times), "Laramie" (five times), "The Big Valley" in various roles, "The Rat Patrol" (four times, three as the same charactor), "Hawaii Five-0" and "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" as Virgil Earp. He portrayed Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the popular TV miniseries "Backstairs at the White House" (1979). He portrayed the character Kevin Uxbridge in the "" episode "The Survivors". Anderson played the role of Dr. Herbert Stiles in a series arc of Dallas (TV series).

A recurring "Twilight Zone" actor, he starred in four different episodes, "The Old Man in the Cave", "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville", "The Odyssey of Flight 33", and "A Passage for Trumpet". Standing 6 ft 5 ½ in tall (197 cm), he bore a strong resemblance to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, whom he portrayed twice. He was also the uncredited voice of Mark Twain in the Epcot attraction "The American Adventure".

John Anderson also portrayed the Ebonite interrogator in the episode "Nightmare" of the original Outer Limits TV series.

After his death in 1992, he was cremated and his ashes taken out to sea as part of his membership with the Neptune Society.

Partial filmography

* "The True Story of Lynn Stuart" (1958)
* "Psycho" (1960)
* "Ride the High Country" (1962)
* "The Satan Bug" (1965)
* "The Hallelujah Trail" (1965)
* "Namu, the Killer Whale" (1966)
* "The Fortune Cookie" (1966) (uncredited)
* "Welcome to Hard Times" (1967)
* "Day of the Evil Gun" (1968)
* "A Man Called Gannon" (1968)
* "Five Card Stud" (1968)
* "Massacre Harbor" (1968)
* "Heaven with a Gun" (1969)
* "The Great Bank Robbery" (1969)
* "Young Billy Young" (1970)
* "Cotton Comes to Harlem" (1970)
* "Soldier Blue" (1970)
* "Molly and Lawless John" (1973)
* "Executive Action" (1973)
* "The Dove" (1974)
* "Landfall" (1975)
* "The Specialist" (1975)
* "The Hancocks" (1976)
* "The Lincoln Conspiracy" (1977)
* "Zoot Suit" (1981)
* "Scorpion" (1986)
* Eight men out (1988)
* Boris Karloff's Thriller

References

*cite book
author=Halliwell, Leslie
title=The Filmgoer's Companion / with a Foreword by Alfred Hitchcock
year=1965
publisher=Hill and Wang
isbn=

External links

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