Sam Anderson

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Sam Anderson (born May 13, 1945 in Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States ) is an American actor from Wahpeton, North Dakota. He is a graduate of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. During the 1970s, Sam taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California. He married in 1985 and is the father of twins. Sam holds advanced degrees in Theatre, American Literature and Creative Writing. He is also a member of the Mystery Writers of America.

Anderson is perhaps best known for his roles as the newspaper editor Mr. Gorpley on "Perfect Strangers", the lawyer Holland Manners on the first two seasons of "Angel", the cardiologist Dr. Jack Kayson on the television series "ER" and as Bernard on "Lost", also as the assistant manager of the Hotel Royale in "" episode "The Royale", and as Mike Seaver's adversarial Principal DeWitt in "Growing Pains".

Filmography

Television

* "" - Season 1 episode 1
* "WKRP in Cincinnati" - Played various characters
* "St. Elsewhere" - Mr McGrath
* "T.J. Hooker" - Leo Santee
* "Hill Street Blues" - Kenny Sterling
* "Dallas" - Inspector Frank Howard
* "Magnum, P.I." - Ray Jones
* "The Golden Girls" - Mr Meyer
* "21 Jump Street"
* "Growing Pains" - Principal Willis Dewitt
* "Perfect Strangers" - Mr Sam Gorpley
* "" - Assistant Manager in the episode "The Royale"
* "Alien Nation" - Thomas Edison in the episode "The Game"
* "Picket Fences" - FBI Agent Donald Morrell
* "The Pretender" - Dr. Curtis Season 2 "Over the Edge"
* "The Stand" - Whitney Horgan
* "Millennium" - Agent Jack Pierson
* "The X-Files" - Leamus in the episode "The Pine Bluff Variant"
* "Friends" - Dr. Harad
* "Ally McBeal" - Mark Harrison
* "Angel" - Holland Manners
* "ER" - Dr. Jack Kayson
* "Married to the Kellys" - Bill Kelly
* "Everybody Loves Raymond" - Agent Garfield
* "Lost" - Bernard Nadler
* "Nowhere Man" - Memory man in "Through a Lens Darkly"
* "Sam Anderson and Mike Chille Variety Hour"

Film

* "La Bamba" -- Mr. Ludwig
* "" - Mr. Morgan
* "Forrest Gump" - Principal Hancock
* "Permanent Midnight" - Dr. Olsen
* "Slackers (film)" - Charles Patton

External links

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