John Anderson (actor)
John Anderson | |
|---|---|
Sherman Oaks, California , U.S. | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950–1992 |
| Spouse |
Patricia A. Cason
(m. 1946; died 1989) |
John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) was an American character actor who performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions during a career that spanned over four decades.
Life and career
Anderson was born in 1922 and raised in Clayton, Illinois. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.[1] He also held a master's degree in drama from the University of Iowa.[2]
Anderson started out on Broadway, including an appearance in the musical Paint Your Wagon in 1951.[3] He later worked primarily in film and television.
Standing 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm), he bore a strong resemblance to
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In 1966 he starred as “Les McConnell”, the brains & 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 & 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: "The Old Man in the Cave", "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville", "The Odyssey of Flight 33", and "A Passage for Trumpet".[4] 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 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.
Body of work
Partial filmography
- 1953 The Eddie Cantor Story as Bobby (uncredited)
- 1955 Target Zero as an undetermined role (uncredited)
- 1957 Perry Mason as George Andrews
- 1957 Gunsmoke15 appearances
- 1957 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Episode: "Episode in Darkness"
- 1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Doc (uncredited)
- 1958 The Californian (three episodes) as Reed Bullard / Slater / The Deacon
- 1959 Last Train from Gun Hill as Salesman In Horseshoe (uncredited)
- 1960 Psycho as Charlie "California Charlie"
- 1960 The Twilight Zone as Gabriel "Gabe"
- 1960 Le olimpiadi dei mariti
- 1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Sailor (uncredited)
- 1960-1969 Bonanza (three episodes)
- 1961 The Rifleman (eleven episodes) as various characters, including a memorable performance as Lucas's recovered alcoholic father-in-law Sam Gibbs, who arrives in North Fork seeking forgiveness in S5 E24 "Old Man Running" which aired 3/17/1963. The series began on 9/30/1958 and concluded on 4/8/1963.
- 1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 7 Episode 8: "The Old Pro") as Joey 'Nick' Nicholson
- 1961 Bat Masterson (season 3, episode 15) "The Court-marshal of Major Mars" as Major Mars
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(Season 1 Episode 11: "Ride the Nightmare") as Adam
- 1962 Walk on the Wild Side as Preacher
- 1962 Geronimo as Jeremiah Burns
- 1962 Ride the High Country as Elder Hammond
- 1963 Perry Mason as Dan O'Malley
- 1963 The Outer Limits as Ebonite Interrogator
- 1963 My Favorite Martian (episode "Raffles No. 2") as Captain Farrow
- 1963 Laramie (episode "The Violent Ones") as Bob Blayne
- 1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(Season 3 Episode 27: "The Second Wife") as Luke Hunter
- 1965 The Satan Bug as Agent Reagan
- 1965 The Hallelujah Trail as Sergeant Buell
- 1966 Namu, the Killer Whale as Joe Clausen
- 1966 The Fortune Cookie as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
- 1966 fr:Le Virginien (season 5, episode 04) "The Storm" as deputy sheriff Sam Murray
- 1967 A Covenant with Death as Dietrich
- 1967 Welcome to Hard Times as Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
- 1968 Day of the Evil Gun as Captain Jefferson Addis
- 1968 A Man Called Gannon as Capper
- 1968 5 Card Stud as Marshal Dana
- 1968 Massacre Harbor as Major Indrus
- 1969 Heaven with a Gun as Asa Beck
- 1969 The Great Bank Robberyas Mayor Kincaid
- 1969 Young Billy Young as Boone
- 1970 The Animals as Sheriff Allan Pierce
- 1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem as Captain Bryce
- 1970 Soldier Blue as Colonel Iverson
- 1971 Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) (episode "To Kill or Be Killed") as Brig. General Earl Rigney
- 1971 Man and Boy as Stretch
- 1971 Bearcats! (episode "Man in a Cage") as Judge Juan O'Brian
- 1972 The Stepmother as Inspector Darnezi
- 1972 Molly and Lawless John as Sheriff Marvin Parker
- 1973 Counselor at Crime as Don Vito Albanese
- 1973 Night Gallery (episode "Through the Flame Darkly") as Sheriff
- 1973 Executive Action as Halliday
- 1974 Heatwave!as Toler
- 1974 The Dove as Mike Turk
- 1974 Kung Fu (Episode "Crossties") as Jack Youngblood
- 1975 Little House On The Prairie as Mr. Pike
- 1975 The Specialist as Pike Smith
- 1975 Emergency! "Smoke Eater" as Captain Bob Roberts
- 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (mini-series) as Scotty
- 1976 The Rockford Files (episode "Coulter City Wildcat") as Gerald A. O'Malley
- 1976 Once an Eagle (mini-series) as George Varney
- 1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy as Abraham Lincoln
- 1977 The Last Hurrah as Amos Force
- 1979 Backstairs at the White House (mini-series) as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1979 The Incredible Hulk (episode "Wildfire") as Mike Callahan
- 1980 Out of the Blue as TV Interviewer
- 1980 Smokey and the Bandit II as Governor
- 1981 Zoot Suit as Judge F.W. Charles
- 1982 The American Adventure as Mark Twain / Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)
- 1982 The First Time as Paul Cooper
- 1982 Voyagers! - "The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln" as Abraham Lincoln
- 1983 M*A*S*H - "Say No More" as General Addison Collins
- 1985 MacGyver - as "Grandpa" Harry Jackson
- 1985 North and South(mini-series) as William Hazard
- 1986 Amerasia
- 1986 Dream West (TV mini-series) as Brigadier General Brooke
- 1986 Never Too Young to Die as Arliss
- 1986 Scorpion as Joel / Noel G. Koch
- 1988 Eight Men Out as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- 1989 Deadly Innocents as Gus
- 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation - "The Survivors" as Kevin Uxbridge
- 1990 “((Matlock: The Informer: Part 1 (TV Episode 1990) - John Anderson as Sam Chandler.
- 1991 In Broad Daylight (television movie) as Wes Westerman
- 1991 Babe Ruth as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- 1991 Perfect Strangers as Grandpa
- 1992 Quantum Leap as Pat Knight
References
- ^ Herald-Whig. Quincy, Illinois. Archivedfrom the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ John Anderson at the Internet Broadway Database
- SyFyWire. Archived from the originalon August 7, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
External links
- John Anderson at AllMovie
- John Anderson at IMDb
- John Anderson at the Internet Broadway Database
