James Anderson

James Anderson (November 6, 1902 – November 26, 1960) was an American assistant director during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In his twenty-five year career, Anderson worked on almost 75 pictures. He is sometimes confused with James K. Anderson, the actor, because their careers overlapped. He was also known as James A. Anderson or James H. Anderson.

Anderson began his career in film as an actor with a featured role in the silent era, in 1925's The Freshman, starring Harold Lloyd. After appearing in several silent films, with the advent of sound he moved behind the camera, where he was a perennial assistant director. He would spend almost his entire career with RKO Radio Pictures, from their inception in 1929 through 1949. Anderson died on November 26, 1960, in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography (as per AFI's database) Year Title Role Notes 1925 Actor - "Chester A. 'Chet' Trask" 1926 Actor - "Horatio Winston, Jr." 1926 Flying High Actor - "Carson" 1927 Butterflies in the Rain Actor - "Dennis Carteret" 1928 Fleetwing Actor - "Mansoni" 1930 Assistant director 1931 Assistant director 1931 Assistant director 1931 Secret Service Assistant director 1931 Young Donovan's Kid Assistant director 1932 Assistant director 1932 Assistant director 1932 Hell's Highway Assistant director 1932 Is My Face Red? Assistant director 1932 Assistant director 1933 Chance at Heaven Assistant director 1933 No Other Woman Assistant director 1933 No Marriage Ties Assistant director 1934 Man of Two Worlds Assistant director 1935 Hooray for Love Assistant director 1935 Assistant director 1935 Star of Midnight Assistant director 1935 In Person Assistant director 1936 Yellow Dust Assistant director 1936 Mummy's Boys Assistant director 1936 Assistant director 1936 Special Investigator Assistant director 1937 We Who Are About to Die Assistant director 1937 Criminal Lawyer Assistant director 1937 New Faces of 1937 Assistant director 1937 Stage Door Assistant director 1938 Having Wonderful Time Assistant director 1938 Tarnished Angel Assistant director 1938 Mother Carey's Chickens Assistant director 1938 Room Service Assistant director 1939 Nurse Edith Cavell Assistant director 1939 Love Affair Assistant director 1939 Fixer Dugan Assistant director 1939 Reno Assistant director 1939 Three Sons Assistant director 1939 Assistant director 1940 Mexican Spitfire Assistant director 1940 My Favorite Wife Assistant director 1940 Dance, Girl, Dance Assistant director 1941 Assistant director 1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon Assistant director 1942 Highways by Night Assistant director 1942 Joan of Paris Assistant director 1942 My Favorite Spy Assistant director 1946 Crack-Up Assistant director 1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Assistant director 1946 Assistant director 1946 Lady Luck Assistant director 1946 Nocturne Assistant director 1947 Trail Street Assistant director 1947 Out of the Past Unit manager 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Unit manager 1949 Adventure in Baltimore Assistant director 1949 They Live by Night Production manager 1950 Borderline Assistant director 1950 Never Fear Assistant director 1950 Outrage Assistant director 1951 Hard, Fast and Beautiful Assistant director 1951 On the Loose Assistant director 1953 Production manager 1953 Assistant to producer 1953 Main Street to Broadway Assistant director 1954 Private Hell 36 Assistant director, production manager 1955 Mad at the World Associate producer 1956 Huk! Production manager