John Anderson

John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992)

Early life Anderson was born in 1922 and raised in Clayton, Illinois. He was in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof from 1955 to 1956 at the Morosco Theatre. Standing , Anderson bore a strong resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, 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.

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleDirectorNotesref 1953 The Eddie Cantor Story Bobby Alfred E. Green Musical drama film 1955 Target Zero Harmon Jones War drama film 1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart Doc Lewis Seiler Biographical crime drama film 1959 Last Train from Gun Hill Salesman In Horseshoe John Sturges Western film 1960 Psycho California Charlie Alfred Hitchcock Horror filmBased on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch The Wackiest Ship in the Army Sailor Richard Murphy Comedy-drama War filmBased on Big Fella Wash-Wash by Herbert Carlson 1962 Walk on the Wild Side Preacher Edward Dmytryk Drama filmBased on A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren Geronimo Jeremiah Burns Arnold Laven Western film Ride the High Country Elder Hammond Sam Peckinpah Western filmReleased internationally as Guns in the Afternoon 1965 The Satan Bug Agent Reagan John Sturges Crime science fiction suspense filmBased on the 1962 novel by Ian Stuart The Hallelujah Trail Sergeant Buell John Sturges Western epic mockumentary spoofBased on The Hallelujah Trail by Bill Gulick 1966 Namu, the Killer Whale Joe Clausen László Benedek Adventure film The Fortune Cookie Abraham Lincoln Billy Wilder Black comedy filmAlso known as Meet Whiplash Willie 1967 A Covenant with Death Dietrich Lamont Johnson Legal drama filmBased on A Covenant with Death by Stephen Becker Welcome to Hard Times Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple Burt Kennedy Western filmBased on Welcome to Hard Times by E. L. Doctorow 1968 Day of the Evil Gun Captain Jefferson Addis Jerry Thorpe Western film A Man Called Gannon Capper James Goldstone Western filmRemake of Man Without a Star 5 Card Stud Marshal Dana Henry Hathaway Western mystery film Massacre Harbor Major Indrus John Peyser War action film 1969 Heaven with a Gun Asa Beck Lee H. Katzin Western film The Great Bank Robbery Mayor Kincaid Hy Averback Western comedy filmBased on The Great Bank Robbery by Frank O'Rourke Young Billy Young Boone Burt Kennedy Western filmBased on Who Rides with Wyatt by Will Henry 1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem Captain Bryce Ossie Davis Neo-noir filmBased on Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes Soldier Blue Colonel Iverson Ralph Nelson Revisionist western filmBased on Arrow in the Sun by T. V. Olsen 1971 Man and Boy Stretch E.W. Swackhamer Western film 1972 The Stepmother Inspector Darnezi Howard L. Avedis Comedy-drama film Molly and Lawless John Sheriff Marvin Parker Gary Nelson Western film 1973 Counselor at Crime Don Vito Albanese Alberto de Martino Italian-Spanish crime filmAlso known as The Counsellor Executive Action Halliday David Miller Political thriller filmFictionalized account of a conspiracy to assassinate United States President John F. KennedyBased on Executive Action by Donald Freed and Mark Lane 1974 The Dove Mike Turk Charles Jarrott Biographical filmBased on Dove by Robin Lee Graham and Derek L.T. GillProduced by Gregory Peck 1975 The Specialist Pike Smith Howard Avedis Thriller film 1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy Abraham Lincoln James L. Conway Drama filmBased on book of the same name by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr. 1979 In Search of Historic Jesus Caiaphas Henning Schellerup Documentary filmBased on Lee Roddy and Charles E. Sellier Jr.'s book of the same name 1980 Out of the Blue TV Interviewer Dennis Hopper Drama filmReleased in Canada as No Looking Back Smokey and the Bandit II Governor Hal Needham Action comedy film 1981 Zoot Suit Judge F.W. Charles Luis Valdez Drama musical filmBased on Zoot Suit by Valdez 1986 Never Too Young to Die Arliss Gil Bettman Action film 1986 Scorpion Joel / Noel G. Koch William Riead Action filmAlso known as The Summons 1988 Eight Men Out Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis John Sayles Sports drama filmBased on Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof 1989 Deadly Innocents Gus John D. PattersonHugh Parks Thriller film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesref 1950 Fireside Theatre Episode: "The Courting of Belle/Rendezvous" 1952 Hallmark Hall of Fame Episode: "Bread of Freedom" 1952–54 Rocky King, Detective Episodes: 1954 Cavalcade of America Episode: "Man of Glass: The Story of a Glassmaker"" Colonel Humphrey Flack Episode: "The Wild West" Janet Dean, Registered Nurse Episode: "The Gomez Chase" 1955 Gang Busters Episode: "The Rocco Trapani Case" 1955–56 The Phil Silvers Show Episodes: 1957–59 Trackdown Episodes: 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 The Dark Side of Innocence Stephen Hancock Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry Thorpe Bridger President Andrew Jackson Made-for-TV movie directed by David Lowell Rich The Quest Harper Episode: "Shanklin" The Rockford Files Gerald A. O'Malley Episode: "Coulter City Wildcat" Rich Man, Poor Man Book II John "Scotty" Scott Miniseries7 episodes Once an Eagle George Varney Miniseries 1977–82 Quincy, M.E. Various 3 episodes The Last Hurrah Amos Force Made-for-TV movie political drama by Vincent ShermanBased on the novel of the same name by Edwin O'ConnorRemake of 1958 film of the same title Lou Grant Russell Granger Episode: "Takeover" 1978 Donner Pass: The Road to Survival Patrick Breen Made-for-TV movie directed by James L. Conway The Deerslayer Hutter Made-for-TV movie directed by Richard Friedenberg 1979 The Incredible Hulk Mike Callahan Episode: "Wildfire" Backstairs at the White House President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Miniseries 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: 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 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 1982–83 Tom Cottle: Up Close Self Episodes: 1983 The Fall Guy Al BartonEpisode: "Happy Trails" M*A*S*H General Addison Collins Episode: "Say No More" Insight Fletcher Episode: "The Hit Man" 1983–88 Dallas 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 Episodes: 1985 North and South William Hazard Miniseries1 episode (credited for 5 more) 1985–90 MacGyver "Grandpa" Harry Jackson 5 episodes 1986 The Wonderful World of Disney Holbrook Episode: "I-Man" Dream West Brigadier General Brooke Miniseries directed by Dick Lowry 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 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 Star Trek: The Next Generation Kevin Uxbridge Episode: "The Survivors" 1990 Matlock Sam Chandler Episode: "The Informer: Part 1" Follow Your Heart Josh Made-for-TV movie directed by Noel Nosseck Shannon's Deal Episode: "Sanctuary" 1991 In Broad Daylight Wes Westerman Made-for-TV movie directed by James Steven Sadwith Murder, She Wrote Andrew Dixon Episode: "Thursday's Child" Babe Ruth Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis Made-for-TV movie directed by Mark Tinker Perfect Strangers Grandpa Beaumont 'Buzz' Appleton Episode: "Grandpa" Daddy George Watson Made-for-TV movie directed by Michael Miller 1992 Bed of Lies Price Daniel Sr. Made-for-TV movie directed by William A. Graham Quantum Leap Pat Knight Episode: "The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957" Jake and the Fatman Ace Thompson Episode: "All Through the Night"