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
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Director
!Notes
!ref
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| 1953
| The Eddie Cantor Story
| Bobby
| Alfred E. Green
| Musical drama film
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| 1955
| Target Zero
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| Harmon Jones
| War drama film
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| 1958
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart
| Doc
| Lewis Seiler
| Biographical crime drama film
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| 1959
| Last Train from Gun Hill
| Salesman In Horseshoe
| John Sturges
| Western film
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| rowspan="2" | 1960
| Psycho
| California Charlie
| Alfred Hitchcock
| Horror film<br/>Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch
| <br/>
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| The Wackiest Ship in the Army
| Sailor
| Richard Murphy
| Comedy-drama War film<br/>Based on Big Fella Wash-Wash by Herbert Carlson
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| rowspan="3" | 1962
| Walk on the Wild Side
| Preacher
| Edward Dmytryk
| Drama film<br/>Based on A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren
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| Geronimo
| Jeremiah Burns
| Arnold Laven
| Western film
| <br/>
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| Ride the High Country
| Elder Hammond
| Sam Peckinpah
| Western film<br/>Released internationally as Guns in the Afternoon
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| rowspan="2" | 1965
| The Satan Bug
| Agent Reagan
| John Sturges
| Crime science fiction suspense film<br/>Based on the 1962 novel by Ian Stuart
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| The Hallelujah Trail
| Sergeant Buell
| John Sturges
| Western epic mockumentary spoof<br/>Based on The Hallelujah Trail by Bill Gulick
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| rowspan="2" | 1966
| Namu, the Killer Whale
| Joe Clausen
| László Benedek
| Adventure film
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| The Fortune Cookie
| Abraham Lincoln
| Billy Wilder
| Black comedy film<br/>Also known as Meet Whiplash Willie
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| rowspan="2" | 1967
| A Covenant with Death
| Dietrich
| Lamont Johnson
| Legal drama film<br/>Based on A Covenant with Death by Stephen Becker
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| Welcome to Hard Times
| Ezra Maple / Isaac Maple
| Burt Kennedy
| Western film<br/>Based on Welcome to Hard Times by E. L. Doctorow
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| rowspan="4" | 1968
| Day of the Evil Gun
| Captain Jefferson Addis
| Jerry Thorpe
| Western film
| <br/><br/><br/><br/>
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| A Man Called Gannon
| Capper
| James Goldstone
| Western film<br/>Remake of Man Without a Star
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| 5 Card Stud
| Marshal Dana
| Henry Hathaway
| Western mystery film
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| Massacre Harbor
| Major Indrus
| John Peyser
| War action film
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| rowspan="3" | 1969
| Heaven with a Gun
| Asa Beck
| Lee H. Katzin
| Western film
| <br/>
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| The Great Bank Robbery
| Mayor Kincaid
| Hy Averback
| Western comedy film<br/>Based on The Great Bank Robbery by Frank O'Rourke
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| Young Billy Young
| Boone
| Burt Kennedy
| Western film<br/>Based on Who Rides with Wyatt by Will Henry
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| rowspan="2" | 1970
| Cotton Comes to Harlem
| Captain Bryce
| Ossie Davis
| Neo-noir film<br/>Based on Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes
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| Soldier Blue
| Colonel Iverson
| Ralph Nelson
| Revisionist western film<br/>Based on Arrow in the Sun by T. V. Olsen
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| 1971
| Man and Boy
| Stretch
| E.W. Swackhamer
| Western film
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| rowspan="2" | 1972
| The Stepmother
| Inspector Darnezi
| Howard L. Avedis
| Comedy-drama film
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| Molly and Lawless John
| Sheriff Marvin Parker
| Gary Nelson
| Western film
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| rowspan="2" | 1973
| Counselor at Crime
| Don Vito Albanese
| Alberto de Martino
| Italian-Spanish crime film<br/><br/>Also known as The Counsellor
| <br/><br/>
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| Executive Action
| Halliday
| David Miller
| Political thriller film<br/>Fictionalized account of a conspiracy to assassinate United States President John F. Kennedy<br/>Based on Executive Action by Donald Freed and Mark Lane
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| 1974
| The Dove
| Mike Turk
| Charles Jarrott
| Biographical film<br/>Based on Dove by Robin Lee Graham and Derek L.T. Gill<br/>Produced by Gregory Peck
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| 1975
| The Specialist
| Pike Smith
| Howard Avedis
| Thriller film
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| 1977
| The Lincoln Conspiracy
| Abraham Lincoln
| James L. Conway
| Drama film<br/>Based on book of the same name by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr.
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| 1979
| In Search of Historic Jesus
| Caiaphas
| Henning Schellerup
| Documentary film<br/>Based on Lee Roddy and Charles E. Sellier Jr.'s book of the same name
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| rowspan="2" | 1980
| Out of the Blue
| TV Interviewer
| Dennis Hopper
| Drama film<br/>Released in Canada as No Looking Back
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| Smokey and the Bandit II
| Governor
| Hal Needham
| Action comedy film
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| 1981
| Zoot Suit
| Judge F.W. Charles
| Luis Valdez
| Drama musical film<br/>Based on Zoot Suit by Valdez
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| 1986
| Never Too Young to Die
| Arliss
| Gil Bettman
| Action film
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| 1986
| Scorpion
| Joel / Noel G. Koch
| William Riead
| Action film<br/>Also known as The Summons
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| 1988
| Eight Men Out
| Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
| John Sayles
| Sports drama film<br/>Based on Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof
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| 1989
| Deadly Innocents
| Gus
| John D. Patterson<br/>Hugh Parks
| Thriller film
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Television
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
!ref
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| 1950
| Fireside Theatre
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| Episode: "The Courting of Belle/Rendezvous"
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| 1952
| Hallmark Hall of Fame
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| Episode: "Bread of Freedom"
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| 1952–54
| Rocky King, Detective
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| Episodes:
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| rowspan="3" | 1954
| Cavalcade of America
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| Episode: "Man of Glass: The Story of a Glassmaker""
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| Colonel Humphrey Flack
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| Episode: "The Wild West"
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| Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
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| Episode: "The Gomez Chase"
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| 1955
| Gang Busters
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| Episode: "The Rocco Trapani Case"
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| 1955–56
| The Phil Silvers Show
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| Episodes:
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| 1957–59
| Trackdown
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| Episodes:
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| 1957–60
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
| Various
| 4 episodes
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| rowspan="2" | 1957
| Panic!
| Sheriff
| Episode: "The Vigilantes"
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| The Court of Last Resort
| Phil
| Episode: "The Gordon Wallace Case"
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| rowspan="6" | 1958
| Tombstone Territory
| Allen Danbury
| Episode: "The Return of the Outlaw"
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| Sea Hunt
| Various
| 3 episodes
| <br/>
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| The Dark Side of Innocence
| Stephen Hancock
| Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry Thorpe
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| Bridger
| President Andrew Jackson
| Made-for-TV movie directed by David Lowell Rich
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| The Quest
| Harper
| Episode: "Shanklin"
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| The Rockford Files
| Gerald A. O'Malley
| Episode: "Coulter City Wildcat"
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| Rich Man, Poor Man Book II
| John "Scotty" Scott
| Miniseries<br/>7 episodes
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| Once an Eagle
| George Varney
| Miniseries
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| 1977–82
| Quincy, M.E.
| Various
| 3 episodes
| <br/>
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| The Last Hurrah
| Amos Force
| Made-for-TV movie political drama by Vincent Sherman<br/>Based on the novel of the same name by Edwin O'Connor<br/>Remake of 1958 film of the same title
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| Lou Grant
| Russell Granger
| Episode: "Takeover"
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| rowspan="2" | 1978
| Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
| Patrick Breen
| Made-for-TV movie directed by James L. Conway
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| The Deerslayer
| Hutter
| Made-for-TV movie directed by Richard Friedenberg
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| rowspan="4" | 1979
| The Incredible Hulk
| Mike Callahan
| Episode: "Wildfire"
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| Backstairs at the White House
| President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
| Miniseries
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| Sweepstakes
| Thomas Singer
| Episode: "Pilot"
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| Project U.F.O.
| Captain Bergstad
| Episode: "Sighting 4026: The Atlantic Queen Incident"
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| rowspan="2" | 1980
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
| Col. Clayborn
| Episode: "First to Finish, Last to Show"
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| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
| Vernon Laws
| Episode: "This One's Gonna Kill Ya"
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| rowspan="6" | 1981
| Sanford
| Judge
| Episode: "Here Comes the Bride: Part 2"
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| ABC Weekend Special
| Curtis George
| Episode: "Mayday! Mayday!"
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| The Jeffersons
| Mr. Claymore
| Episodes:
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