Herbert Anderson
Beginning with the war film "The Fighting 69th" in 1940, actor Herbert Anderson began appearing in mostly uncredited roles in Warner Brothers films. In 1941, he landed his breakout role, playing expert gunner Homer Matthews in the comedy-musical "Navy Blues." Following that performance, he went on to appear in scores of films throughout the rest of the decade and into the next. He appeared in "Excuse My Dust," another musical-comedy, in 1951; the biopic "The Benny Goodman Story" in 1956; and the drama "Spring Reunion" in 1957. In 1959, he took on his best known role, playing the father, Henry Mitchell, in the beloved TV series "Dennis the Menace," which was based on Hank Ketchum's comic-strip about a troublemaking young boy. After the show ended in 1963, Anderson appeared in very few films, but became a fixture on television. He played his last role in 1975, in an episode of another classic family program, "The Waltons."
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Herbert Anderson
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginia Hill Story | Sen. Estes Kefauver (Character) | - | 1974 |
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Rascal | Mr. Pringle (Character) | - | 1969 |
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Hold On! | Edward "Ed" Lindquist (Character) | - | 1966 |
88% |
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Sunrise at Campobello | Daly (Character) | - | 1960 |
64% |
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I Bury the Living | Jess Jessup (Character) | - | 1958 |
50% |
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Night Passage | Will Renner (Character) | - | 1957 |
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My Man Godfrey | Hubert (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kelly and Me | Ben Collins (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Butterfly | Maj. Ferguson (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Girls in Town | Ted Larabee (Character) | - | 1956 |
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The Benny Goodman Story | John Hammond Jr. (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl in White | Dr. Barclay (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Excuse My Dust | Ben Parrott (Character) | - | 1951 |
78% |
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Battleground | Hansan (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Were Meant for Me | Eddie (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Give My Regards to Broadway | Frank Doty (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Way With Women | Melvyn Pfeiffer (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love and Learn | Pete (Character) | - | 1947 |
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The Male Animal | Michael Barnes (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Dive Bomber | Chubby (Character) | - | 1941 |
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The Body Disappears | George Worthington "Doc" Appleby (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Navy Blues | Homer Matthews (Character) | - | 1941 |
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No Time for Comedy | Actor in Show (Character) | - | 1940 |
71% |
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The Fighting 69th | Pvt. Casey (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Service With the Colors | Hiram Briggs (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meet the Fleet | Dan Howell (Character) | - | 1940 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam's Rib | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Paul Lynde Show | Ed Murphy (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Governor & J.J. | Carroll Burke (Guest Star) | 1970 |
78% | No Score Yet | The Brady Bunch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Acres | Mr. Wurthwaxer (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 48% | Bewitched | Clerk (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 1967 |
No Score Yet | 58% | I Dream of Jeannie | Commander Davis (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Smothers Brothers Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Elwood (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dennis the Menace | Unknown (Character) | 1959-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dobie Gillis | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sea Hunt | Professor George Bryan (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Eugene Milton (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | John Keller (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Ernie (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Knows Best | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |