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John Anderson
Highest Rated: 97% Psycho (1960)
Lowest Rated: 25% Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Birthday: Oct 20, 1922
Birthplace: Clayton, Illinois, USA
A prolific, versatile, light-haired character actor, Anderson amassed feature credits including "Psycho" (1960, as the smarmy car salesman), Ossie Davis' "Cotton Comes to Harlem" (1970) and John Sayles' "Eight Men Out" (1988). His TV credits include over 500 roles, most notably among them a recurring role on "Dallas"; the short lived spin-off "Baby Boom"; and, as the title character's father, "MacGyver."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bed of Lies | Price Daniel, Sr. (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Daddy | George Watson (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 87% | 79% | Eight Men Out | Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (Character) | $4.3M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Scorpion | Neal G. Koch (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sins of the Past | Rev. Donald Randolph (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First Time | Paul Cooper (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Stanley Willard (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 55% | 74% | Zoot Suit | Judge F.W. Charles (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 25% | 43% | Smokey and the Bandit II | Governor (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Search of Historic Jesus | Caiaphas (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | Patrick Breen (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow of Fear | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deerslayer | Hutter (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | The Force of Evil | Sheriff Floyd Carrington (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Hurrah | Amos Force (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Alexander Majors (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lincoln Conspiracy | Abraham Lincoln (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dark Side of Innocence | Stephen Hancock (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bridger | Pres. Andrew Jackson (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. R | Capt. Lewis (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Specialist | Pike Smith (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man on the Run | Jason Monroe (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smile, Jenny, You're Dead | Col. John Lockport (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The Dove | Mike Turk (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heatwave! | Toler (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Manhunter | Aaron Denver (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 60% | 59% | Executive Action | Halliday (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brock's Last Case | Joe Cuspis (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call to Danger | Edward McClure (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Man and Boy | Stretch (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Molly and Lawless John | Sheriff Marvin Parker (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Impulsion | Inspector Darnezi (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five Savage Men | Sheriff Allan Pierce (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 38% | 71% | Soldier Blue | Col. Iverson (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bearcats | Judge Juan O'Brien (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Heaven With a Gun | Asa Beck (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | The Great Bank Robbery | Mayor Kincaid (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Young Billy Young | Boone (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | A Man Called Gannon | Unknown (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | Five Card Stud | Marshal Dana (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Day of the Evil Gun | Captain Jefferson Addis (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Massacre Harbor | Maj. Indrus (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scalplock | Burton Standish (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Welcome to Hard Times |
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- | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | A Covenant With Death | Dietrich (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Namu, the Killer Whale | Joe Clausen (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 57% | 45% | The Satan Bug | Agent Reagan (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 33% | 66% | The Hallelujah Trail | Sgt. Buell (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 67% | 61% | Walk on the Wild Side | Preacher (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 80% | 41% | Geronimo | Jeremiah Burns (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 89% | 83% | Ride the High Country | Elder Hammond (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 97% | 95% | Psycho | Charlie (Character) | - | 1960 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life After People | Self | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Pat Knight (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Andrew Dixon (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perfect Strangers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 1987 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| 92% | 89% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kevin Uxbridge (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Boom | Anakott (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Winston Taggert (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aaron's Way | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | North and South | William Hazard (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Gen. Addison Collins (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest American Hero | General Gerald Stocker (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Mr. Claymore (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Gerald A. O'Malley (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Quest | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Amos Pike (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Mr. Charlie Colton (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petrocelli | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973-1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Major Bliss (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Les McConnell (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 1963 1965-1967 1969 1971 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Sandy King (Guest Star) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Gentleman Harry Smith (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 1963 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rat Patrol | Gen. Owen Lansbury (Guest Star) | 1966-1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | George Blake (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Iron Horse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan | Dolan (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Lt. Mike Reineck (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Boone Anderson (Guest Star) | 1959 1963 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Adam Tercell (Guest Star) | 1962 1965-1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wackiest Ship in the Army | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Ed Shrader (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Krabz (Guest Star) | 1963-1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lieutenant | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Favorite Martian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| 92% | 86% | The Outer Limits | Ebonite Interrogator (Character) | 1963 |
| 92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Deidrich (Character) | 1960-1961 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | George Andrews (Guest Star) | 1959 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1961 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Matt Cady (Guest Star) | 1960 1962-1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tall Man | Major Jud Randolph (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Col. Bledsoe (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Nicholson (Character) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Virgil Earp (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lawman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Maj. Liam Mars (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1957 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dante | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Ringo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Billy McCall (Guest Star) | 1957 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sea Hunt | Professor Auerbach (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1954 |