John Anderson (October 20, 1922 - August 7, 1992)

A true man about television… This silver haired character actor appeared along side of some of the best. His television credits include “Fireside Theatre”, “The Phil Silvers Show”, “Sea Hunt”, “Peter Gunn”, “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”, “The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor”, “Zane Grey Theater”, “Bat Masterson”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, “Dr. Kildare”, “The Dick Powell Show”, “Route 66”, “The Rifleman”, “Perry Mason”, “The Untouchables”, “Kraft Mystery Theater”, “The Twilight Zone”, “The Outer Limits”, “My Favorite Martian”, “Death Valley Days”, “Ben Casey”, “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet”, “The Fugitive”, “The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”, “Kraft Suspense Theatre”, “Rawhide”, “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”, “The Big Valley”, “Lassie”, “Mannix”, “Bonanza”, “The Virginian”, “Hawaii Five-O”, “McMillian & Wife”, “The F.B.I.”, “Gunsmoke”, “Cannon”, “The Bob Newhart Show”, “The Rockford Files”, “Lou Grant”, “The Jeffersons”, “Checking In”, “Hart to Hart”, “Quincy, M.E.”, “M*A*S*H”, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Matlock”, “Perfect Strangers” and “Quantum Leap.” On “Dallas” he had a recurring role in 1988 and on “MacGyver” he had a recurring role from 1985 to 1991... His two most memorable performances for me were when he played the befuddled judge handling Fred and Esther’s divorce on “Sanford” in 1981 and as Jessica Fletcher’s lawyer Andrew Dixon on “Murder, She Wrote” in 1991... His final television role was on an episode “Jake and the Fatman” which originally aired on April 1, 1992…he died a few months later… In Memoriam Remembers: John Anderson

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