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Richard Anderson
★ Acting

Richard Anderson

1926 – 2017 · Long Branch, New Jersey, USA · Active 1950–2021

Richard Anderson, born in 1926, carved a niche in cult cinema with his roles in films like Forbidden Planet (1956) and Kitten with a Whip (1964). His portrayal of complex characters in the 1950s and 60s showcased his versatility, particularly in the realms of science fiction and exploitation. In A Cry in the Night (1956), Anderson delivers a compelling performance that adds depth to the film's narrative. His contributions to the genre continue to resonate, making him a noteworthy figure in the SassyFlix catalog.

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It's a Dog's Life

It's a Dog's Life

1955 ★ 6.5
as George Oakley

In the early 1900s, a bull terrier living on the streets of the Bowery rises from a street-tough engaging in dogfights to pedigreed show dog among the upper crust. All the while, he has two ambitions–to be reunited with his mother and to get even with his father who deserted her.

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Filmography

212 credits
2010s 3 credits
2018
Rottentail as Thomas
Movie ★ 3.6
2010
Movie ★ 5.0
2010
Movie ★ 4.4
2000s 2 credits
2003
Movie ★ 5.7
1990s 8 credits
1997
TV ★ 6.7
1996
In the Lake of the Woods as Claude Rasmussen
Movie ★ 5.3
1994
Bionic Ever After? as Oscar Goldman
Movie ★ 6.9
1994
The Glass Shield as Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
Movie ★ 5.1
1993
Gettysburg as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
Movie ★ 7.0
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Narrator / Captain Bartlett Stiles
TV ★ 6.7
1992
The Player as Richard Anderson
Movie ★ 7.2
1990
Lucky Chances as Mr. Duke
TV ★ 6.8
1980s 28 credits
1988
Stranger on My Land as Maj. Walters
Movie ★ 5.2
1987
Movie ★ 6.0
1987
The Stepford Children as Lawrence Danton
Movie ★ 5.0
1985
Perry Mason Returns as Ken Braddock
Movie ★ 7.2
1985
TV ★ 7.2
1985
Kane & Abel as Alan Lloyd
TV ★ 7.7
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lew Bracken
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Cover Up as Henry Towler
TV ★ 6.9
1983
The A-Team as Dr. A.M. Richter
TV ★ 7.5
1983
TV ★ 6.7
1983
TV ★ 7.8
1983
TV ★ 6.5
1982
Movie ★ 5.0
1982
TV ★ 6.1
1982
TV ★ 6.3
1982
Knight Rider as Dr. Ralph Wesley
TV ★ 7.5
1982
Matt Houston as Wayne Slocum
TV ★ 6.3
1981
TV ★ 6.7
1981
Dynasty as Buck Fallmont
TV ★ 6.5
1981
TV ★ 7.2
1981
TV ★ 7.6
1981
Nero Wolfe as Chester Winslow
TV ★ 7.5
1981
Simon & Simon as Alfred Klein
TV ★ 6.7
1980
Movie ★ 2.0
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Chief George Untermeyer
Movie ★ 5.7
1980
Condominium as Henry Churchbridge
TV ★ 4.2
1970s 39 credits
1979
Murder by Natural Causes as George Brubaker
Movie ★ 6.9
1979
TV ★ 7.2
1978
Never Give Up as US green beret officer
Movie ★ 6.2
1978
The Immigrants as Thomas Seldon
Movie ★ 6.0
1978
Pearl as Cmdr. Michael North
TV ★ 6.0
1978
The Immigrants as Thomas Seldon
TV
1977
The Love Boat as Art Akers
TV ★ 6.3
1976
The Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman
TV ★ 7.0
1976
Charlie's Angels as Sam Knight
TV ★ 6.7
1975
The Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman
Movie ★ 2.0
1974
Movie ★ 4.9
1974
TV ★ 7.3
1973
The Night Strangler as Dr. Richard Malcolm
Movie ★ 6.7
1973
Jarrett as Spencer Loomis
Movie ★ 4.7
1973
Movie ★ 6.7
1973
Partners in Crime as Roger Goldsmith
Movie ★ 5.0
1973
TV ★ 7.7
1973
Barnaby Jones as Frank Cassidy
TV ★ 7.0
1972
The Honkers as Royce Owens
Movie ★ 6.0
1972
The Astronaut as Dr. Wylie
Movie ★ 5.9
1972
The Longest Night as Harvey Eaton
Movie ★ 7.3
1972
Movie ★ 6.1
1972
Movie ★ 7.1
1972
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Delphi Bureau as Landis
TV ★ 8.0
1971
Doctors' Wives as D.A. Douglas
Movie ★ 5.0
1971
Movie ★ 5.0
1971
Macho Callahan as Officer
Movie ★ 4.5
1971
TV ★ 7.0
1971
TV ★ 7.0
1971
TV ★ 6.7
1971
Columbo as Bryce Chadwick
TV ★ 8.1
1971
TV ★ 6.5
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Captain John B. Earle
Movie ★ 7.2
1970
Along Came a Spider as District Attorney Freiberg
Movie ★ 5.8
1970
Movie ★ 5.3
1970
Dan August as Chief George Untermeyer
TV ★ 7.2
1960s 68 credits
1969
TV ★ 7.5
1969
TV ★ 7.0
1969
TV ★ 4.8
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Eugene Goodman
TV ★ 7.2
1968
Land of the Giants as Joe Simmons
TV ★ 6.8
1968
TV ★ 6.1
1967
Ghostbreakers as Timothy Selfridge
Movie ★ 4.5
1967
Movie ★ 4.9
1967
Movie ★ 6.3
1967
TV ★ 6.8
1967
TV ★ 6.9
1967
TV ★ 5.7
1967
TV ★ 7.7
1967
Ironside as Dean Glenville
TV ★ 6.9
1967
Ironside as Rod Ballard
TV ★ 6.9
1967
Ironside as Walter Conway
TV ★ 6.9
1967
TV ★ 6.8
1967
Ironside as Darren Sanford
TV ★ 6.9
1966
Seconds as Dr. Innes
Movie ★ 7.3
1966
TV ★ 6.5
1966
The Green Hornet as Phil Trager
TV ★ 7.3
1966
Mission: Impossible as Judge Wilson Chase
TV ★ 7.6
1966
T.H.E. Cat as Percy Hagan
TV ★ 7.2
1965
The F.B.I. as Christian Palmer
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The Wild Wild West as James Jeffers
TV ★ 7.6
1965
Run for Your Life as Captain Swain
TV ★ 7.1
1965
The Big Valley as Travers
TV ★ 6.2
1965
The F.B.I. as Alex Ramsey
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The F.B.I. as Charles Fillmore
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The F.B.I. as Clifford Banning
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The F.B.I. as Dr. Latimer
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The F.B.I. as Dan Wheaton
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The F.B.I. as Higgins
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The Big Valley as Nathan Springer
TV ★ 6.2
1965
The Big Valley as Mel Trevor
TV ★ 6.2
1965
The Big Valley as Warden Garreck
TV ★ 6.2
1965
The Big Valley as Hen Matson
TV ★ 6.2
1964
Seven Days in May as Col. Murdock
Movie ★ 7.3
1964
Movie ★ 5.3
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Senator Steve Bryant
TV ★ 7.1
1964
Daniel Boone as Sergeant Rafferty
TV ★ 7.0
1964
TV ★ 5.3
1964
TV ★ 7.0
1964
TV ★ 7.2
1964
12 O'Clock High as Brig. Gen. Phil Doud
TV ★ 7.2
1963
Johnny Cool as Correspondent
Movie ★ 5.3
1963
A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Ralph Josten
Movie ★ 5.9
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as General John Doe
TV ★ 6.5
1963
The Fugitive as Chief Barney Vilattic
TV ★ 7.3
1963
The Fugitive as George Forster
TV ★ 7.3
1963
The Fugitive as Colonel Lawrence
TV ★ 7.3
1963
The Fugitive as Lt. Sloan
TV ★ 7.3
1963
The Fugitive as Leonard Taft
TV ★ 7.3
1963
The Lieutenant as Col. Clinton Hiland
TV ★ 7.0
1963
The Lieutenant as Lt. Col. Clinton Hiland
TV ★ 7.0
1963
Miss USA as Self - Judge
TV ★ 6.0
1963
Redigo as Tom Walker
TV ★ 6.3
1962
Combat! as Sgt. Perkins
TV ★ 7.8
1962
TV ★ 6.7
1962
The Virginian as Harry Clark
TV ★ 6.5
1962
TV ★ 7.8
1961
Bus Stop as D.A. Glenn Wagner
TV ★ 10.0
1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Norman Phelps
TV ★ 5.7
1960
Movie ★ 6.0
1960
TV ★ 4.8
1960
TV
1960
Thriller as Oliver Judson
TV ★ 6.7
1950s 61 credits
1959
Compulsion as Max Steiner
Movie ★ 7.1
1959
Movie ★ 5.7
1959
TV ★ 7.3
1959
Bonanza as Jamison Fillmore
TV ★ 7.5
1959
The Untouchables as Sidney Rogers / Zoran Bresnovitch
TV ★ 7.9
1958
The Long, Hot Summer as Alan Stewart
Movie ★ 7.1
1958
Movie ★ 5.6
1958
TV ★ 7.1
1958
TV ★ 7.0
1958
TV ★ 7.0
1958
The Rifleman as Jason Gowdy
TV ★ 7.1
1958
TV ★ 7.1
1957
Paths of Glory as Maj. Saint-Auban
Movie ★ 8.3
1957
Movie ★ 5.2
1957
Perry Mason as Edward Lewis
TV ★ 7.7
1957
TV ★ 7.5
1957
Perry Mason as Lt. Steve Drumm
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Jason Foster
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Zorro as Ricardo del Amo
TV ★ 7.5
1956
Forbidden Planet as Chief Engineer Quinn
Movie ★ 7.2
1956
Movie ★ 5.4
1956
Movie ★ 6.7
1956
Three Brave Men as Lt. Bill Horton
Movie ★ 6.3
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff John Bates
TV ★ 6.2
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1955
Hit the Deck as Lieutenant Jackson
Movie ★ 5.0
1955
It's a Dog's Life as George Oakley
Movie ★ 4.3
1955
Gunsmoke as Gregorio
TV ★ 6.7
1955
The Millionaire as Rod Matthews
TV ★ 5.8
1955
TV ★ 5.3
1955
Gunsmoke as Maj. Aaron Coltraine
TV ★ 6.7
1954
Movie ★ 6.3
1954
Betrayed as John (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1954
Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 2.0
1954
TV ★ 6.5
1954
TV ★ 7.9
1953
Escape from Fort Bravo as Lieutenant Beecher
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
Give a Girl a Break as Burton Bradshaw
Movie ★ 5.4
1953
Movie ★ 6.0
1953
I Love Melvin as Harry Flack
Movie ★ 6.2
1953
Dream Wife as Henry Malvine
Movie ★ 5.4
1952
Scaramouche as Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)
Movie ★ 7.0
1952
Holiday for Sinners as Father Victor Carducci
Movie ★ 6.3
1952
Fearless Fagan as Capt. Daniels
Movie ★ 5.2
1952
Just This Once as Tom Winters
Movie ★ 4.4
1951
Movie ★ 6.1
1951
Movie ★ 5.7
1951
Cause for Alarm! as Lonesome Sailor
Movie ★ 5.9
1951
The Unknown Man as Bob Masen
Movie ★ 5.1
1951
No Questions Asked as Detective Walter O'Bannion
Movie ★ 6.1
1951
Storm Warning as Interne (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1951
Payment on Demand as Jim Boland
Movie ★ 6.2
1951
Go for Broke! as Lieutenant
Movie ★ 5.9
1951
Movie ★ 5.6
1951
Movie ★ 5.0
1951
TV ★ 7.2
1950
The Vanishing Westerner as Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson
Movie ★ 5.5
1950
Movie ★ 5.9
1950
TV
Crew Credits
1990s 1 credit
1994
Bionic Ever After? Co-Executive Producer
Movie ★ 6.9
1980s 1 credit