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James Anderson(1921-1969)

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James Anderson
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Five (1951)
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A familiar face to movie audiences in the 1950s, James Anderson's rugged and somewhat sinister good looks made him a natural for westerns, and he appeared in many of them over the years, often as a gunman or hired killer but occasionally as a storekeeper or grizzled frontier scout. He turned in a very good performance as one of the survivors of a nuclear attack in Five (1951) and another as a redneck farmer in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), but it's for his western roles in films and on TV that Anderson is best known.
BornJuly 13, 1921
DiedSeptember 14, 1969(48)
BornJuly 13, 1921
DiedSeptember 14, 1969(48)
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James Anderson and Collin Wilcox Paxton in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
James Anderson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gregory Peck and James Anderson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
James Anderson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
James Anderson and Leo Gordon in The Virginian (1962)
James Anderson, Susan Douglas Rubes, and Earl Lee in Five (1951)
James Anderson in The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
Slim Pickens, Rex Allen, James Anderson, Michael Hall, and Mary Ellen Kay in The Last Musketeer (1952)
Slim Pickens, Rex Allen, James Anderson, Mary Ellen Kay, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, and Koko in The Last Musketeer (1952)
James Anderson, Susan Douglas Rubes, Earl Lee, and William Phipps in Five (1951)
Audie Murphy, James Anderson, Susan Cabot, Faith Domergue, Eugene Iglesias, Stephen McNally, and Gerald Mohr in The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
James Anderson, Susan Douglas Rubes, Earl Lee, and William Phipps in Five (1951)

Known for:

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird
8.3
  • Bob Ewell
  • 1962
Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970)
Little Big Man
7.5
  • Sergeant
  • 1970
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Take the Money and Run
7.2
  • Chain Gang Warden
  • 1969
Disneyland (1954)
Disneyland
8.4
TV Series
  • Amos Briggs
  • Rustler Turning Himself In

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Actor

  • Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970)
    Little Big Man
    • Sergeant
    • 1970
  • Jason Robards and Stella Stevens in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
    The Ballad of Cable Hogue
    • Preacher
    • 1970
  • Take the Money and Run (1969)
    Take the Money and Run
    • Chain Gang Warden
    • 1969
  • James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    • Jesse Hill
    • Hiller
    • Harmon ...
    • TV Series
    • 1955–1968
  • Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)
    Run for Your Life
    • Roy Potter
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • Walter Brennan and Dack Rambo in The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
    The Guns of Will Sonnett
    • Sheriff
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)
    Daniel Boone
    • Watkins
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • Carl Betz and Stephen Young in Judd for the Defense (1967)
    Judd for the Defense
    • Wayne York
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • The Time Tunnel (1966)
    The Time Tunnel
    • Mr. Hampton
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • Iron Horse (1966)
    Iron Horse
    • Jim Nations
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Bill Cosby and Robert Culp in I Spy (1965)
    I Spy
    • Louis
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Dr. Kildare (1961)
    Dr. Kildare
    • Spencer
    • First Drunk
    • TV Series
    • 1964–1966
  • Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Angie Dickinson, James Fox, and E.G. Marshall in The Chase (1966)
    The Chase
    • Simmons (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Chuck Connors in Branded (1965)
    Branded
    • Frank Allison
    • Lt. Garrett
    • TV Series
    • 1965–1966
  • The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
    The Legend of Jesse James
    • Wallace
    • TV Series
    • 1965

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Collectors Series
Five
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Five

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  • Alternative names
    • Jim Anderson
  • Born
    • July 13, 1921
    • Wetumpka, Alabama, USA
  • Died
    • September 14, 1969
    • Billings, Montana, USA(barbiturate poisoning)
  • Relatives
    • Mary Anderson(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Appeared in a pilot for a western series to be called "Russell".

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    Died before the release of his final two films, Sam Peckinpah's The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) and the Dustin Hoffman epic Little Big Man (1970).

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