Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson

Known for

Acting

Born

March 10, 1911

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died

August 26, 1976 (aged 65)

Biography

Warner Anderson (March 10, 1911 – August 26, 1976) was an American actor, best known for his starring roles in TV dramas The Lineup and Peyton Place. Anderson was born to "a theatrical family" in Brooklyn, New York, March 10, 1911. He was a Republican.

Anderson had a small part in a film in 1915. A contemporary newspaper article about the movie Sunbeam, in which Anderson appeared in 1917, noted, "Warner Anderson is one of the cleverest children in motion pictures." "He made his adult screen debut in This Is the Army in 1943.

He had supporting parts in several films through the years. They included The Caine Mutiny, Blackboard Jungle, and Destination Tokyo. Operation Burma with Errol Flynn.

Best known work

The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
1954
Detective Story
Detective Story
1951
Blackboard Jungle
Blackboard Jungle
1955
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
1974
Song of the Thin Man
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Destination Moon
Destination Moon
1950
Objective, Burma!
Objective, Burma!
1945
The Lineup
The Lineup
1958
Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo
1943
Ironside
Ironside
1967

Filmography

  1. 1974

    The Rockford FilesTV

    as Alfred Bannister (1 episode)

  2. 1971

  3. 1970

  4. 1969

    Gidget Grows Up

    as Ambassador Post

  5. 1967

  6. 1966

    The Bubble

    as Doctor

  7. 1964

    Rio Conchos

    as Col. Wagner

  8. 1964

    Peyton PlaceTV

    as Matthew Swain (514 episodes)

  9. 1961

    Armored Command

    as Lt. Col. Wilson

  10. 1958

    The Lineup

    as Lt. Ben Guthrie

  11. 1955

    A Lawless Street

    as Hamer Thorne

  12. 1955

    Blackboard Jungle

    as Dr. Bradley

  13. 1955

    The Violent Men

    as Jim McCloud

  14. 1954

    Drum Beat

    as Gen. Canby

  15. 1954

    Climax!TV

    as David Allen (1 episode), as Fleet (1 episode)

  16. 1954

  17. 1954

    The Caine Mutiny

    as Capt. Blakely

  18. 1954

    City Story

    as The Church Pastor

  19. 1954

    The Yellow Tomahawk

    as Major Ives

  20. 1953

  21. 1953

    The Last Posse

    as Robert Emerson

  22. 1952

    The Star

    as Harry Stone

  23. 1952

    The DoctorTV

    as Doctor (1 episode)

  24. 1951

    The Blue Veil

    as Bill Parker

  25. 1951

    Detective Story

    as Endicott Sims

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