James Anderson
Biography
Kariyeri boyunca özellikle Western türündeki filmlerde ve televizyon dizilerinde canlandırdığı sert mizaçlı, tehditkar ve kötü adam rolleriyle tanındı. 1950'ler boyunca "The Marauders" (1955), "Seven Angry Men" (1955) ve "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" (1958) gibi filmlerde yan rollerde yer aldı. Televizyonda ise "Gunsmoke", "The Rifleman", "Perry Mason" ve "Bonanza" gibi dönemin popüler dizilerinde konuk oyuncu olarak yüzlerce bölümde göründü.
James Anderson'ın sinema tarihindeki en unutulmaz ve en bilinen performansı, Harper Lee'nin klasik romanından uyarlanan 1962 yapımı "Bülbülü Öldürmek" (To Kill a Mockingbird) filmindeki Bob Ewell rolüdür. Bu filmde canlandırdığı ırkçı ve nefret dolu karakter, sinema tarihinin en etkili kötü adam performanslarından biri olarak kabul edilir.
Kariyerinin son döneminde Sam Peckinpah'ın yönettiği "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" (1970) ve Arthur Penn'in "Little Big Man" (1970) gibi önemli yapımlarda rol aldı.
Aktör, 14 Eylül 1969 tarihinde Billings, Montana'da geçirdiği kalp krizi sonucu 48 yaşında hayatını kaybetmiştir.
Filmography
Legends of the West
Sergeant in 'Little Big Man'
Küçük Dev Adam
Sergeant
Çöl Şeytanı
Preacher
Take the Money and Run
Chain Gang Warden
Judd for the Defense
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Time Tunnel
Mr. Hampton
El magnifico extranjero
Morse
Hayatın İçin Koş
Roy Potter
The Legend of Jesse James
Wallace
Lekeli
Daniel Boone
Watkins
The Dakotas
Bülbülü Öldürmek
Bob Ewell
Pressure Point
Father
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Vince Cates
The Virginian
Otie
Sam Benedict
Dr. Kildare
Spencer
The Westerner
Frank Ritchie
Coronado 9
Laramie
Tightrope
Rawhide
Troxel
Rawhide
Sheriff
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Weldon
The Rifleman
The Texan
Bronco
The Thing That Couldn't Die
Boyd Abercrombie
Sea Hunt
Colt .45
Jeff Lanier
Maverick
Whitey Blandon
Maverick
Wooster
Perry Mason
Peter Handsell
Perry Mason
Frank Anderson
Perry Mason
Stan Piper
Have Gun, Will Travel
Code 3
Büyük Arazi
Bob Cole (uncredited)
The Rack
Skinny
Running Target
Ora L. Strothers
Friendly Persuasion
Poor Loser Dunked by Jess (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Tatum
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Frank Lomax
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Waco
Tension at Table Rock
Lerner (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years
Deputy Wade
Telephone Time
Inside Detroit
Highway Patrol
John Alvin
The Marauders
Louis Ferber
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
Lucifer Jones
Gunsmoke
Bert Case
Gunsmoke
Hager
Gunsmoke
Hewitt
Gunsmoke
Hal
Gunsmoke
Harmon
Gunsmoke
Hiller
Gunsmoke
Jesse Hill
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Luther King (uncredited)
An Annapolis Story
Instructor (uncredited)
Seven Angry Men
Henry Thompson
The Millionaire
Eric Vincent
Medic
Dr. Barth
Lassie
Dragnet
Fred Kemp
Private Hell 36
Patrolman in Locker Room (uncredited)
Pushover
Beery the Mechanic (uncredited)
Drums Across the River
Jed Walker
Riot in Cell Block 11
Guard Acton
Donovan's Brain
Chief Tuttle
Letter to Loretta
Burton
Letter to Loretta
Will Mullen
China Venture
Cpl. Walters (uncredited)
Arrowhead
Jerry August
The Great Jesse James Raid
Johnny Dorette
Ruby Gentry
Lucien/Jewel Corey
Hopalong Cassidy
The Duel at Silver Creek
Rat Face Blake
Hellgate
Vern Brechene
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Last Musketeer
Russ Tasker
Dragnet
Dragnet
Daniel Miller
The Blue Veil
Jim Tappan (Uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Buck Snyder
Racket Squad
Along the Great Divide
Dan Roden
Five
Eric
Hunt the Man Down
Richard Kincaid / William H. Jackson
The Fireball
Strong Arm Man (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
The Great Sinner
Nervous Young Gambler (uncredited)