Michael Anderson Jr.
Born: 1943-08-06 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Joseph Anderson, Jr. (born 6 August 1943) is an English actor. He was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, into a theatrical family. His grandparents and great-great-aunt were acclaimed actors. His father is the film director Michael Anderson, Sr. Anderson trained at the Arts Educational School in drama and ballet. He appeared in seventy-two films between 1956 and 1998, the most notable films include The Sundowners (1960), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Major Dundee (also 1965) and in Logan's Run he played the character Doc, opposite of Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan and Farrah Fawcett (1976). In the 1966-1967 season, Anderson co-starred with Barbara Hershey, who portrayed his sister, in an ABC family western series, The Monroes. The programme was about five orphans trying to survive in the Wyoming wilderness. It was partly filmed in and about Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming. The Monroes did not last the full season on the air. He also appeared in a 1969 episode of ABC's Love, American Style. Michael Anderson Jr. is stepson of actress Adrienne Ellis, and stepbrother of actress Laurie Holden (The X-Files, The Walking Dead). His brother is producer David Anderson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Anderson, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1997
- Elvis Meets Nixon as Secret Service Agent
1996
- Undue Influence as Funeral Priest
- Terminal Rush as Harrison Dekker
1995
- Rent-a-Kid as Mr. Nicely
1993
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Jack Hamilton
- Dieppe as David Lean
- Sunset Grill as Lt. Jeff Carruthers
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Ian Bancroft
1989
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Lynch
- Highway to Heaven
- Love Leads the Way: A True Story as Hank
1983
- Making of a Male Model as Sven
1982
- A Legacy for Leonette as Martin
1981
- Falcon Crest as Bill Tuttle
- The Million Dollar Face
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Garwood Huddle Jr.
- The Martian Chronicles as David Lustig
- Nightkill as Lt. Donner
1978
- Fantasy Island as Bill
- The Stableboy's Christmas as Father
1977
- CHiPs as Lucas Peters
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1976
- Quincy, M.E.
- Logan's Run as Doc
- Kiss Me... Kill Me as Dan Hodges
1975
- Kate McShane as Norman Kagan
1974
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Billy Boy
- Evel Knievel as Darrell Pettet
1973
- Police Story
- Coffee, Tea or Me? as Tommy Byrnes
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Paul William Bierce
- The Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Cole Wetherall
1971
- In Search of America as J.J.
1970
- WUSA as Marvin
- The House That Would Not Die as Stan Whitman
1969
- Love, American Style as Officer Tracy
- Medical Center as Kevin
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Jerry
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Michael Rigney
- The Name of the Game as Bobby
- Land of the Giants as Ben Car
- The Mod Squad
1967
- Ironside as Jeff Hanley
1966
- CBS Playhouse as Chris
- The Monroes as Clayt Monroe
1965
- The Legend of Jesse James as Cass Pritchard
- The Greatest Story Ever Told as James the Younger
- The Sons of Katie Elder as Bud Elder
- Major Dundee as Trooper Tim Ryan
- The Glory Guys as Pvt. Martin Hale
- Dear Heart as Patrick, Phyllis' Son
1963
- Espionage as Bob Farrell
1962
- Stoney Burke
- In Search of the Castaways as John Glenarvan
- Play It Cool as Alvin
- Reach for Glory as Lewis Craig
1961
- Sir Francis Drake as John Harrington
1960
- The Sundowners as Sean Carmody
1959
- Tiger Bay as Boy with Cap Gun (uncredited)
1958
- Ivanhoe as Prince Arthur
- The Moonraker as Martin Strangeways