Biographie

Anderson had lost his own wife shortly before appearing in "Star Trek: The Next Generation The Survivors (1989)", and said that the subject matter made the role of Kevin Uxbridge one of the most difficult of his career. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion).

The first of his appearances on Le justicier (1955), in the episode "Buffalo Man", climaxed with a brutal fistfight between his character, Ben Siple, and James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillon. This action scene, from its build-up to its dénouement, would become the common sequence upon which generations of budding editors would cut their teeth in film school. This sequence also features Jack Klugman, who would later co-star with Anderson in the classic "A Passage for Trumpet" episode of The Twilight Zone (1959). Shortly before his death, Anderson remarked that it was Klugman who informed him, many years after the filming of their Le justicier (1955) episode, that they had become legendary among film editors for their ubiquitous presence in student editing bays.

Twice played Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, the Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 to 1944 brought in by the team owners to restore public confidence after the 1919 Black Sox scandal in "Babe Ruth (1991) (TV movie)'" and "Les coulisses de l'exploit (1988).".

Served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

Bore a strong resemblance to President Abraham Lincoln and portrayed him three times. He also played Presidents Andrew Jackson(twice) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (once).