Richard Anderson as a presidential candidate in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Richard Anderson, an actor who kept busy as a guest star or in supporting roles on television series, has died at 91, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
As a guest star, he appeared in series such as The Man From U.N.C.L.E,, Gunsmoke, The FBI, Hawaii Five-O and Columbo.
As a supporting player, Anderson was in such shows as The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman (both as their boss, Oscar Goldman); Dan August (as the police chief who supervised Burt Reynolds’ title character); and Perry Mason as Lt. Steve Drumm, who came aboard during that show’s final season following the death of Ray Collins, who portrayed Lt. Tragg.
Anderson’s career lasted more than 60 years. He was in such movies as Scaramouche (1952), Forbidden Planet (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957).
Anderson participated in a commentary track for an episode of Thriller, the 1960-62 anthology show hosted by Boris Karloff. He was asked about shifting to working on television and replied actors go where the work is.
While Anderson found plenty of it on television, he also received parts in movies such as Seven Days in May (1964) and Seconds (1966).
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Anderson was *only* 91? He’d been working in TV so long, I thought he would have been much older. I’ve seen him on an early “Rifleman” with Chuck Connors; he played Richard Kimble’s brother-in-law on “the Fugitive”; and much more. TV Guide once profiled him with the quote that he seemed “like old money,” meaning he carried himself as though he came from a family with wealth and connections spanning a century or two.
RIP, sir. Like Mr. Vaughn and Robert Culp, when I get to heaven I’ll look you up. I’m sure you have great stories to tell.