Sam Anderson | |
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 Anderson in 2006 | |
| Born | Wahpeton, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of North Dakota, Antelope Valley College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1969–present |
Sam Anderson is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on Perfect Strangers , Principal Willis DeWitt on Growing Pains , Holland Manners on Angel , dentist Bernard Nadler on Lost , Doctor Harad in Friends , and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump . [1] [2]
Anderson was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota. He received a Master of Arts degree in American literature and creative writing at the University of North Dakota and the University of Wisconsin. [3] During the 1970s, he taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California.
Anderson is best known for his roles as mailroom supervisor Mr. Gorpley on Perfect Strangers , [3] the lawyer Holland Manners on the first two seasons of Angel [4] and as Bernard on Lost . [5] He notably played the school principal in Forrest Gump . [6] He is also known as the assistant manager of the Hotel Royale in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Royale", and as Mike Seaver's adversarial Principal DeWitt on Growing Pains . In addition, he was one of the recurring actors on various episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati , playing various roles, including an immigration officer in the episode "The Americanization of Ivan". Anderson has guest-starred in Season 8 of NCIS as Walter Carmichael, a middle school teacher whose classroom becomes a crime scene where one of his students is kidnapped. [7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Swap | Paul | |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Man in white | |
| The Tragedy of King Lear | Duke of Albany | ||
| 1985 | Movers & Shakers | Ray Berg | |
| 1987 | La Bamba | Mr. Ludwig | |
| 1988 | Critters 2: The Main Course | Mr. Morgan | |
| 1990 | Dark Angel | Warren | |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Chairman of the House Committee | |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Principal | |
| The Puppet Masters | Culbertson | ||
| 1997 | After the Game | Jimmy Walsh | |
| 1998 | Permanent Midnight | Dr. Olsen | |
| 1999 | Sonic Impact | Alex Holmes | |
| 2000 | The Independent | Ed | |
| The Distance | John Harrison | ||
| 2002 | Slackers | Charles Patton | |
| 2003 | The Commission | Dr. Robert Roeder Shaw | |
| 2004 | 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover | George | |
| 2005 | Touched | Dr. Reynolds | |
| 2006 | Dirty Habit | Bishop | |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Mr. Hyde | |
| 2012 | 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom | Dad (Chris) | |
| Breaking the Girls | Professor Nolan | ||
| 2014 | Devil's Due | Father Thomas | |
| 2016 | Do You Take This Man | Steven | |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil | Mr. Browning | ||
| 2017 | Maybe Someday | Douglas Donnelly | |
| 2018 | Song of Back and Neck | Jarred Foxen | |
| 2021 | Echoes of Violence | Conroy | |
| 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Tate Walker |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Police Story | Jaques | Episode: "The Broken Badge" |
| 1979–1981 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1980 | The Stockard Channing Show | Arnold | Episode: "Catch a Falling Star" |
| 1983 | St. Elsewhere | Mr. McGrath | Episode: "Dog Day Hospital" |
| Gloria | Mr. Copley | Episode: "An Uncredited Woman" | |
| Murder 1, Dancer 0 | Paul Iberville | TV movie | |
| Remington Steele | Store manager | Episode: "Altared Steele" | |
| Policewoman Centerfold | Druggist | TV movie | |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | Benjamin Kelty | Episode: "Arms Race" |
| T. J. Hooker | Leo Santee | Episode: "Death Strip" | |
| Mama Malone | Stanley, the announcer | 11 episodes | |
| E/R | Mr. Dobbs | Episode: "All's Well That Ends" | |
| Hill Street Blues | Kenny Sterling | Episode: "Last Chance Salon" | |
| 1985 | Hotel | Lon Schaeffer | Episode: "Fallen Idols" |
| Magnum, P.I. | Ray Jones / John Doe | Episode: "Ms. Jones" | |
| Dallas | Inspector Frank Howard | 2 episodes | |
| Tales from the Darkside | Dr. Synapsis | Episode: "Bigalow's Last Smoke" | |
| Hunter | Vinny Cochran | Episode: "Case X" | |
| Newhart | Larry's supporter | Episode: "Candidate Larry" | |
| Simon & Simon | Ellis | Episode: "Down-Home Country Blues" | |
| Eye to Eye | Walter Briggs | Episode #1.6 | |
| 1986 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Teddy Peters | Episode: "McCormick's Bar and Grill" |
| Valerie | Customer | Episode: "This Son for Hire" | |
| Rowdies | George Modell | TV movie | |
| You Again? | Judge | Episode: "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Traffic Lights" | |
| The Golden Girls | Meyer | Episode: "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" | |
| 1986–1992 | Growing Pains | Principal Willis Dewitt | 13 episodes |
| 1986–1992 | Perfect Strangers | Mr. Sam Gorpley / Harrison Harper | 37 episodes |
| 1987 | Cagney & Lacey | Mike | Episode: "Easy Does It" |
| What's Happening Now!! | Ingraham | Episode: "Raj on the Double" | |
| The Charmings | Dr. Peters | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Buck James | Elias Turner | Episode: "Sins of the Father" | |
| 1988 | 21 Jump Street | Dan Finger | Episode: "School's Out" |
| 1989 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Assistant manager | Episode: "The Royale" |
| Hooperman | Dr. Lazlo | Episode: "Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night" | |
| Alien Nation | Thomas Edison | Episode: "The Game" | |
| 1990 & 1991 | Uncle Buck | Kroger | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Married People | Beiderman | Episode: "You Were Right and I Was..." |
| 1991–1993 | L.A. Law | D.D.A. Bill Graphia | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | The New WKRP in Cincinnati | Floyd Castro | Episode: "Mama Was a Rolling Stone" |
| Jake and the Fatman | Arnie Crane | Episode: "Nightmare" | |
| 1992–1995 | Picket Fences | FBI Agent Donald Morrell | 7 episodes |
| 1993 | A Place to Be Loved | Judge Thomas S. Kirk | Television film |
| Danger Theatre | Andre the Gourmet | Episode: "An Old Friend for Dinner" | |
| Melrose Place | Agent Hill | 2 episodes | |
| 1993–1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1994 | In the Heat of the Night | Drew Ward | Episode: "Maybelle Returns" |
| Confessions: Two Faces of Evil | Father Dominic | TV movie | |
| The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Simon Wolfe | Episode: "Brooklyn Dodgers" | |
| The Stand | Whitney Horgan | Miniseries | |
| Thunder Alley | Mr. Riley | Episode: "Speak No Evil" | |
| 1994 & 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Hjortsberg / Ernie Pitt | 3 episodes |
| 1994–2007 | ER | Dr. Jack Kayson | 20 episodes |
| 1995 | Pointman | Phil Lettamar | Episode: "Trading Up in the Pale Moonlight" |
| Live Shot | Marvin Seaborne | 13 episodes | |
| 1996 | The Man Next Door | Dwight Cooley | TV movie |
| Nowhere Man | The Man | Episode: "Through a Lens Darkly" | |
| Norma Jean & Marilyn | Doctor | TV movie | |
| The Cape | Kevin Davis, Capcom | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Farrig / Kid #1 | Episode: "Festival of the Festering Moon/Simon's Big Score" | |
| High Incident | Gulliksen | Episode: "Who'll Stop the Bombs?" | |
| Boston Common | President Butterfield / Wesley Butterfield | 7 episodes | |
| Millennium | Agent Jack Pierson | Episode: "522666" | |
| 1997 | The Jeff Foxworthy Show | Mr. Hertford | Episode: "Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks" |
| The Sleepwalker Killing | Roth Lane | Television film | |
| The Visitor | Army General | Episode: "The Devil's Rainbow" | |
| Fame L.A. | Larry Peters | Episode: "Seize the Day" | |
| Rugrats | Salesman / Announcer | Episode: "Ransom of Cynthia/Turtle Recall" | |
| The Pretender | Dr. Curtis | Episode: "Over the Edge" | |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Congressman #2 | Television film |
| Chicago Hope | Howard Sherwood | Episode: "Liver, Hold the Mushrooms" | |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Thomas O. Paine | 2 episodes | |
| The X-Files | Leamus | Episode: "The Pine Bluff Variant" | |
| Prey | Dr. Ian Copeland | 2 episodes | |
| Friends | Dr. Harad | Episode: "The One Hundredth" | |
| Fantasy Island | Mr. Gable | Episode: "Wishboned" | |
| 1999 | Ally McBeal | Mark Harrison | Episode: "In Dreams" |
| NetForce | Fox | TV movie | |
| Profiler | Ken Harker | Episode: "Seduction" | |
| 2000 | Two Guys and a Girl | Dr. Harvey | Episode: "Love Shack" |
| The West Wing | John LaSalle | Episode: "Shibboleth" | |
| 2000–2001 | Angel | Holland Manners | 8 episodes |
| 2001 | The Fighting Fitzgeralds | Judge Flanagan | Episode: "One Angry Man" |
| JAG | Consulate General Raymond Dart | Episode: "Guilt" | |
| 2002 | First Monday | Kristen Bremerton's Attorney | Episode: "Age of Consent" |
| The Chronicle | Dr. Emmanuel Fickas | Episode: "I See Dead Fat People" | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | Special Agent Thomas Garfield | Episode: "Lucky Suit" | |
| The Court | White House Counsel Reinhart | Episode: "Life Sentence" | |
| Family Law | Carlisle Tucker | Episode: "Admissions" | |
| Wolf Lake | Arthur Van Halen | Episode: "If These Wolves Could Talk" | |
| Pasadena | Dr. Paul Darwell | 3 episodes | |
| CSI: Miami | Scott Sommer | Episode: "Golden Parachute" | |
| Presidio Med | Andy Sloan | Episode: "Pick Your Battles" | |
| 2003 | Judging Amy | Gordon Kirby | Episode: "The Best Interests of the Child" |
| Without a Trace | Congressman Whitehurst | Episode: "Kam Li" | |
| Boomtown | Scott Dawson | 2 episodes | |
| Miracles | Cinda's Father | Episode: "Mother's Daughter" | |
| Secret Santa | Mr. Gibson | Television film | |
| 2003–2004 | Married to the Kellys | Bill Kelly | 21 episodes |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Mercer | Episode: "Ch-Ch-Changes" |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Boston Legal | Episode: "From Whence We Came" |
| Malcolm in the Middle | Police Commissioner | Episode: "Billboard" | |
| Medium | Dr. Eliot Peterson | Episode: "Time Out of Mind" | |
| 2005–2010 | Lost | Bernard Nadler | 21 episodes |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Ted Robinson | Episode: "Joseph" |
| CSI: NY | Dr. Richards | Episode: "And Here's to You, Mrs. Azrael" | |
| 2007 | K-Ville | Mr. Dubois | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009 | Leverage | Henry Retzing | Episode: "The Snow Job" |
| Grey's Anatomy | Michael Whitman | Episode: "Before and After" | |
| Criminal Minds | Dr. Rawlings | Episode: "House on Fire" | |
| 2010 | The Forgotten | Train engineer | Episode: "Train Jane" |
| Memphis Beat | Councilman Orland | Episode: "Don't Be So Cruel" | |
| NCIS | Walter Carmichael | Episode: "Worst Nightmare" | |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Owen Sutherland | Episode: "Ka Ho' Oponopono" |
| Work It | Dr. Keith Sorenson | Episode: "Shake Your Moneymaker" | |
| Harry's Law | Judge William Rothman | Episode: "Judge William Rothman" | |
| Men at Work | James Wilson | Episode: "Inventing Milo" | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Senator Dick Osborne | Episode: "Dead Body Politic" | |
| Scandal | Melvin Feen | Episode: "Spies Like Us" | |
| 2013 | Dallas | Dr. David Gordon | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Justified | Lee Paxton | 9 episodes |
| 2014 | Castle | Principal Dunnan | Episode: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
| Grimm | Rolek Porter / Old Man | 2 episodes | |
| Chasing Life | Gerald Rayburn | ||
| Bones | Hugo Sanderson | ||
| 2016 | Damien | Professor Igor Reneus | Episode: "The Beast Rises" |
| 2017 | Doubt | Judge Jonah Porter | Episode: "Then and Now" |
| This Is Us | Judge Walter Crowder | Episode: "The Most Disappointed Man" | |
| 2018 | American Woman | Raymond Turner | Episode: "Changes and the New Normal" |
| 2019 | How to Get Away with Murder | Thomas Fitzgerald | Episode: "I'm the Murderer" |
| 2023 | Painkiller | Raymond Sackler | 6 episodes |
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