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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-08-08 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Richard Anderson

Biography:

Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 - August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles is his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series and their subsequent television movies: The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) andBionic Ever After? (1994).

Known For

Acting

2021

2018

Rottentail as Thomas

2010

2006

2003

1997

1996

In the Lake of the Woods as Claude Rasmussen

1994

Bionic Ever After? as Oscar Goldman
The Glass Shield as Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

1993

Gettysburg as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Narrator / Captain Bartlett Stiles

1992

The Player as Richard Anderson

1990

Lucky Chances as Mr. Duke

1989

1988

Stranger on My Land as Maj. Walters

1987

The Stepford Children as Lawrence Danton

1985

Perry Mason Returns as Ken Braddock
Kane & Abel as Alan Lloyd

1984

Cover Up as Henry Towler
Murder, She Wrote as Lew Bracken
Cover Up as Henry Towler

1983

The A-Team as Dr. A.M. Richter
Hardcastle and McCormick as J.J. Norcross

1982

Knight Rider as Dr. Ralph Wesley
Matt Houston as Wayne Slocum

1981

Dynasty as Buck Fallmont
Nero Wolfe as Chester Winslow

1980

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Chief George Untermeyer
Condominium as Henry Churchbridge

1979

Murder by Natural Causes as George Brubaker
The French Atlantic Affair as Terrence Crown

1978

Never Give Up as US green beret officer
The Immigrants as Thomas Seldon
Pearl as Cmdr. Michael North

1977

The Love Boat as Art Akers

1976

The Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman
Charlie's Angels as Sam Knight

1975

The Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman

1974

Black Eye as Dole

1973

The Night Strangler as Dr. Richard Malcolm
Jarrett as Spencer Loomis
Partners in Crime as Roger Goldsmith
Barnaby Jones as Frank Cassidy

1972

The Honkers as Royce Owens
The Astronaut as Dr. Wylie
The Longest Night as Harvey Eaton
Play It as It Lays as Les Goodwin
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole as Dr. Ben Cole

1971

Doctors' Wives as D.A. Douglas
Macho Callahan as Officer
Columbo as Bryce Chadwick

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora! as Captain John B. Earle
Along Came a Spider as District Attorney Freiberg
Dan August as Chief George Untermeyer

1969

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Eugene Goodman
Land of the Giants as Joe Simmons

1967

Ghostbreakers as Timothy Selfridge
Ironside as Dean Glenville
Ironside as Rod Ballard
Ironside as Walter Conway
The Invaders as Blake
Ironside as Darren Sanford

1966

Seconds as Dr. Innes
The Green Hornet as Phil Trager
Mission: Impossible as Judge Wilson Chase
T.H.E. Cat as Percy Hagan

1965

The F.B.I. as Christian Palmer
The Wild Wild West as James Jeffers
Run for Your Life as Captain Swain
The Big Valley as Travers
The F.B.I. as Alex Ramsey
The F.B.I. as Charles Fillmore
The F.B.I. as Dr. Latimer
The F.B.I. as Clifford Banning
The F.B.I. as Dan Wheaton
The F.B.I. as Higgins
The Big Valley as Nathan Springer
The Big Valley as Warden Garreck
The Big Valley as Mel Trevor
The Big Valley as Hen Matson

1964

Seven Days in May as Col. Murdock
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Senator Steve Bryant
Daniel Boone as Sergeant Rafferty
12 O'Clock High as Brig. Gen. Phil Doud

1963

Johnny Cool as Correspondent
A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Ralph Josten
Kraft Suspense Theatre as General John Doe
The Fugitive as Chief Barney Vilattic
The Fugitive as George Forster
The Fugitive as Colonel Lawrence
The Fugitive as Lt. Sloan
The Fugitive as Leonard Taft
The Lieutenant as Col. Clinton Hiland
The Lieutenant as Lt. Col. Clinton Hiland
Miss USA as Judge
Redigo as Tom Walker

1962

Combat! as Sgt. Perkins
The Virginian as Harry Clark

1961

Dr. Kildare as Dr. Norman Phelps

1960

Thriller as Oliver Judson

1959

Compulsion as Max Steiner
The Gunfight at Dodge City as Dave Rudabaugh
Law of the Plainsman as Lee Talent
Bonanza as Jamison Fillmore
The Untouchables as Sidney Rogers / Zoran Bresnovitch

1958

The Long, Hot Summer as Alan Stewart
Curse of the Faceless Man as Dr. Paul Mallon
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Jim Kramer
The Rifleman as Jason Gowdy
The Rifleman as Griff

1957

Paths of Glory as Maj. Saint-Auban
Perry Mason as Edward Lewis
Perry Mason as Lt. Steve Drumm
Perry Mason as Jason Foster
Zorro as Ricardo del Amo

1956

Forbidden Planet as Chief Engineer Quinn
A Cry in the Night as Owen Clark
Three Brave Men as Lt. Bill Horton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff John Bates

1955

Hit the Deck as Lt. Jackson
It's a Dog's Life as George Oakley
Gunsmoke as Gregorio
The Millionaire as Rod Matthews
Gunsmoke as Maj. Aaron Coltraine

1954

Betrayed as John (uncredited)
Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)

1953

Escape from Fort Bravo as Lieutenant Beecher
Give a Girl a Break as Burton Bradshaw
I Love Melvin as Harry Flack
Dream Wife as Henry Malvine

1952

Scaramouche as Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)
Holiday for Sinners as Father Victor Carducci
Fearless Fagan as Capt. Daniels
Just This Once as Tom Winters

1951

Cause for Alarm! as Lonesome Sailor
The Unknown Man as Bob Masen
No Questions Asked as Detective Walter O'Bannion
Storm Warning as Interne (uncredited)
Payment on Demand as Jim Boland
Go for Broke! as Lieutenant
Rich, Young and Pretty as Bob Lennart

1950

The Vanishing Westerner as Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson

Writing

2016

Mega Hammerhead as Writer

Production

1994

Bionic Ever After? as Co-Executive Producer