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Richard Anderson

May 07, 2023

For other people named Richard Anderson, see Richard Anderson (disambiguation).

Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. One of his best-known roles was 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 between 1974 and 1978 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) and Bionic Ever After? (1994).

Richard Anderson
Born
Richard Norman Anderson

(1926-08-08)August 8, 1926
Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedAugust 31, 2017(2017-08-31) (aged 91)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1947–2017
Spouses
  • Carol Lee Ladd
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    (m. 1955; div. 1956)​
  • Katharine Thalberg
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    (m. 1961; div. 1973)​
Children3

Early life

Anderson was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of Olga (née Lurie) and Harry Anderson.[1] He appeared in high school plays after moving to Los Angeles.[2]

Anderson served in the United States Army during World War II.[3]

Career

 
Anderson at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan (October 2, 2010)

Before Anderson began his career in 1950 as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, he studied at the Actors' Laboratory Theatre, which led to work in radio and stock theater.[2] His many films at MGM included The Magnificent Yankee (1950) as Reynolds, The Student Prince (1954) as Lucas, and Forbidden Planet (1956), as Chief Engineer Quinn. Among his later films were the World War I drama Paths of Glory (1957) directed by Stanley Kubrick, in which Anderson played the prosecuting attorney. Anderson played Ricardo Del Amo in the second season of Zorro (1957 TV series), a friend and rival of Diego de la Vega (Guy Williams). He was the object of the unrequited love of Clara Varner (Joanne Woodward) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958) and a suspicious military officer in Seven Days in May (1964).

In the 1960s, Anderson made appearances in 23 episodes of Perry Mason during the series' final season (1965-1966) as Police Lieutenant Steve Drumm, replacing the character of Lt. Tragg, played by Ray Collins, who died in 1965. Before he became a Perry Mason regular, he made guest appearances in two episodes: as defendant Edward Lewis in "The Case of the Accosted Accountant", and Jason Foster in "The Case of the Paper Bullets" (both 1964).

He also appeared on The Untouchables; Wagon Train; The Rifleman; Daniel Boone; Thriller; The Eleventh Hour; Redigo; Combat!; Twelve O'Clock High; I Spy; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; The Fugitive (as varied characters in several episodes; in the series' 1967 finale he played the brother-in-law to the protagonist Dr. Richard Kimble); The Wild, Wild West; Bonanza; The Green Hornet; The Invaders; and The Big Valley. In 1961–62, Anderson co-starred with Marilyn Maxwell in an ABC production of Bus Stop. He was a guest-star in the last episode of season 1 of Mission: Impossible (1966) as Judge Wilson Chase.

In 1965, he played Judge Lander in the episode "Kate Melville and the Law" of the syndicated series Death Valley Days. In 1970–71, Anderson starred as Chief George Untermeyer in the Burt Reynolds series Dan August.

Anderson first appeared as Oscar Goldman in the second episode of The Six Million Dollar Man ("Wine, Women, and War", 1973). He portrayed the character through the series' end in 1978, and on the spinoff series The Bionic Woman for its entire run from 1976 to 1978. Anderson was a guest-star on other TV series in the 1960s and 1970s, including Hawaii Five-O, Wanted Dead or Alive, Gunsmoke, Ironside, Columbo and The Love Boat.

He appeared in the television movie The Night Strangler as the villain, Dr. Richard Malcolm. Anderson was just as busy in the 1980s on Charlie's Angels, Matt Houston, Knight Rider, Remington Steele, Cover Up, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Simon & Simon, and Murder, She Wrote. He played murder suspect Ken Braddock in the first two-hour episode of the revived Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr, titled "Perry Mason Returns" (1985), Anderson had a recurring role as Senator Buck Fallmont on Dynasty from 1986 to 1987. He portrayed President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1987 miniseries Hoover vs. The Kennedys.

In the 1990s, he served as narrator and a recurring guest star for Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. He served also as a commercial spokesperson for the Shell Oil Company in the United States, known as The Shell Answer Man.[4] "The Shell Answer Man" appeared in commercials from 1976 to 1982.

Personal life and death

Anderson was married to Carol Lee Ladd and Katharine Thalberg (daughter of movie producer Irving Thalberg and actress Norma Shearer[5]), with both marriages ending in divorce. He had three daughters with Thalberg.[2] Anderson died on August 31, 2017, from natural causes in Beverly Hills, California.[6] He was 91.

Recognition

In 2007, Anderson was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.[7]

Filmography

  • “Perry Mason” (1964)

References

  1. ^ Krebs, Albin (September 5, 1976). "The Faces Are Familiar". The New York Times. "...boss of 'The $6-million Man', who hails from Long Branch..."
  2. ^ a b c Rogers, John (September 2, 2017). "Popular actor won fame on 'Six Million Dollar Man'". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Hawaii, Honolulu. Associated Press. p. B7. Retrieved March 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ Hipes, Patrick (August 31, 2017). "Richard Anderson Dies: Oscar Goldman From 'Six Million Dollar Man' Was 91". Deadline. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ^ King, Byron. "The Shell Answer Man", Post Carbon Institute, February 27, 2007,
  5. ^ "Katherine Thalberg". Variety. January 9, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  6. ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (August 31, 2017). "Richard Anderson, of 'Six Million Dollar Man' and 'Bionic Woman', Dies at 91". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Palm Springs Walk of Stars official website October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine; accessed November 26, 2014.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Richard Anderson, from Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman, dead at 91". CBC News. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  9. ^ Vincent Terrace (September 28, 2018). Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018. McFarland. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-1-4766-7206-9.

External links

 
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For other people named Richard Anderson see Richard Anderson disambiguation Richard Norman Anderson August 8 1926 August 31 2017 was an American film and television actor One of his best known roles was 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 between 1974 and 1978 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 and Bionic Ever After 1994 Richard AndersonAnderson as Oscar Goldman in The Six Million Dollar Man 1976BornRichard Norman Anderson 1926 08 08 August 8 1926Long Branch New Jersey U S DiedAugust 31 2017 2017 08 31 aged 91 Beverly Hills California U S OccupationActorYears active1947 2017SpousesCarol Lee Ladd m 1955 div 1956 wbr Katharine Thalberg m 1961 div 1973 wbr Children3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life and death 4 Recognition 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditAnderson was born in Long Branch New Jersey the son of Olga nee Lurie and Harry Anderson 1 He appeared in high school plays after moving to Los Angeles 2 Anderson served in the United States Army during World War II 3 Career Edit Anderson at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan October 2 2010 Before Anderson began his career in 1950 as a Metro Goldwyn Mayer contract player he studied at the Actors Laboratory Theatre which led to work in radio and stock theater 2 His many films at MGM included The Magnificent Yankee 1950 as Reynolds The Student Prince 1954 as Lucas and Forbidden Planet 1956 as Chief Engineer Quinn Among his later films were the World War I drama Paths of Glory 1957 directed by Stanley Kubrick in which Anderson played the prosecuting attorney Anderson played Ricardo Del Amo in the second season of Zorro 1957 TV series a friend and rival of Diego de la Vega Guy Williams He was the object of the unrequited love of Clara Varner Joanne Woodward in The Long Hot Summer 1958 and a suspicious military officer in Seven Days in May 1964 In the 1960s Anderson made appearances in 23 episodes of Perry Mason during the series final season 1965 1966 as Police Lieutenant Steve Drumm replacing the character of Lt Tragg played by Ray Collins who died in 1965 Before he became a Perry Mason regular he made guest appearances in two episodes as defendant Edward Lewis in The Case of the Accosted Accountant and Jason Foster in The Case of the Paper Bullets both 1964 He also appeared on The Untouchables Wagon Train The Rifleman Daniel Boone Thriller The Eleventh Hour Redigo Combat Twelve O Clock High I Spy The Man from U N C L E The Fugitive as varied characters in several episodes in the series 1967 finale he played the brother in law to the protagonist Dr Richard Kimble The Wild Wild West Bonanza The Green Hornet The Invaders and The Big Valley In 1961 62 Anderson co starred with Marilyn Maxwell in an ABC production of Bus Stop He was a guest star in the last episode of season 1 of Mission Impossible 1966 as Judge Wilson Chase In 1965 he played Judge Lander in the episode Kate Melville and the Law of the syndicated series Death Valley Days In 1970 71 Anderson starred as Chief George Untermeyer in the Burt Reynolds series Dan August Anderson first appeared as Oscar Goldman in the second episode of The Six Million Dollar Man Wine Women and War 1973 He portrayed the character through the series end in 1978 and on the spinoff series The Bionic Woman for its entire run from 1976 to 1978 Anderson was a guest star on other TV series in the 1960s and 1970s including Hawaii Five O Wanted Dead or Alive Gunsmoke Ironside Columbo and The Love Boat He appeared in the television movie The Night Strangler as the villain Dr Richard Malcolm Anderson was just as busy in the 1980s on Charlie s Angels Matt Houston Knight Rider Remington Steele Cover Up The A Team The Fall Guy Simon amp Simon and Murder She Wrote He played murder suspect Ken Braddock in the first two hour episode of the revived Perry Mason starring Raymond Burr titled Perry Mason Returns 1985 Anderson had a recurring role as Senator Buck Fallmont on Dynasty from 1986 to 1987 He portrayed President Lyndon B Johnson in the 1987 miniseries Hoover vs The Kennedys In the 1990s he served as narrator and a recurring guest star for Kung Fu The Legend Continues He served also as a commercial spokesperson for the Shell Oil Company in the United States known as The Shell Answer Man 4 The Shell Answer Man appeared in commercials from 1976 to 1982 Personal life and death EditAnderson was married to Carol Lee Ladd and Katharine Thalberg daughter of movie producer Irving Thalberg and actress Norma Shearer 5 with both marriages ending in divorce He had three daughters with Thalberg 2 Anderson died on August 31 2017 from natural causes in Beverly Hills California 6 He was 91 Recognition EditIn 2007 Anderson was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars 7 Filmography EditThe Pearl 1947 The Vanishing Westerner 1950 as Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson A Life of Her Own 1950 as Hosiery Man uncredited The Magnificent Yankee 1950 as Reynolds Secretary 8 Grounds for Marriage 1951 as Tommy Storm Warning 1951 as Interne uncredited Payment on Demand 1951 as Jim Boland Cause for Alarm 1951 as Lonesome Sailor Go for Broke 1951 as Lieutenant uncredited No Questions Asked 1951 as Detective Walter O Bannion Rich Young and Pretty 1951 as Bob Lennart The People Against O Hara 1951 as Jeff Chapman Across the Wide Missouri 1951 as Dick Richardson 8 The Unknown Man 1951 as Bob Masen Just This Once 1952 as Tom Winters Scaramouche 1952 as Philippe de Valmorin 8 Holiday for Sinners 1952 as Father Victor Carducci Fearless Fagan 1952 as Capt Daniels Company J The Story of Three Loves 1953 as Marcel segment Equilibrium 8 I Love Melvin 1953 as Harry Flack Dream Wife 1953 as Henry Malvine Give a Girl a Break 1953 as Burton Bradshaw Escape from Fort Bravo 1953 as Lieutenant Beecher The Student Prince 1954 as Lucas 8 Betrayed 1954 as John uncredited Hit the Deck 1955 as Lt Jackson 8 It s a Dog s Life 1955 as George Oakley Western Union 1955 as Steve Gibson unaired pilot 9 Forbidden Planet 1956 as Engineering Officer Quinn 8 A Cry in the Night 1956 as Owen Clark The Search for Bridey Murphy 1956 as Dr Deering Three Brave Men 1956 as Naval Lt Bill Horton The Buster Keaton Story 1957 as Tom McAffee Paths of Glory 1957 as Major Saint Auban 8 Merry Andrew 1958 as Ugo uncredited The Long Hot Summer 1958 as Alan Stewart 8 Curse of the Faceless Man 1958 as Dr Paul Mallon Zorro Season 2 Episode 10 The Practical Joker 1958 as Ricardo Del Amo Zorro Season 2 Episode 11 The Flaming Arrow 1958 as Ricardo Del Amo Zorro Season 2 Episode 12 Zorro Fights a Duel 1958 as Ricardo Del Amo Zorro Season 2 Episode 13 Amnesty for Zorro 1959 as Ricardo Del Amo Compulsion 1959 as Max Steiner 8 The Rifleman 1959 as Tom Birch The Gunfight at Dodge City 1959 as Dave Rudabaugh The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1960 as Lt Dennis M Foster 8 The Rifleman 1960 as Lariat Jones Thriller 1960 as Oliver Judson Season 1 Episode 7 The Purple Room The Rifleman 1961 Episode Flowers by the Door as Jason Gowdy Wanted Dead or Alive 1961 Episode Epitaph as the Sheriff A Gathering of Eagles 1963 as Colonel Ralph Josten 8 Johnny Cool 1963 as Correspondent 8 Seven Days in May 1964 as Colonel Ben Murdock 8 Combat 1964 as Sergeant Perkins in the episode A Silent Cry on ABC Kitten with a Whip 1964 as Grant 8 Big Valley 1965 as Dr Travers Episode Last Train to the Fair Seconds 1966 as Dr Innes The F B I 1966 as Christian Palmer Season 2 Episode 8 Collision Course Mission Impossible 1967 as judge in The Psychic The Ride to Hangman s Tree 1967 as Steven Carlson The Hardy Boys The Mystery of the Chinese Junk 1967 as Fenton Hardy The Invaders 1967 as Blake Season 2 Episode 5 The Enemy Big Valley 1968 as Nathan Springer Episode Fall of a Hero Land of the Giants 1969 as newspaper reporter Joe Simmons Season 2 Episode 2 Six Hours to Live Macho Callahan 1970 as Officer Gunsmoke 1970 as Gregorio Episode The War Priest Tora Tora Tora 1970 as Navy Captain John B Earle Columbo 1971 as murder victim Bryce Chadwick Season 1 Episode 5 Lady in Waiting Doctors Wives 1971 as D A Douglas The Astronaut 1972 as Dr Wylie The F B I 1972 as Dan Wheaton Season 8 Episode 4 The Franklin Papers The Honkers 1972 as Royce Owens Play It as It Lays 1972 as Les Goodwin The Longest Night 1972 as Harry Eaton The Night Strangler 1973 as Dr Richard Malcolm Black Eye 1974 as Dole Never Give Up 1978 as US Green Beret Officer The Immigrants 1978 as Thomas Seldon Murder by Natural Causes 1979 as George Brubaker The French Atlantic Affair 1979 as Terrence Crown Condominium 1980 as Henry Churchbridge Darkroom 1981 as Bill Bellamy Kane amp Abel 1985 as Alan Lloyd The Stepford Children 1987 as Lawrence Denton Hoover vs The Kennedys 1987 as Lyndon B Johnson The Player 1992 as Himself Gettysburg 1993 as General George G Meade The Glass Shield 1995 as Watch Commander Clarence Massey The Blood Trail 2015 Perry Mason 1964 References Edit Krebs Albin September 5 1976 The Faces Are Familiar The New York Times boss of The 6 million Man who hails from Long Branch a b c Rogers John September 2 2017 Popular actor won fame on Six Million Dollar Man Honolulu Star Advertiser Hawaii Honolulu Associated Press p B7 Retrieved March 9 2018 via Newspapers com Hipes Patrick August 31 2017 Richard Anderson Dies Oscar Goldman From Six Million Dollar Man Was 91 Deadline Retrieved May 10 2021 King Byron The Shell Answer Man Post Carbon Institute February 27 2007 Katherine Thalberg Variety January 9 2006 Retrieved February 24 2019 Slotnik Daniel E August 31 2017 Richard Anderson of Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman Dies at 91 The New York Times Palm Springs Walk of Stars official website Archived October 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 26 2014 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Richard Anderson from Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman dead at 91 CBC News Retrieved September 2 2017 Vincent Terrace September 28 2018 Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots 1945 2018 McFarland pp 254 ISBN 978 1 4766 7206 9 Biography portal New Jersey portal California portal Film portal Television portalExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Anderson Richard Anderson at IMDb Richard Anderson at the TCM Movie Database Richard Anderson at AllMovie Richard Anderson at the Internet Broadway Database Interview The Spectrum August 13 2015 An hour long video interview with Retro Rewind covering his career from 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Anderson amp oldid 1150659072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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