
Sam Anderson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 2, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
Biography
Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, Holland Manners on Angel, dentist Bernard Nadler on Lost, Happy Days-loving Doctor Harad who delivered Phoebe's triplets in Friends' 100th episode, and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump.
Known For
Filmography

The Lift
Movie

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Movie · as Elder Scott

Matlock
TV · as Edwin Kingston · 34 eps

Painkiller
TV · as Raymond Sackler · 6 eps

Where the Crawdads Sing
Movie · as Tate (mid-70s)

Song of Back and Neck
Movie · as Jarred Foxen

Station 19
TV · as Elliott · 1 ep

A Million Little Things
TV · as Mr. Dennings · 2 eps

Do You Take This Man
Movie · as Steven

Maybe Someday
Movie · as Douglas Donnelly

Ouija: Origin of Evil
Movie · as Mr. Browning

Damien
TV · as Professor Igor Reneus · 1 ep

This Is Us
TV · as Judge Walter Crowder · 1 ep

Devil's Due
Movie · as Father Thomas

Chasing Life
TV · as Gerald Rayburn · 2 eps

How to Get Away with Murder
TV · as Thomas Fitzgerald · 1 ep

Breaking the Girls
Movie · as Professor Nolan

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Movie · as Chris

Men at Work
TV · as James Wilson · 1 ep

Scandal
TV · as Melvin Feen · 1 ep

Water for Elephants
Movie · as Mr. Hyde

Grimm
TV · as Old Man, Rolek Porter · 1 ep

Harry's Law
TV · as Judge William Rothman · 1 ep

Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Owen Sutherland · 1 ep

Justified
TV · as Lee Paxton · 9 eps

Castle
TV · as Principal Duncan · 1 ep

The Forgotten
TV · as Train Driver · 1 ep

NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Senator Dick Osborne · 1 ep

Leverage
TV · as Henry Retzing · 1 ep

Dirty Habit
Movie · as Bishop

Touched
Movie · as Dr. Reynolds

Medium
TV · as Eliot Peterson · 1 ep

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Michael Whitman · 1 ep

Bones
TV · as Hugo Sanderson · 2 eps

CSI: NY
TV · as Dr. Richards · 1 ep

Lost
TV · as Bernard Nadler · 25 eps

Boston Legal
TV · as Walter Fife · 1 ep

Secret Santa
Movie · as Mr. Gibson

Miracles
TV · as Cinda's Father · 1 ep

Married to the Kellys
TV · as Bill Kelly · 22 eps

NCIS
TV · as Walter Carmichael · 1 ep

Slackers
Movie · as Charles Patton

CSI: Miami
TV · as Scott Sommer · 1 ep

Without a Trace
TV · as Congressman Whitehurst · 1 ep

Wolf Lake
TV · as Arthur Van Halen · 1 ep

The Independent
Movie · as Ed

Sonic Impact
Movie · as Alex Holmes

Perfect Game
Movie · as Steven

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Dr. Mercer · 1 ep

Malcolm in the Middle
TV · as Police Commissioner · 1 ep

NetForce
Movie · as Fox

Angel
TV · as Holland Manners · 8 eps

Family Law
TV · as Carlisle Tucker · 1 ep

The West Wing
TV · as John LaSalle · 1 ep

The Pentagon Wars
Movie · as Congressman #2

What I Did for Love
Movie · as Richard

Permanent Midnight
Movie · as Dr. Olson

From the Earth to the Moon
TV · as Thomas Paine · 2 eps

Fantasy Island
TV · as Mr. Gable · 1 ep

Two Guys and a Girl
TV · as Dr. Harvey · 1 ep

The Last Hand
Movie · as Jimmy Walsh

The Sleepwalker Killing
Movie · as Roth Lane

The Visitor
TV · as Army General · 1 ep

Ally McBeal
TV · as Mark Harrison · 1 ep

The Man Next Door
Movie · as Dwight Cooley

Everybody Loves Raymond
TV · as Special Agent Thomas Garfield · 1 ep

Millennium
TV · as Agent Jack Pierson · 1 ep

The Cape
TV · as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM · 1 ep

Boston Common
TV · as Wesley Butterfield · 7 eps

Profiler
TV · as Ken Harker · 1 ep

Live Shot
TV · as Marvin Seaborne · 13 eps

Nowhere Man
TV · as Man · 1 ep

The Puppet Masters
Movie · as Culbertson

Forrest Gump
Movie · as Principal Hancock

Chicago Hope
TV · as Howard Sherwood · 1 ep

Friends
TV · as Dr. Harad · 1 ep

ER
TV · as Jack Kayson · 18 eps

The Stand
TV · as Whitney Horgan · 3 eps

A Place to Be Loved
Movie · as Judge Thomas S. Kirk

The X-Files
TV · as Leamus · 1 ep

Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Ernie Pitt, Dr. Hjortsberg · 1 ep

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV · as Simon Wolfe · 1 ep

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Movie · as Chairman of the House Committee

Melrose Place
TV · as Agent Hill · 2 eps

Picket Fences
TV · as FBI Agent Donald Morrell · 7 eps

Rugrats
TV · as Salesman / Announcer (voice) · 1 ep

Dark Angel
Movie · as Warren

Alien Nation
TV · as Thomas Edison · 1 ep

Critters 2
Movie · as Mr. Morgan

In the Heat of the Night
TV · as Drew Ward · 1 ep

La Bamba
Movie · as Mr. Ludwig

The Charmings
TV · 1 ep

Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Assistant Manager · 1 ep

21 Jump Street
TV · as Dan Finger · 1 ep

Perfect Strangers
TV · as Sam Gorpley · 122 eps

L.A. Law
TV · as D.A. Bill Graphia · 3 eps

Movers & Shakers
Movie · as Ray Berg

Growing Pains
TV · as Principal Willis Dewitt · 1 ep

The Golden Girls
TV · as Meyer · 1 ep

E/R
TV · 1 ep

Mama Malone
TV · as Stanley · 13 eps

Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Dr. Synapsis · 1 ep

Hunter
TV · as Vinny Cochran · 1 ep

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Stuart Himes, Neil Fraser, Ethan Stevens, Dan the Electrician · 1 ep

Blue Thunder
TV · as Benjamin Kelty · 1 ep

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Movie · as Paul Iberville

Policewoman Centerfold
Movie · as Druggist

Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Teddy Peters · 1 ep

The Tragedy of King Lear
Movie · as Duke of Albany

Airplane II: The Sequel
Movie · as Man in White

T. J. Hooker
TV · as Leo Santee · 1 ep

St. Elsewhere
TV · as Mr. McGrath · 1 ep

Newhart
TV · as Larry's Supporter · 1 ep

The Stockard Channing Show
TV · 1 ep

Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Ray Jones / John Doe · 1 ep

The Swap
Movie · as Paul

WKRP in Cincinnati
TV · as Agent Berwick, Mason Nobel, Mr. Anderson, Rex Erhardt · 1 ep