Sam Anderson
Acting1947Wahpeton, 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
Acting History
2023
Painkiller
TVas Raymond Sackler
2022
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tate (mid-70s)
A Million Little Things
TVas Mr. Dennings• 2 eps
2019
How to Get Away with Murder
TVas Thomas Fitzgerald• 1 eps
Station 19
TVas Elliott• 1 eps
2018
Song of Back and Neck
as Jarred Foxen
2017
Do You Take This Man
as Steven
Maybe Someday
as Douglas Donnelly
This Is Us
TVas Judge Walter Crowder• 1 eps
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Mr. Browning
Damien
TVas Professor Igor Reneus• 1 eps
2014
Devil's Due
as Father Thomas
Grimm
TVas Old Man / Rolek Porter• 1 eps
Chasing Life
TVas Gerald Rayburn• 2 eps
Bones
TVas Hugo Sanderson• 2 eps
Castle
TVas Principal Duncan• 1 eps
2013
Breaking the Girls
as Professor Nolan
Justified
TVas Lee Paxton• 9 eps
2012
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Chris
Harry's Law
TVas Judge William Rothman• 1 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
TVas Senator Dick Osborne• 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Owen Sutherland• 1 eps
Scandal
TVas Melvin Feen• 1 eps
Men at Work
TVas James Wilson
2011
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Hyde
2010
The Forgotten
TVas Train Driver• 1 eps
NCIS
TVas Walter Carmichael• 1 eps
2009
Leverage
TVas Henry Retzing• 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Michael Whitman• 1 eps
2006
Dirty Habit
as Bishop
CSI: NY
TVas Dr. Richards• 1 eps
2005
Touched
as Dr. Reynolds
Medium
TVas Eliot Peterson• 1 eps
Lost
TVas Bernard Nadler• 21 eps
Boston Legal
TVas Walter Fife• 1 eps
Malcolm in the Middle
TVas Police Commissioner• 1 eps
2004
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Dr. Mercer• 1 eps
2003
Secret Santa
as Mr. Gibson
Married to the Kellys
TVas Bill Kelly
Without a Trace
TVas Congressman Whitehurst• 1 eps
Miracles
TVas Cinda's Father
2002
Slackers
as Charles Patton
CSI: Miami
TVas Scott Sommer• 1 eps
Family Law
TVas Carlisle Tucker• 1 eps
Everybody Loves Raymond
TVas Special Agent Thomas Garfield• 1 eps
2001
Wolf Lake
TVas Arthur Van Halen
2000
Sonic Impact
as Alex Holmes
Perfect Game
as Steven
The Independent
as Ed
Two Guys and a Girl
TVas Dr. Harvey• 1 eps
The West Wing
TVas John LaSalle• 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
TVas Dr. Hjortsberg• 2 eps
Angel
TVas Holland Manners• 8 eps
1999
1998
The Pentagon Wars
as Congressman #2
Permanent Midnight
as Dr. Olson
What I Did for Love
as Richard
Fantasy Island
TVas Mr. Gable
From the Earth to the Moon
TVas Thomas Paine• 2 eps
The X-Files
TVas Leamus• 1 eps
Friends
TVas Dr. Harad• 1 eps
Chicago Hope
TVas Howard Sherwood• 1 eps
1997
1996
The Man Next Door
as Dwight Cooley
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
as Quote Reader
The Cape
TVas Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
Boston Common
TVas Wesley Butterfield
Nowhere Man
TVas The Man• 1 eps
Millennium
TVas Agent Jack Pierson• 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Stuart Himes / Neil Fraser / Dan the Electrician / Ethan Stevens• 1 eps
1995
Live Shot
TVas Marvin Seaborne
1994
The Puppet Masters
as Culbertson
Forrest Gump
as Principal Hancock
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TVas Simon Wolfe• 1 eps
The Stand
TVas Whitney Horgan• 3 eps
In the Heat of the Night
TVas Drew Ward• 1 eps
ER
TVas Jack Kayson• 18 eps
1993
A Place to Be Loved
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Melrose Place
TVas Agent Hill• 2 eps
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Chairman of the House Committee
Picket Fences
TVas FBI Agent Donald Morrell• 7 eps
1991
Growing Pains
TVas Principal Willis Dewitt• 1 eps
L.A. Law
TVas D.A. Bill Graphia• 3 eps
1990
Dark Angel
as Warren
1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Assistant Manager• 1 eps
Alien Nation
TVas Thomas Edison• 1 eps
1988
Critters 2
as Mr. Morgan
21 Jump Street
TVas Dan Finger• 1 eps
1987
1986
The Golden Girls
TVas Meyer• 1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
TVas Teddy Peters• 1 eps
1985
Movers & Shakers
as Ray Berg
Tales from the Darkside
TVas Dr. Synapsis• 1 eps
Hunter
TVas Vinny Cochran• 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Ray Jones / John Doe• 1 eps
1984
1983
Policewoman Centerfold
as Druggist
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
as Paul Iberville
St. Elsewhere
TVas Mr. McGrath• 1 eps
1982
The Tragedy of King Lear
as Duke of Albany
1981
WKRP in Cincinnati
TVas Rex Erhardt• 1 eps
1979
The Swap
as Paul