Richard Anderson
Richard Norman Anderson ( born August 8, 1926 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American actor who portrayed predominantly serious, dignified, preppy and a little colorless characters.
Life and work
Anderson, who had already played at the high school as amateur actors theater, studied until 1944 at the University of Los Angeles. 1946/47, he received his acting training at the local Actor's Lab. His debut Anderson in 1946 as an extra - he was playing a spear carrier - in the play Volpone at Las Palmas Theatre.
Shortly afterwards, the film offers. Anderson's characters were often smooth and correct types, cultured and urbane suit and uniform support as described in Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece Paths of Glory, where he starred alongside Kirk Douglas in the role of Major. Also he played often canny, brave sons or sons- such as the cultured Alan Stewart in Martin Ritt's The Long Hot Summer. Anderson's film characters often had neither corners nor edges and were regularly on the right side of the law.
The 1.93 meter tall measured Anderson was in the 1960s and 1970s, one of the bestbeschäftigten television actor of his country, he was seen as a guest star in many series ( such as The Boss, Big Valley, Mannix, FBI and Gunsmoke ). In the legal drama Perry Mason, he was seen in a leading role. His role as Oscar Goldman in the series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Seven Million Dollar Woman is his most famous. Likewise, he was also in the pilot episode of Knight Rider (1982-1986) to see where he played the role of Dr. Ralph Wesley.
In the U.S., Anderson was also a commercial spokesperson for the Shell Oil Company as " The Shell Answer Man " known.
Anderson was honored on 22 October 2007 with a Star Walk of Stars in Palm Springs