Skip to main content
Richard Anderson
Actor 1926 - 2017

Richard Anderson

Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

43 titles
The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield

Charles Burnett 1994 1h 50m 6.0

Two cops become compelled to act against corruption and discrimination within their police precinct.

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

Ronald F. Maxwell 1993 4h 14m 8.5

Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge, the fate of "one nation, indivisible" hangs in the balance.

The Player

The Player

Robert Altman 1992 2h 4m 8.0

A studio executive is being blackmailed by a writer whose script he rejected but which one? Loaded with Hollywood insider jokes.

The Stepford Children

The Stepford Children

Alan J. Levi 1987 1h 36m

Steven and Laura Harding, along with their kids David and Mary, have moved to the quiet community of Stepford. Steven joins the men's club, which is still assimilating their wives into robots. This time, they have begun to turn their out of control teens into robots as well.

Yasei no shômei

Yasei no shômei

Junya Satō 1978 2h 23m

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement.

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman

1976 48m 7.3

After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974 51m 6.0

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells.

Black Eye

Black Eye

Jack Arnold 1974 1h 38m

An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.

The Night Strangler

The Night Strangler

Dan Curtis 1973 1h 30m

A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.

Play It As It Lays

Play It As It Lays

Frank Perry 1972 1h 39m

A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.

Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

George Schaefer 1971 1h 42m 5.0

The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer 1970 2h 24m 7.6

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora!

Seconds

Seconds

John Frankenheimer 1966 1h 47m 8.5

A secret organisation offers wealthy people a second chance at life. The customer picks out someone they want to be and the organisation surgically alters the customer to look like the intended person, stages the customer's death, gets rid of the intended person and the customer takes on a new life.

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

John Frankenheimer 1964 1h 58m 7.0

An aide discovers his general's Pentagon plot and tells the president.

Kitten with a Whip

Kitten with a Whip

Douglas Heyes 1964 1h 22m

Straitlaced senatorial hopeful David Stratton has no idea what he's in for when he arrives home from a trip to find sexy teen Jody curled up asleep in his daughter's bed. Soon, delinquent Jody is holding David -- and his plush suburban home -- hostage while she hides out from the cops and throws wild parties with her beatnik pals.

Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool

William Asher 1963 1h 43m 8.0

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles

Delbert Mann 1963 1h 55m

During the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Richard Murphy 1960 1h 39m 6.0

Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet.

The Gunfight at Dodge City

The Gunfight at Dodge City

Joseph M. Newman 1959 1h 21m 6.0

Fleeing to Dodge City after killing a man in self defence Masterson finds his brother Ed (Harry Lauter) running for sheriff of the town.

Compulsion

Compulsion

Richard Fleischer 1959 1h 43m 7.8

Two close friends, arrogantly and without remorse, kidnap and murder a young boy. They are caught and put to trial where their larger-than-life defense lawyer blames the Establishment for their actions.

The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

Martin Ritt 1958 1h 55m 6.8

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Curse of the Faceless Man

Curse of the Faceless Man

Edward L. Cahn 1958 1h 7m 6.5

A stone-encrusted body is unearthed at Pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls...

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

Stanley Kubrick 1957 1h 28m 8.6

Paths of Glory Paths of Glory is an anti-war film from Stanley Kubrick starring Kirk Douglas. The film takes place during World War I.

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

Fred M. Wilcox 1956 1h 38m 7.9

Captain Adams and the crew of the Starship C57D fly towards planet Altair 4 in search for the Bellerphon spaceship that has been missing for twenty years. To their surprise they are already being expected. A classic science fiction film from 1957 starring Leslie Nielsen.

A Cry in the Night

A Cry in the Night

Frank Tuttle 1956 1h 15m

A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.

The Student Prince

The Student Prince

Richard Thorpe 1954 1h 47m

A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves

Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt 1953 2h 2m 7.0

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin

Don Weis 1953 1h 17m

Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk, and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos.

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break

Stanley Donen 1953 1h 22m 5.0

Broadway choreographer Ted Sturgis auditions dancers for a new musical after the lead walks out, with talent ranging from a ballerina to an untrained novice and his former partner, a retired star.

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

John Sturges 1953 1h 39m 8.0

During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.

Dream Wife

Dream Wife

Sidney Sheldon 1953 1h 40m 7.0

A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

George Sidney 1952 1h 50m 9.0
The Unknown Man

The Unknown Man

Richard Thorpe 1951 1h 26m

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

The People Against O'Hara

The People Against O'Hara

John Sturges 1951 1h 42m

A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.

Storm Warning

Storm Warning

Stuart Heisler 1951 1h 33m 7.0

Ginger Rogers is troubled when she finds her sister's husband is a member of the KKK.

Rich, Young and Pretty

Rich, Young and Pretty

Norman Taurog 1951 1h 35m

A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love.

Payment on Demand

Payment on Demand

Curtis Bernhardt 1951 1h 30m

With their daughters about to marry, Joyce (Bette Davis) is blindsided when husband David (Barry Sullivan) wants out of their marriage. Facing the abyss, can she accept that her tactics to push him toward success have driven them apart.

No Questions Asked

No Questions Asked

Harold F. Kress 1951 1h 20m

With the help of some seedy gangsters, young attorney Steve Keiver makes some quick cash by bending the law, and in the process, he impresses the mobsters so much that they invite him to work for them on a regular basis.

Go for Broke!

Go for Broke!

Robert Pirosh 1951 1h 32m

A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Grayson who shares common prejudices of the time.

Cause for Alarm!

Cause for Alarm!

Tay Garnett 1951 1h 14m 4.5

A woman fights to intercept a letter in which her husband tries to prove her guilty of murder.

Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri

William A. Wellman 1951 1h 18m 6.7

In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.

The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee

John Sturges 1950 1h 20m

Director John Sturges' 1950 film biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes stars Louis Calhern, Ann Harding.and Richard Anderson.

La perla

La perla

Emilio Fernández 1947 1h 26m 8.0

The discovery of a perfect pearl forever changes the lives of a poor Mexican fisherman and his family.

Discussion

Loading the discussion…