Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Acting • Born 1947-04-02

Acting2Wahpeton, 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.

Filmography

123 credits
The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters

Movie • 1994

Culbertson

The Independent

The Independent

Movie • 2000

Ed

Dark Angel

Dark Angel

Movie • 1990

Warren

Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

Movie • 2011

Mr. Hyde

The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars

Movie • 1998

Congressman #2

Devil's Due

Devil's Due

Movie • 2014

Father Thomas

Breaking the Girls

Breaking the Girls

Movie • 2013

Professor Nolan

What I Did for Love

What I Did for Love

Movie • 1998

Richard

Sonic Impact

Sonic Impact

Movie • 2000

Alex Holmes

The Swap

The Swap

Movie • 1979

Paul

Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Movie • 2022

Tate (mid-70s)

Dirty Habit

Dirty Habit

Movie • 2006

Bishop

NetForce

NetForce

Movie • 1999

Fox

Touched

Touched

Movie • 2005

Dr. Reynolds

Perfect Game

Perfect Game

Movie • 2000

Steven

A Place to Be Loved

A Place to Be Loved

Movie • 1993

Judge Thomas S. Kirk

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Movie • 1996

Quote Reader

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

Movie • 1994

Principal Hancock

The Lift

The Lift

Movie • 2024

Song of Back and Neck

Song of Back and Neck

Movie • 2018

Jarred Foxen

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

Movie • 1983

Paul Iberville

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Movie • 2016

Mr. Browning

Secret Santa

Secret Santa

Movie • 2003

Mr. Gibson

La Bamba

La Bamba

Movie • 1987

Mr. Ludwig

Permanent Midnight

Permanent Midnight

Movie • 1998

Dr. Olson

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

Movie • 2012

Chris

Do You Take This Man

Do You Take This Man

Movie • 2017

Steven

Slackers

Slackers

Movie • 2002

Charles Patton

Policewoman Centerfold

Policewoman Centerfold

Movie • 1983

Druggist

The Man Next Door

The Man Next Door

Movie • 1996

Dwight Cooley

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Movie • 1985

Ray Berg

Maybe Someday

Maybe Someday

Movie • 2017

Douglas Donnelly

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Movie • 1992

Chairman of the House Committee

The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear

Movie • 1982

Duke of Albany

Critters 2

Critters 2

Movie • 1988

Mr. Morgan

The Last Hand

The Last Hand

Movie • 1997

Jimmy Walsh

The Sleepwalker Killing

The Sleepwalker Killing

Movie • 1997

Roth Lane

Growing Pains

Growing Pains

TV • 1985

Principal Willis Dewitt

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

TV • 1978

Agent Berwick

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

TV • 1986

Sam Gorpley

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

TV • 2002

Scott Sommer

Miracles

Miracles

TV • 2003

Cinda's Father

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond

TV • 1996

Special Agent Thomas Garfield

Angel

Angel

TV • 1999

Holland Manners

CSI: NY

CSI: NY

TV • 2004

Dr. Richards

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV • 2000

Dr. Mercer

The X-Files

The X-Files

TV • 1993

Leamus

Millennium

Millennium

TV • 1996

Agent Jack Pierson

Lost

Lost

TV • 2004

Bernard Nadler

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

TV • 1994

Howard Sherwood

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

TV • 1993

Ernie Pitt

Married to the Kellys

Married to the Kellys

TV • 2003

Bill Kelly

The Charmings

The Charmings

TV • 1987

Medium

Medium

TV • 2005

Eliot Peterson

Family Law

Family Law

TV • 1999

Carlisle Tucker

E/R

E/R

TV • 1984

Live Shot

Live Shot

TV • 1995

Marvin Seaborne

The Visitor

The Visitor

TV • 1997

Army General

Mama Malone

Mama Malone

TV • 1984

Stanley

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

TV • 1984

Dr. Synapsis

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

TV • 2010

Owen Sutherland

The Stockard Channing Show

The Stockard Channing Show

TV • 1980

Justified

Justified

TV • 2010

Lee Paxton

Men at Work

Men at Work

TV • 2012

James Wilson

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

TV • 1993

Dr. Hjortsberg

Castle

Castle

TV • 2009

Principal Duncan

Hunter

Hunter

TV • 1984

Vinny Cochran

Chasing Life

Chasing Life

TV • 2014

Gerald Rayburn

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

TV • 1998

Thomas Paine

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

TV • 1978

Mason Nobel

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

TV • 1978

Mr. Anderson

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

TV • 1978

Rex Erhardt

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

TV • 2005

Michael Whitman

Wolf Lake

Wolf Lake

TV • 2001

Arthur Van Halen

Painkiller

Painkiller

TV • 2023

Raymond Sackler

Friends

Friends

TV • 1994

Dr. Harad

Damien

Damien

TV • 2016

Professor Igor Reneus

Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man

TV • 1995

The Man

Newhart

Newhart

TV • 1982

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV • 1987

Assistant Manager

The West Wing

The West Wing

TV • 1999

John LaSalle

This Is Us

This Is Us

TV • 2016

Judge Walter Crowder

Scandal

Scandal

TV • 2012

Melvin Feen

The Cape

The Cape

TV • 1996

Kevin Davis, CAPCOM

Grimm

Grimm

TV • 2011

Old Man

Grimm

Grimm

TV • 2011

Rolek Porter

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street

TV • 1987

Dan Finger

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

TV • 1993

Simon Wolfe

NCIS

NCIS

TV • 2003

Walter Carmichael

Station 19

Station 19

TV • 2018

Elliott

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

TV • 1982

Leo Santee

Melrose Place

Melrose Place

TV • 1992

Agent Hill

A Million Little Things

A Million Little Things

TV • 2018

Mr. Dennings

Bones

Bones

TV • 2005

Hugo Sanderson

Leverage

Leverage

TV • 2008

Henry Retzing

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

TV • 1998

Mr. Gable

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

TV • 2002

Congressman Whitehurst

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

TV • 1988

Drew Ward

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

TV • 1985

Meyer

ER

ER

TV • 1994

Jack Kayson

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Stuart Himes

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Neil Fraser

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Ethan Stevens

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Dan the Electrician

Boston Common

Boston Common

TV • 1996

Wesley Butterfield

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

TV • 2000

Police Commissioner

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

TV • 1997

Mark Harrison

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

TV • 2009

Train Driver

Matlock

Matlock

TV • 2024

Edwin Kingston

How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

TV • 2014

Thomas Fitzgerald

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV • 2009

Senator Dick Osborne

The Stand

The Stand

TV • 1994

Whitney Horgan

Two Guys and a Girl

Two Guys and a Girl

TV • 1998

Dr. Harvey

Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

TV • 1984

Benjamin Kelty

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

TV • 1980

Ray Jones / John Doe

Harry's Law

Harry's Law

TV • 2011

Judge William Rothman

Boston Legal

Boston Legal

TV • 2004

Walter Fife

Profiler

Profiler

TV • 1996

Ken Harker

Picket Fences

Picket Fences

TV • 1992

FBI Agent Donald Morrell

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

TV • 1982

Mr. McGrath

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick

TV • 1983

Teddy Peters

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

TV • 1986

D.A. Bill Graphia

Alien Nation

Alien Nation

TV • 1989

Thomas Edison