Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson

Born: March 10, 1911
Died: August 26, 1976
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Warner Anderson...

Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Alfred Bannister
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury is an American television crime drama starring David Janssen and broadcast by CBS during the 1971-72 television season. Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited packaged the program for Universal Television. Webb and longtime colleague James E. Moser created the show; Leonard B. Kaufman was the producer. The series was produced with the full approval and cooperation of the United States Department of the Treasury.
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Title: The Immortal
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: TV
The Immortal is an American television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January 1971. The series is based on a pilot movie of the same name, which aired in September 1969. The pilot is based on the science fiction novel The Immortals, by James Gunn. Although the series was canceled at midseason, episodes were rerun by ABC in the summer of 1971. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.
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Gidget Grows Up
Title: Gidget Grows Up
Character: Ambassador Post
Released: December 30, 1969
Type: Movie
After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her beloved "Moondoggie" to try to make him jealous have had the wrong effect. Disillusioned with love, and after hearing a speech on television, she decides to make a real difference in the world by going to New York to become a youth worker at the United Nations. While there she has a proposal of marriage from an extremely wealthy Arabian sheik, but instead she falls for a handsome but older Australian diplomat.
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Title: Ironside
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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Rio Conchos
Title: Rio Conchos
Character: Col. Wagner
Released: October 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.
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Title: Peyton Place
Character: Matthew Swain
Released: September 15, 1964
Type: TV
Like the novel and film of the same name, this nighttime soap opera is set in the small New England town of Peyton Place, whose quaint charm masks a complicated web of extramarital affairs, shady business deals, scandals, even murder.
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Armored Command
Title: Armored Command
Character: Lt. Col. Wilson
Released: July 9, 1961
Type: Movie
An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.
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The Lineup
Title: The Lineup
Character: Lt. Ben Guthrie
Released: June 11, 1958
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
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A Lawless Street
Title: A Lawless Street
Character: Hamer Thorne
Released: November 15, 1955
Type: Movie
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
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Blackboard Jungle
Title: Blackboard Jungle
Character: Dr. Bradley
Released: March 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
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The Violent Men
Title: The Violent Men
Character: Jim McCloud
Released: January 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
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Drum Beat
Title: Drum Beat
Character: Gen. Canby
Released: November 10, 1954
Type: Movie
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Fleet
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: David Allen
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: The Lineup
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: TV
The Lineup is an American police drama which aired on CBS radio from 1950 to 1953 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960. Syndicated reruns of the series were broadcast under the title San Francisco Beat.
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The Caine Mutiny
Title: The Caine Mutiny
Character: Capt. Blakely
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
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City Story
Title: City Story
Character: The Church Pastor
Released: May 5, 1954
Type: Movie
When teen-ager June Kinney is arrested, Warner Anderson, the pastor of a local church she once attended, has her released in his charge. She tells the pastor she doesn't come to church because the congregation is too cold and unfriendly. Realizing that she has spoken the truth, the pastor tries to inject new life into the church and brings up the idea of widened community services before the church board. There is opposition, at first because of the cost, but they vote to give the new plan a chance.
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The Yellow Tomahawk
Title: The Yellow Tomahawk
Character: Major Ives
Released: May 1, 1954
Type: Movie
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
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A Lion Is in the Streets
Title: A Lion Is in the Streets
Character: Jules Bolduc
Released: September 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
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The Last Posse
Title: The Last Posse
Character: Robert Emerson
Released: July 4, 1953
Type: Movie
A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.
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The Star
Title: The Star
Character: Harry Stone
Released: December 11, 1952
Type: Movie
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.
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Title: The Doctor
Character: Doctor
Released: August 24, 1952
Type: TV
S1.E10 Episode aired Oct 26, 1952. A man fleeing a robbery tries to convince a grieving mother that he was the friend of the woman's son who lost his life in Korea.
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Detective Story
Title: Detective Story
Character: Endicott Sims
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
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The Blue Veil
Title: The Blue Veil
Character: Bill Parker
Released: October 26, 1951
Type: Movie
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
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Bannerline
Title: Bannerline
Character: Roy
Released: October 12, 1951
Type: Movie
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
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Go for Broke!
Title: Go for Broke!
Character: Col. Charles W. Pence
Released: May 4, 1951
Type: Movie
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. The 442nd serve in Italy, then France, distinguishing themselves in skirmishes and battles; gradually and naturally, Grayson's prejudices evaporate with dawning realization that his men are better soldiers than he is.
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Only the Valiant
Title: Only the Valiant
Character: Trooper Rutledge
Released: April 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he loves.
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Santa Fe
Title: Santa Fe
Character: Dave Baxter
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
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The Cinematographer
Title: The Cinematographer
Character: Narrator
Released: January 13, 1951
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the responsibilities of the cinematographer. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Jim
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Destination Moon
Title: Destination Moon
Character: Dr. Charles Cargraves
Released: June 27, 1950
Type: Movie
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
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The Doctor and the Girl
Title: The Doctor and the Girl
Character: Dr. George Esmond
Released: September 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of his grown children. The daughter, Fabienne, runs away from home, and Michael, after first following his father's advice of being callous to the point of cruelty toward patients, changes when he falls in love with a patient, marries her and sets up his practice on the lower East Side in New York.
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The Lucky Stiff
Title: The Lucky Stiff
Character: Eddie Britt
Released: May 26, 1949
Type: Movie
A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.
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Let's Go to the Movies
Title: Let's Go to the Movies
Character: Narrator
Released: May 13, 1949
Type: Movie
What goes in to the phrase, "Let's go to the movies"? An off-screen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film: clips remind us of early stars and blockbusters. He explains how sound came to motion pictures: we see Jolson singing "Mammy" and John Barrymore playing Richard III. Next is a salute to the 30,000 people working in Hollywood at 272 different crafts. A montage shows us some of those jobs. It ends with a look at the physical production of celluloid (cotton and silver) and the many aspects of movie making. The narrator promises more short films about each step in production.
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Command Decision
Title: Command Decision
Character: Col. Earnest Haley
Released: December 23, 1948
Type: Movie
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Tenth Avenue Angel
Title: Tenth Avenue Angel
Character: Joseph Mills
Released: February 20, 1948
Type: Movie
Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is approached by his old associates. When Flavia discovers the truth about Steve, she loses all faith in her family and in God, and it will take a miracle to restore Flavia's belief and keep Steve out of trouble.
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Alias a Gentleman
Title: Alias a Gentleman
Character: Capt. Charlie Lopen
Released: February 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.
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High Wall
Title: High Wall
Character: r. George Poward
Released: December 17, 1947
Type: Movie
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
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Song of the Thin Man
Title: Song of the Thin Man
Character: Dr. Monolaw
Released: August 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
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Dark Delusion
Title: Dark Delusion
Character: Teddy Selkirk
Released: June 24, 1947
Type: Movie
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town.
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The Beginning or the End
Title: The Beginning or the End
Character: Capt. William S. Parsons
Released: February 19, 1947
Type: Movie
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
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The Arnelo Affair
Title: The Arnelo Affair
Character: Det. Sam Leonard
Released: February 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
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Three Wise Fools
Title: Three Wise Fools
Character: The O'Monahan
Released: September 26, 1946
Type: Movie
An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
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Faithful in My Fashion
Title: Faithful in My Fashion
Character: Walter Medcraft
Released: August 21, 1946
Type: Movie
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
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Bad Bascomb
Title: Bad Bascomb
Character: Luther Mason
Released: May 26, 1946
Type: Movie
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
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My Reputation
Title: My Reputation
Character: Frank Everett
Released: January 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.
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Her Highness and the Bellboy
Title: Her Highness and the Bellboy
Character: Paul MacMillan
Released: November 11, 1945
Type: Movie
In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes to find him again. While staying at one of the city's finest hotels she meets a kind-hearted bellhop who mistakes her for a maid. She invites him to be her escort, not realizing that he believes he has fallen in love with her. Every nice thing the princess does encourages him to believe that she feels the same way he does.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Title: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Character: Norman Royce
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
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Week-End at the Waldorf
Title: Week-End at the Waldorf
Character: Dr. Robert Campbell
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
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Dangerous Partners
Title: Dangerous Partners
Character: Miles Kempen
Released: June 7, 1945
Type: Movie
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
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Objective, Burma!
Title: Objective, Burma!
Character: Col. J. Carter
Released: February 17, 1945
Type: Movie
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
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Trial by Trigger
Title: Trial by Trigger
Character: Dan Fallon
Released: May 27, 1944
Type: Movie
California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.
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Destination Tokyo
Title: Destination Tokyo
Character: Andy
Released: December 31, 1943
Type: Movie
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.
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Oklahoma Outlaws
Title: Oklahoma Outlaws
Character: Whip McCord
Released: September 14, 1943
Type: Movie
In this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa.