Actor Richard Anderson "Six Million Dollar Man" Autograph Photo

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"SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN" ACTOR RICHARD ANDERSON AUTOGRAPH PHOTO
8 x 10 b/w glossy photo inscribed and signed dated 1/17/1990.
In fine condition
Richard Norman Anderson
(August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles was his portrayal of
Oscar Goldman
, the boss of Steve Austin (
Lee Majors
) and Jaime Sommers (
Lindsay Wagner
) in both
The Six Million Dollar Man
and
The Bionic Woman
television series
between 1974 and 1978 and their subsequent
television movies
:
The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(1987),
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(1989) and
Bionic Ever After?
(1994).
Anderson was born in
Long Branch, New Jersey
, the son of Olga (née Lurie) and Harry Anderson.
[1]
[2]
He appeared in high school plays after moving to Los Angeles.
[3]
Anderson served a seventeen-month tour of duty during
World War II
in the
United States Army
.
[
citation needed
]
Career
Anderson at the
Big Apple Convention
in
Manhattan
(October 2, 2010)
Before Anderson began his career in 1950 as a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
contract player, he studied at the
Actors' Laboratory Theatre
, which led to work in radio and
stock theater
.
[3]
His many films at MGM included
The Magnificent Yankee
(1950) as Reynolds,
The Student Prince
(1954) as Lucas, and
Forbidden Planet
(1956), as Chief Engineer Quinn. Among his later films were the World War I drama
Paths of Glory
(1957) directed by
Stanley Kubrick
, in which Anderson played the prosecuting attorney. Anderson played Ricardo Del Amo in the second season of
Zorro (1957 TV series)
, a friend and rival of Diego de la Vega (
Guy Williams
). He was the object of the unrequited love of Clara Varner (
Joanne Woodward
) in
The Long, Hot Summer
(1958) and a suspicious military officer in
Seven Days in May
(1964).
In the 1960s, Anderson made appearances in 23 episodes of
Perry Mason
during the series' final season as Police Lieutenant Steve Drumm, replacing the character of Lt. Tragg, played by
Ray Collins
, who died in 1965. Before he became a
Perry Mason
regular, he made guest appearances in two episodes: as defendant Edward Lewis in "The Case of the Accosted Accountant", and Jason Foster in "The Case of the Paper Bullets" (both 1964).
He also appeared on
The Untouchables
,
Stagecoach West
,
The Rifleman
,
Daniel Boone
,
Thriller
,
The Eleventh Hour
,
Redigo
,
Combat!
,
Twelve O'Clock High
,
I Spy
,
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
,
The Fugitive
(as varied characters in several episodes; in the series' 1967 finale he played the brother-in-law to the protagonist Dr.
Richard Kimble
);
The Wild, Wild West
;
Bonanza
,
The Green Hornet
,
The Invaders
, and
The Big Valley
. In 1961–62, Anderson co-starred with
Marilyn Maxwell
in an
ABC
production of
Bus Stop
. He guest-starred in the last episode of season 1 of
Mission: Impossible
(1966) as Judge Wilson Chase.
In 1965, he played Judge Lander, who clashes over courtroom fairness and frontier justice with a young woman, Kate Melville (
Gloria Talbott
), the daughter of a sheriff, Will Melville (
Dick Foran
), in the episode "Kate Melville and the Law" of the syndicated series
Death Valley Days
. In 1970-71, Anderson starred as Chief George Untermeyer in the
Burt Reynolds
series
Dan August
.
Anderson first appeared as Oscar Goldman in the second episode of
The Six Million Dollar Man
("Wine, Women, and War", 1973). He would portray the character through the series' end in 1978 as well as on the spinoff series
The Bionic Woman
for its entire run from 1976 to 1978. In addition, Anderson guest-starred on other TV series in the 1960s and 1970s, including
Hawaii Five-O
,
Wanted Dead or Alive
,
Gunsmoke
,
Ironside
,
Columbo
and
The Love Boat
.
He appeared in the television movie
The Night Strangler
as the villain, Dr. Richard Malcolm. Anderson was just as busy in the 1980s on
Charlie's Angels
,
Matt Houston
,
Knight Rider
,
Remington Steele
,
Cover Up
,
The A-Team
,
The Fall Guy
,
Simon & Simon
, and
Murder, She Wrote
. He played murderer Ken Braddock in the first two-hour episode of the revived
Perry Mason
, starring
Raymond Burr
, titled "Perry Mason Returns" (1985), Anderson had a recurring role as Senator
Buck Fallmont
on
Dynasty
from 1986 to 1987. He portrayed President
Lyndon B. Johnson
in the 1987
miniseries
Hoover vs. The Kennedys
.
In the 1990s, he served as narrator and a recurring guest star for
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
. He served also as a commercial spokesperson for the
Shell Oil Company
in the United States, known as The
Shell Answer Man
.
[4]
"The Shell Answer Man" appeared in commercials from 1976 to 1982.
Personal life and death
Anderson was married to Carol Lee Ladd and Katharine Thalberg (daughter of movie producer
Irving Thalberg
and actress
Norma Shearer
[5]
), with both marriages ending in divorce. He had three daughters with Thalberg.
[3]
Anderson died on August 31, 2017, from natural causes in
Beverly Hills, California
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