Richard Anderson

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Richard Anderson

Acting August 8, 1926

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 Ste…

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Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

8.3 1957 Movie
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
Knight Rider

Knight Rider

7.5 1982 TV Show
The A-Team

The A-Team

7.5 1983 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

7.3 1956 Movie
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
The Player

The Player

7.2 1992 Movie
The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.3 1974 TV Show
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

7.6 1966 TV Show

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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 Man and The Bionic Woman television series 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) andBionic Ever After? (1994).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

    Movie Self

  2. 2010
    The Frankenstein Syndrome

    Movie Marquez

  3. 2010
    Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

    Movie Himself

  4. 2006
    Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

    Movie Self

  5. 2003
    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

    Movie Husband (archive footage)

  6. 1997
    Extreme Ghostbusters

    TV show

  7. 1996
    In the Lake of the Woods

    Movie Claude Rasmussen

  8. 1994
    Bionic Ever After?

    Movie Oscar Goldman

  9. 1994
    The Glass Shield

    Movie Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

  10. 1993
    Gettysburg

    Movie Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

  11. 1993
    Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

    TV show Narrator / Captain Bartlett Stiles

  12. 1992
    The Player

    Movie Richard Anderson

  13. 1990
    Lucky Chances

    TV show Mr. Duke

  14. 1989
    Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

    Movie Oscar Goldman

  15. 1988
    Stranger on My Land

    Movie Maj. Walters

  16. 1987
    Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War

    Movie Lyndon Johnson

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  1. 1987
    The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

    Movie Oscar Goldman

  2. 1987
    The Stepford Children

    Movie Lawrence Danton

  3. 1985
    Perry Mason Returns

    Movie Ken Braddock

  4. 1985
    Kane & Abel

    TV show Alan Lloyd

  5. 1985
    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    TV show Tom Northcliff

  6. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Lew Bracken

  7. 1984
    Cover Up

    TV show Henry Towler

  8. 1983
    Automan

    TV show

  9. 1983
    Whiz Kids

    TV show

  10. 1983
    Hardcastle and McCormick

    TV show J.J. Norcross

  11. 1983
    The A-Team

    TV show Dr. A.M. Richter

  12. 1982
    Knight Rider

    TV show Dr. Ralph Wesley

  13. 1982
    Matt Houston

    TV show

  14. 1982
    Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

    Movie Ralph Wesley

  15. 1982
    Bring 'Em Back Alive

    TV show

  16. 1981
    Nero Wolfe

    TV show Chester Winslow

  17. 1981
    Darkroom

    TV show Bill Bellamy

  18. 1981
    Simon & Simon

    TV show

  19. 1981
    The Fall Guy

    TV show

  20. 1981
    Dynasty

    TV show Buck Fallmont

  21. 1980
    Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

    Movie Chief

  22. 1980
    Condominium

    TV show Henry Churchbridge

  23. 1980
    Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

    Movie Chief George Untermeyer

  24. 1979
    The French Atlantic Affair

    TV show Terrence Crown