Sam Anderson

Acting

Born April 2, 1947, Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

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

• 2024Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps — Elder Scott
• Matlock — Edwin Kingston
• 2024The Lift
• Painkiller — Raymond Sackler
• 2022Where the Crawdads Sing — Tate (mid-70s)
• A Million Little Things — Mr. Dennings
• 2018Song of Back and Neck — Jarred Foxen
• Station 19 — Elliott
• 2017Do You Take This Man — Steven
• 2017Maybe Someday — Douglas Donnelly
• Damien — Professor Igor Reneus
• 2016Ouija: Origin of Evil — Mr. Browning
• This Is Us — Judge Walter Crowder
• Chasing Life — Gerald Rayburn
• 2014Devil's Due — Father Thomas
• How to Get Away with Murder — Thomas Fitzgerald
• 2013Breaking the Girls — Professor Nolan
• 20123, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom — Chris
• Men at Work — James Wilson
• Scandal — Melvin Feen
• Grimm — Old Man, Rolek Porter
• Harry's Law — Judge William Rothman
• 2011Water for Elephants — Mr. Hyde
• Hawaii Five-0 — Owen Sutherland
• Justified — Lee Paxton
• Castle — Principal Duncan
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Senator Dick Osborne
• The Forgotten — Train Driver
• Leverage — Henry Retzing
• 2006Dirty Habit — Bishop
• Bones — Hugo Sanderson
• Grey's Anatomy — Michael Whitman
• Medium — Eliot Peterson
• 2005Touched — Dr. Reynolds
• Boston Legal — Walter Fife
• CSI: NY — Dr. Richards
• Lost — Bernard Nadler
• Married to the Kellys — Bill Kelly
• Miracles — Cinda's Father
• NCIS — Walter Carmichael
• 2003Secret Santa — Mr. Gibson
• CSI: Miami — Scott Sommer
• 2002Slackers — Charles Patton
• Without a Trace — Congressman Whitehurst
• Wolf Lake — Arthur Van Halen
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Dr. Mercer
• Malcolm in the Middle — Police Commissioner
• 2000Perfect Game — Steven
• 2000Sonic Impact — Alex Holmes
• 2000The Independent — Ed
• Angel — Holland Manners
• Family Law — Carlisle Tucker
• 1999NetForce — Fox
• The West Wing — John LaSalle
• Fantasy Island — Mr. Gable
• From the Earth to the Moon — Thomas Paine
• 1998Permanent Midnight — Dr. Olson
• 1998The Pentagon Wars — Congressman #2
• Two Guys and a Girl — Dr. Harvey
• 1998What I Did for Love — Richard
• Ally McBeal — Mark Harrison
• 1997The Last Hand — Jimmy Walsh
• 1997The Sleepwalker Killing — Roth Lane
• The Visitor — Army General
• Boston Common — Wesley Butterfield
• Everybody Loves Raymond — Special Agent Thomas Garfield
• Millennium — Agent Jack Pierson
• Profiler — Ken Harker
• The Cape — Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
• 1996The Man Next Door — Dwight Cooley
• Live Shot — Marvin Seaborne
• Nowhere Man — Man
• Chicago Hope — Howard Sherwood
• ER — Jack Kayson
• 1994Forrest Gump — Principal Hancock
• Friends — Dr. Harad
• 1994The Puppet Masters — Culbertson
• The Stand — Whitney Horgan
• 1993A Place to Be Loved — Judge Thomas S. Kirk
• Diagnosis: Murder — Ernie Pitt, Dr. Hjortsberg
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — Simon Wolfe
• The X-Files — Leamus
• Melrose Place — Agent Hill
• 1992Memoirs of an Invisible Man — Chairman of the House Committee
• Picket Fences — FBI Agent Donald Morrell
• Rugrats — Salesman / Announcer (voice)
• 1990Dark Angel — Warren
• Alien Nation — Thomas Edison
• 1988Critters 2 — Mr. Morgan
• In the Heat of the Night — Drew Ward
• 21 Jump Street — Dan Finger
• 1987La Bamba — Mr. Ludwig
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Assistant Manager
• The Charmings
• L.A. Law — D.A. Bill Graphia
• Perfect Strangers — Sam Gorpley
• Growing Pains — Principal Willis Dewitt
• 1985Movers & Shakers — Ray Berg
• The Golden Girls — Meyer
• Blue Thunder — Benjamin Kelty
• E/R
• Hunter — Vinny Cochran
• Mama Malone — Stanley
• Murder, She Wrote — Ethan Stevens, Neil Fraser, Stuart Himes, Dan the Electrician
• Tales from the Darkside — Dr. Synapsis
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Teddy Peters
• 1983Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade — Paul Iberville
• 1983Policewoman Centerfold — Druggist
• 1982Airplane II: The Sequel — Man in White
• Newhart — Larry's Supporter
• St. Elsewhere — Mr. McGrath
• T. J. Hooker — Leo Santee
• 1982The Tragedy of King Lear — Duke of Albany
• Magnum, P.I. — Ray Jones / John Doe
• The Stockard Channing Show
• 1979The Swap — Paul
• WKRP in Cincinnati — Agent Berwick, Mason Nobel, Mr. Anderson, Rex Erhardt