Herbert Anderson

Herbert Anderson

出生 : 1917-03-30, Oakland, California, USA

死亡 : 1994-06-11

略歴

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herbert Anderson (March 30, 1917 – June 11, 1994) was an American character actor probably best remembered for his role as Henry Mitchell, the father in the CBS television sitcom Dennis the Menace. After a few minor roles in films for Warner Bros., Anderson got his big break in the 1941 picture Navy Blues, followed by The Body Disappears and The Male Animal. His other films include the 1949 World War II film Battleground, Give My Regards to Broadway, Excuse My Dust, Island in the Sky, The Benny Goodman Story, Kelly and Me, Joe Butterfly, My Man Godfrey (1957), I Bury the Living, Sunrise at Campobello, Hold On!, and Rascal. Anderson also acted extensively in Broadway shows, including the role of Dr. Bird in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He was also in the film version of The Caine Mutiny; he was the only actor to appear in both the Broadway play and film. In addition to his role in Dennis the Menace, Anderson is also known for many lead and guest-starring roles on television. Anderson retired from acting in 1982. He died of complications from a stroke in 1994.

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Virginia Hill
Sen. Estes Kefauver
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.
Rascal
Mr. Pringle
A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences. Because of Rascal, both father and son realize their responsibility to each other
Hold On!
Ed Lindquist
Herman's Hermits' first film, in which the British band has the chance to have an American spacecraft named for them.
I Bury the Living
Jess Jessup
A newly appointed cemetery chairman believes that, merely by inserting a black plot-marking pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause the deaths of that plot's owner.
Nightmare at Ground Zero
After the first atom bomb test, scientists realize the bomb was more powerful than they expected - which may have terrible results.
My Man Godfrey
Hubert
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
Night Passage
Will Renner
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.
Joe Butterfly
Maj. Ferguson
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?
Kelly and Me
Ben Collins
Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog, Kelly, and a new act is born. Len hopes all his dreams are coming true when he finds himself in Hollywood ... but Kelly is the one in demand on the big screen.
Spring Reunion
Edward
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
Four Girls in Town
Ted Larabee
Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace Universal's glamour star in an upcoming Biblical epic?
ベニイ・グッドマン物語
John Hammond Jr.
シカゴの貧しい家に生まれたベニイ・グッドマンは少年時代からクラリネットを始め、その上達ぶりは師を驚嘆させた。しかし彼は周囲の反対を押し切り、クラシックではなくジャズの道に進む。十代で名門楽団に参加し、やがて単身でニューヨークへ。”キング・オブ・スイング”と称賛されるまでの辛苦と様々な出会い。そして、上流階級の娘アリスとの恋ー。圧巻はクラシックの殿堂カーネギーホールにおける史上初のジャズコンサート。二人の熱い思いを乗せて、歴史的演奏が始まる・・・。 ジーン・クルーパ、ライオネル・ハンプトン、そしてテディ・ウィルソン他多数の一流プレイヤーたちの名演奏も必聴!
ケイン号の叛乱
Ens. Rabbit
ケイン号の新艦長クイーグは、その異常な行動から徐々に信望を失っていく。やがて台風に遭遇し、艦長が正気を失ったため、副官マリクが指揮を取り危機を脱するが、それが反逆罪とされてしまう。
Island in the Sky
Breezy
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
The Girl in White
Dr. Barclay
The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance blossoms between her and the head doctor.
Finders Keepers
Hotel Clerk
A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot
Excuse My Dust
Ben Parrott
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl friend believes in him. When he's halfway successful, another woman tries to win his heart, and his girl-friend thinks he has quit with her. But on a race for those new horse-less vehicles, he gets in trouble and only his former girl friend is able to help him.
The Magnificent Yankee
Baxter
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Lawless
Jonas Creel (as Guy Anderson)
A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers..
The Yellow Cab Man
Willis Tomlin
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
戦場
Hansan
1944年のベルギー戦線を舞台に、ドイツ軍の攻撃に迎え撃つ男たちの様々なエピソード、ドラマを描いた傑作戦争映画。『鉄のカーテン』のウエルマン監督作品で、アカデミー賞脚本賞、撮影賞を受賞。
The Set-Up
Husband (uncredited)
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Give My Regards to Broadway
Frank Doty
A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.
You Were Meant for Me
Eddie
A bandleader falls in love and marries a small town girl.
Love and Learn
Pete
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
That Way with Women
Melvyn Pfeiffer
A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
The Male Animal
Michael Barnes
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
The Body Disappears
George Appleby
Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor party revelry to find he's been turned invisible by eccentric college professor Reginald Shotesbury. An unbelievable series of events is revealed by several witnesses testifying in a "mystery trial" to determine the reason for DeHaven's "disappearance".
Navy Blues
Homer Matthews
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't learned, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.
Dive Bomber
Chubby Markham
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Highway West
Worker (uncredited)
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Reporter
A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
Wings of Steel
A football hero joins the Army Air Corps.
The Strawberry Blonde
Girl-Chaser in a Park (uncredited)
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.
Honeymoon for Three
Floyd T. Ingram
Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when he meets up with a former college fling with a loopy Danish girl which he barely remembers. She remembers him, very well.
Four Mothers
Reporter (uncredited)
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Meet the Fleet
Dan Howell
The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.
No Time for Comedy
Actor in Show (uncredited)
Director William Keighley's 1940 film adaptation of S. N. Behrman's stage hit, about an aspiring playwright who finds himself an overnight Broadway success, stars James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Charles Ruggles and Allyn Joslyn.
Service with the Colors
Hiram Briggs
This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States Army." Men with diverse backgrounds enlist in the army and are all assigned to the same post. Some adapt easily to army life, while others have trouble making the adjustment.
The Sea Hawk
Eph Winters
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
Young America Flies
Jim
World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.
Tear Gas Squad
Pliny Jones
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
'Til We Meet Again
(uncredited)
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Medical Assistant
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.
Calling Philo Vance
First Reporter (uncredited)
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe. This is a remake of "The Kennel Murder Case" using aircraft designs and espionage instead of Chinese porcelain and dog shows.
The Fighting 69th
Private Casey (uncredited)
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.