Men Of Character Character Actors
Warner Anderson
The Caine Mutiny/ Capt. Blakely
The Lineup (TV)/ Lt. Ben Guthrie
A Lawless Street/ Hammer Thorne
Destination Moon/ Dr. Charles Cargraves
Per Quinlan's Character Stars:
Dependable, grave looking American supporting actor who enjoyed a good run of doctors, judges, senior officers and attorneys until the mid 1950's , after which he was lost almost to long running television series, latterly as Matthew Swain in Peyton Place.
Warner Anderson was born in 1911 at Brooklyn, NY.
Anderson started out as a child actor in silent films as well as appearing as a teenager in burlesque and vaudeville, then moving to Broadway plays before making his film debut as an adult in 1943 in This Is The Army.
Some of Warner Anderson's film roles wetre:
This Is The Army (1943) as Kate Smith's Announcer
Destination Tokyo (1943) as Andy
Objective Burma (1945) as Col Carter
Dangerous Partners (1945) as Miles Kempen
Her Highness And The Bellboy (1945) as Paul McMillan
Weekend At The Waldorf (1945) as Dr. Robert Campbell
Bud Abbott And Lou Costello In Hollywood (1945) as Norman Royce
My Reputation (1946) as Frank Everett
Bad Bascomb (1946) as Luther Mason
Faithful In My Fashion (1946) as Walter Medcraft
Three Wise Fools (1946) as The O'Monohan
The Arnelo Affair (1947) as Det. Sam Leonard
The Beginning Or The End (1947) as Capt. William Parsons, USN
Dark Delusion (1947) as Teddy Selkirk
Song Of The Thin Man (1947) as Dr. Monolaw
High Wall (1947) as Dr. George Poward
Alias A Gentleman (1948) as Capt. Charles Lopen
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) as Joseph Mills
Command Decision (1948) as Col. Ernest Haley
The Lucky Stiff (1949) as Eddie Britt
The Doctor And The Girl (1949) as Dr. George Esmond
Destination Moon (1950) as Dr. Charles Cargraves
Sante Fe (1951) as Dave Baxter
Only The Valiant (1951) as Trooper Rutlidge
Go For Broke! (1951) as Col. Charles Pence
Bannerline (1951) as Roy
Detective Story (1951) as Endicott Sims
The Blue Veil (1951) as Bill Parker
The Star (1952) as harry Stone
The Last Posse (1953) as Robert Emerson
A Lion In The Streets (1953) as Jules Bolduc
The Ordeal Of Thomas Jefferson (1954) as Thomas Jefferson
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) as Major Ives
The Caine Mutiny (1954) as Capt. Blakely
Drum Beat (1954) as General Canby
The Violent Men (1954) as Jim McCloud
Blackboard Jungle (1955) as Dr. Bradley
A Lawless Street (1955) as Hamer Thorne
The Lineup (1958) as Lt. Ben Guthrie
Armored Command (1961) as Lt. Col. Wilson
Postmark: Jim Fletcher (1963-TV) as Jack Stone
Rio Conchos (1964) as Colonel Wagner
The Bubble (1966) as The Doctor
Gidget Grows Up (1969-TV) as Ambassador Post
Warner Anderson starred on the following TV series:
The Lineup (1954-1960) as Lt. ben Guthrie
Peyton Place (1964 - 1969) as Matthew Swain/ The Narrator.
Other television programs that Mr. Anderson appeared on were Kraft Theater, The Doctor, Lux Video Theater, Ford Television Theater,Climax, Pursuit, Death Valley days, The Play Of The Week, The Red Skelton Hour, The Immortal, The Interns, The Young Lawyers, Bearcats, O'Hara U S Treasury, Mannix, Ironside and The Rockford Files.
Mr. Anderson's voice opened every episode of Peyton Place on television.
He was married and his wife's name was Leeta.
Warner Anderson passed away in 1976 from cancer.
I enjoyed Warner Anderson in the TV series The Lineup as well as in the films Objective Burma, Song Of The Thin Man, Command Decision, Destination Moon, Go For Broke, Santa Fe, The Caine Mutiny, Drum Beat, The Violent Men, A lLawless Street, The Lineup (movie), Armored Command and Rio Conchos.
Louie The Movie Buff