Richard Anderson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1926-08-08 – 2017-08-31 (aged 91)

From: 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 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 (181)

MOVIE★ 4.7
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.4
Rottentail
2018
as Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Frankenstein Syndrome
2010
as Marquez
MOVIE★ 4.4
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
2010
as Himself
MOVIE★ 4.5
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
2003
as Husband (archive footage)
TV★ 6.7
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
MOVIE★ 5.3
In the Lake of the Woods
1996
as Claude Rasmussen
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bionic Ever After?
1994
as Oscar Goldman
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Glass Shield
1994
as Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gettysburg
1993
as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
TV★ 6.7
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Narrator / Captain Bartlett Stiles
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Player
1992
as Richard Anderson
TV★ 6.8
Lucky Chances
1990
as Mr. Duke
MOVIE★ 6.6
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989
as Oscar Goldman
MOVIE★ 5.2
Stranger on My Land
1988
as Maj. Walters
MOVIE★ 6.0
Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War
1987
as Lyndon Johnson
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987
as Oscar Goldman
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Stepford Children
1987
as Lawrence Danton
MOVIE★ 7.2
Perry Mason Returns
1985
as Ken Braddock
TV★ 7.7
Kane & Abel
1985
as Alan Lloyd
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Tom Northcliff
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lew Bracken
TV★ 6.9
Cover Up
1984
as Henry Towler
TV★ 7.8
Automan
1983
TV★ 6.7
Whiz Kids
1983
TV★ 6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as J.J. Norcross
TV★ 7.5
The A-Team
1983
as Dr. A.M. Richter
MOVIE★ 5.0
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982
as Ralph Wesley
TV★ 6.3
Matt Houston
1982
TV★ 7.5
Knight Rider
1982
as Dr. Ralph Wesley
TV★ 6.1
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982
TV★ 7.5
Nero Wolfe
1981
as Chester Winslow
TV★ 7.2
Darkroom
1981
as Bill Bellamy
TV★ 6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
TV★ 7.6
The Fall Guy
1981
TV★ 6.5
Dynasty
1981
as Buck Fallmont
MOVIE★ 2.0
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
as Chief
TV★ 4.2
Condominium
1980
as Henry Churchbridge
MOVIE★ 5.7
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
as Chief George Untermeyer
TV★ 7.2
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Terrence Crown
MOVIE★ 6.9
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as George Brubaker
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Immigrants
1978
as Thomas Seldon
TV
The Immigrants
1978
as Thomas Seldon
TV★ 6.0
Pearl
1978
as Cmdr. Michael North
MOVIE★ 6.2
Never Give Up
1978
as US green beret officer
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Art Akers
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Sam Knight
TV★ 7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
as Oscar Goldman
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Bionic Woman
1975
as Oscar Goldman
MOVIE★ 5.0
Black Eye
1974
as Dole
TV★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Oscar Goldman
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
1973
as Oscar Goldman
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
as Oscar Goldman
TV★ 7.7
The New Perry Mason
1973
MOVIE★ 5.0
Partners in Crime
1973
as Roger Goldsmith
MOVIE★ 4.7
Jarrett
1973
as Spencer Loomis
TV★ 7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Frank Cassidy
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Night Strangler
1973
as Dr. Richard Malcolm
MOVIE★ 6.1
Play It as It Lays
1972
as Les Goodwin
TV★ 7.0
Jigsaw
1972
TV★ 8.0
Delphi Bureau
1972
as Landis
MOVIE★ 7.1
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
as Dr. Ben Cole
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Longest Night
1972
as Harvey Eaton
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Honkers
1972
as Royce Owens
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Astronaut
1972
as Dr. Wylie
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1971
as Tom Austin
TV★ 7.0
Longstreet
1971
TV★ 6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Fred Palmer
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Bryce Chadwick
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
MOVIE★ 4.5
Macho Callahan
1971
as Officer
MOVIE★ 5.0
Doctors' Wives
1971
as D.A. Douglas
TV★ 7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
TV★ 7.2
Dan August
1970
as Chief George Untermeyer
MOVIE★ 5.3
Menace on the Mountain
1970
as Maj. Galt
MOVIE★ 5.8
Along Came a Spider
1970
as District Attorney Freiberg
MOVIE★ 7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Captain John B. Earle
TV★ 7.5
Bracken's World
1969
TV★ 4.8
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Dr. Lensky
TV★ 7.0
My Friend Tony
1969
TV★ 6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
TV★ 6.8
Land of the Giants
1968
as Joe Simmons
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Eugene Goodman
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
MOVIE★ 4.5
Ghostbreakers
1967
as Timothy Selfridge
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
1967
as Fenton Hardy
TV★ 7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
TV★ 5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967
as Carlson
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
TV★ 6.9
The Invaders
1967
as Blake
MOVIE★ 7.3
Seconds
1966
as Dr. Innes
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Judge Wilson Chase
TV★ 7.2
T.H.E. Cat
1966
as Percy Hagan
TV★ 6.5
Felony Squad
1966
TV★ 7.4
The Green Hornet
1966
as Phil Trager
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Christian Palmer
TV★ 7.6
The Wild Wild West
1965
as James Jeffers
TV★ 6.2
The Big Valley
1965
as Travers
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Captain Swain
MOVIE★ 5.3
Kitten with a Whip
1964
as Grant
TV★ 5.3
Karen
1964
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Sergeant Rafferty
TV★ 7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Senator Steve Bryant
TV★ 7.0
Slattery's People
1964
TV★ 7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
MOVIE★ 7.3
Seven Days in May
1964
as Col. Murdock
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as General John Doe
MOVIE★ 5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
as Correspondent
TV★ 6.3
Redigo
1963
as Tom Walker
TV★ 7.3
The Fugitive
1963
as Chief Barney Vilattic
TV★ 7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
as Col. Clinton Hiland
TV★ 6.0
Miss USA
1963
as Self - Judge
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Col. Ralph Josten
TV★ 6.7
The Eleventh Hour
1962
TV★ 7.8
Combat!
1962
as Sgt. Perkins
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Eddie Turtin
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Harry Clark
TV★ 10.0
Bus Stop
1961
as D.A. Glenn Wagner
TV★ 5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Norman Phelps
TV★ 7.3
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
as Hal Dryden
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Dennis Foster
TV★ 4.8
Checkmate
1960
TV★ 6.7
Thriller
1960
as Oliver Judson
TV
Hong Kong
1960
TV★ 8.0
The Untouchables
1959
as Sidney Rogers / Zoran Bresnovitch
TV★ 7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Lee Talent
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Jamison Fillmore
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959
as Dave Rudabaugh
MOVIE★ 7.1
Compulsion
1959
as Max Steiner
TV★ 7.1
The Rifleman
1958
TV★ 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Tom
MOVIE★ 5.7
Curse of the Faceless Man
1958
as Dr. Paul Mallon
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Long, Hot Summer
1958
as Alan Stewart
MOVIE★ 8.3
Paths of Glory
1957
as Maj. Saint-Auban
TV★ 7.6
Zorro
1957
TV★ 9.0
The Court of Last Resort
1957
TV★ 7.7
Perry Mason
1957
as Edward Lewis
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Tom McAffee
MOVIE★ 6.3
Three Brave Men
1956
as Lt. Bill Horton
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff John Bates
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Search for Bridey Murphy
1956
as Dr. Deering
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Cry in the Night
1956
as Owen Clark
MOVIE★ 7.2
Forbidden Planet
1956
as Chief Engineer Quinn
MOVIE★ 4.3
It's a Dog's Life
1955
as George Oakley
TV★ 5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Gregorio
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hit the Deck
1955
as Lieutenant Jackson
TV★ 5.8
The Millionaire
1955
as Rod Matthews
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Major Galt
MOVIE★ 5.8
Betrayed
1954
as John (uncredited)
TV★ 6.5
Captain Midnight
1954
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Student Prince
1954
as Lucas
MOVIE★ 2.0
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Lieutenant Beecher
MOVIE★ 5.4
Give a Girl a Break
1953
as Burton Bradshaw
MOVIE★ 5.4
Dream Wife
1953
as Henry Malvine
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Story of Three Loves
1953
as Marcel
MOVIE★ 6.2
I Love Melvin
1953
as Harry Flack
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres
1953
as narrator
MOVIE★ 5.2
Fearless Fagan
1952
as Capt. Daniels
MOVIE★ 6.3
Holiday for Sinners
1952
as Father Victor Carducci
MOVIE★ 7.0
Scaramouche
1952
as Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)
MOVIE★ 4.4
Just This Once
1952
as Tom Winters
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Unknown Man
1951
as Bob Masen
MOVIE★ 6.1
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Dick
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Hayden
MOVIE★ 5.8
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Jeff Chapman
MOVIE★ 5.6
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951
as Bob Lennart
MOVIE★ 6.1
No Questions Asked
1951
as Detective Walter O'Bannion
MOVIE★ 5.9
Go for Broke!
1951
as Lieutenant
MOVIE★ 5.9
Cause for Alarm!
1951
as Lonesome Sailor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Storm Warning
1951
as Interne (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Payment on Demand
1951
as Jim Boland
MOVIE★ 5.0
Grounds for Marriage
1951
as Tommy
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
as Reynolds
TV
Mama Rosa
1950
as Rosa's Son
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson