Herbert Anderson

Born: 1917-03-30

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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The Caine Mutiny

as Ens. Rabbit
Released: 1954-06-24

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first...

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The Sea Hawk

as Eph Winters
Released: 1940-08-10

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love...

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Battleground

as Hansan
Released: 1949-11-09

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the...

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The Strawberry Blonde

as Girl-Chaser in a Park (uncredited)
Released: 1941-02-21

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and...

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Night Passage

as Will Renner
Released: 1957-07-24

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother,...

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Island in the Sky

as Breezy
Released: 1953-09-05

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of...

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The Set-Up

as Husband (uncredited)
Released: 1949-03-29

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling...

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This Is the Army

as Danny Davidson
Released: 1943-08-14

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank....

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I Bury the Living

as Jess Jessup
Released: 1958-07-01

A newly appointed cemetery chairman believes that, merely by inserting a black plot-marking pin...

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Four Mothers

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1941-01-04

Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

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The Fighting 69th

as Private Casey (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-27

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy,...

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Dive Bomber

as Chubby Markham
Released: 1941-01-01

A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will...

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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

as Medical Assistant
Released: 1940-02-23

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure...

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The Lawless

as Jonas Creel (as Guy Anderson)
Released: 1950-06-01

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

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Calling Philo Vance

as First Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-03

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft...

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No Time for Comedy

as Actor in Show (uncredited)
Released: 1940-09-14

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

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Rascal

as Mr. Pringle
Released: 1969-06-11

A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely...

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Highway West

as Worker (uncredited)
Released: 1941-08-07

A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.

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Joe Butterfly

as Maj. Ferguson
Released: 1957-05-29

The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese...

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The Male Animal

as Michael Barnes
Released: 1942-03-12

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being...

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'Til We Meet Again

as (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-20

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to...

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Four Girls in Town

as Ted Larabee
Released: 1957-01-16

Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the...

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Service with the Colors

as Hiram Briggs
Released: 1940-08-31

Service with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This...

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The Yellow Cab Man

as Willis Tomlin
Released: 1950-03-25

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is...

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Tear Gas Squad

as Pliny Jones
Released: 1940-05-04

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

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The Benny Goodman Story

as John Hammond Jr.
Released: 1956-02-02

Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever...

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My Man Godfrey

as Hubert
Released: 1957-10-11

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled...

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That Way with Women

as Melvyn Pfeiffer
Released: 1947-02-14

A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.

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The Magnificent Yankee

as Baxter
Released: 1950-12-20

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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Navy Blues

as Homer Matthews
Released: 1941-09-13

On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship...

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Finders Keepers

as Hotel Clerk
Released: 1952-01-01

A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot

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The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Reporter
Released: 1941-07-12

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap...

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Honeymoon for Three

as Floyd T. Ingram
Released: 1941-01-18

Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when...

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The Body Disappears

as George Appleby
Released: 1941-11-22

Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after...

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You Were Meant for Me

as Eddie
Released: 1948-01-28

A bandleader falls in love and marries a small town girl.

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Kelly and Me

as Ben Collins
Released: 1957-04-10

Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog,...

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Love and Learn

as Pete
Released: 1947-05-02

A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on...

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Virginia Hill

as Sen. Estes Kefauver
Released: 1974-11-19

The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and...

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Spring Reunion

as Edward
Released: 1957-03-01

A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a...

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Hold On!

as Ed Lindquist
Released: 1966-06-22

Herman's Hermits' first film, in which the British band has the chance to have an American...

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Young America Flies

as Jim
Released: 1940-07-13

World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.

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Wings of Steel

as uncredited
Released: 1941-04-04

A football hero joins the Army Air Corps.

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Give My Regards to Broadway

as Frank Doty
Released: 1948-06-08

A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play...

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The Girl in White

as Dr. Barclay
Released: 1952-05-23

The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who...

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Meet the Fleet

as Dan Howell
Released: 1940-12-21

The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.

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Excuse My Dust

as Ben Parrott
Released: 1951-06-27

Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car,...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Climax!

as Devlin
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Perry Mason

as Eugene Milton
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Waltons

as Mr. Bennett
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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My Three Sons

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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My Three Sons

as Joe Linden
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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Bewitched

as Clerk
First aired: 1964-09-17

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...

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Batman

as Harry Hummert
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Batman

as Racing Secretary
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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Ironside

as Leon Karp
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Brady Bunch

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-26

When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one....

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I Dream of Jeannie

as Commander Davis
First aired: 1965-09-18

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency...

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Adam-12

as George Barnes
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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Daniel Boone

as Wyman
First aired: 1964-09-24

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...

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The Millionaire

as Dave
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-29

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The...

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Petticoat Junction

as Mr. Norton
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...

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Green Acres

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-15

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Harry Barnman
First aired: 1964-09-22

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the...

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The Name of the Game

as Roger Dall
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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Sea Hunt

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-01-04

Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961...

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Family Affair

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9,...

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Rawhide

as Sheriff Burr
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Dennis the Menace

as Henry Mitchell
First aired: 1959-10-04

This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family,...

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Gunsmoke

as Elwood
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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The Real McCoys

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-03

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Bob Perkins
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Dragnet

as Robert Blake
First aired: 1967-01-12

Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as John Keller
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as George Thompson
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as Desk Sergeant
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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Nanny and the Professor

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-01-21

Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and...

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The Paul Lynde Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-13

The Paul Lynde Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC. The series stars Paul Lynde and...

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Adam's Rib

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-09-14

Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28,...

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The Bing Crosby Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-14

The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Charles Lowell Smith
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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The Cara Williams Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-23

The Cara Williams Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 18,1964 to April...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Harold Halloway
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Healy
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Lt. Haggerty
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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