Sam Anderson

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Sam Anderson
Born	May 13, 1945 Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States
Occupation	Actor

Sam Anderson (born May 13, 1945) is an American actor from Wahpeton, North Dakota. He is a graduate of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. During the 1970s, Sam taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California. He married in 1985 and is the father of twins. Sam holds advanced degrees in Theatre, American Literature and Creative Writing. He is also a member of the Mystery Writers of America.

Anderson is perhaps best known for his roles as the newspaper editor Mr. Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, the lawyer Holland Manners on the first two seasons of Angel, the cardiologist Dr. Jack Kayson on the television series ER and as Bernard on Lost, also as the assistant manager of the Hotel Royale in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Royale", and as Mike Seaver's adversarial Principal DeWitt in Growing Pains.

[edit] Filmography

CSI: Miami - Season 1 episode 1
WKRP in Cincinnati - Played various characters
St. Elsewhere - Mr McGrath
T.J. Hooker - Leo Santee
Hill Street Blues - Kenny Sterling
Dallas - Inspector Frank Howard
Magnum, P.I. - Ray Jones
The Golden Girls - Mr Meyer
21 Jump Street
Growing Pains - Principal Willis Dewitt
Perfect Strangers - Mr Sam Gorpley
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Assistant Manager in the episode "The Royale"
Alien Nation - Thomas Edison in the episode "The Game"
Picket Fences - FBI Agent Donald Morrell
The Stand - Whitney Horgan
Millennium - Agent Jack Pierson
The X-Files - Leamus in the episode "The Pine Bluff Variant"
Friends - Dr. Harad
Ally McBeal - Mark Harrison
Angel - Holland Manners
ER - Dr. Jack Kayson
Married to the Kellys - Bill Kelly
Everybody Loves Raymond - Agent Garfield
Lost - Bernard Nadler
Nowhere Man - Memory man in "Through a Lens Darkly"
Sam Anderson and Mike Chille Variety Hour