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Warner Anderson

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Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

March 10, 1911

Biography

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Warner Anderson acted in several films per-year during much of the 1940s, frequently as a military man or other authority figure. This paved the way for the role of Lieutenant Ben Guthrie in "The Lineup," a cop drama that ran for a decade beginning in 1954, as well as co-starring parts in films such as "The Caine Mutiny," released in the same year, and the science fiction classic "Destin...

Filmography

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Rio Conchos (1964)

Armored Command (1961)

Lieutenant Colonel Wilson

The Lineup (1958)

Lt. [Ben] Guthrie

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

A Lawless Street (1955)

The Violent Men (1955)

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Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Join Us In Holding Our Breath

Beginning Or The End, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Atom Bomb Special

Biography

Warner Anderson acted in several films per-year during much of the 1940s, frequently as a military man or other authority figure. This paved the way for the role of Lieutenant Ben Guthrie in "The Lineup," a cop drama that ran for a decade beginning in 1954, as well as co-starring parts in films such as "The Caine Mutiny," released in the same year, and the science fiction classic "Destination Moon." By the 1960s, Anderson was a regular on the small screen, appearing in the first 100-plus episodes of the popular evening soap "Peyton Place" as newspaper editor Matthew Swain, whose occasional lack of tact brings him many enemies.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Rio Conchos (1964)

Armored Command (1961)

Lieutenant Colonel Wilson

The Lineup (1958)

Lt. [Ben] Guthrie

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

A Lawless Street (1955)

The Violent Men (1955)

Drum Beat (1954)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)

City Story (1954)

John McWilliams

The Last Posse (1953)

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

The Star (1952)

Detective Story (1951)

Santa Fe (1951)

Go for Broke! (1951)

Col. Charles W. Pence

The Blue Veil (1951)

Bannerline (1951)

Only the Valiant (1951)

Destination Moon (1950)

Dr. Charles Cargraves

The Lucky Stiff (1949)

The Doctor and the Girl (1949)

Dr. George Esmond

Command Decision (1949)

Colonel Earnet Haley

High Wall (1948)

Dr. George Poward

Alias a Gentleman (1948)

Captain Charlie Lopen

Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

The Arnelo Affair (1947)

Dark Delusion (1947)

The Beginning or the End (1947)

Captain William S. Parsons, U.S.N.

Three Wise Fools (1946)

Faithful in My Fashion (1946)

Walter Medcraft

Bad Bascomb (1946)

My Reputation (1946)

Dangerous Partners (1945)

Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)

Objective, Burma! (1945)

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Dr. Robert Campbell

Destination Tokyo (1944)

Executive officer

This Is the Army (1943)

Sports announcer

The Sunbeam (1916)

Bobby Rutherford

Cast (Short)

The Cinematographer (1951)

Trial by Trigger (1944)

Oklahoma Outlaws (1943)

Life Events

Videos

Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Join Us In Holding Our Breath The climax of a lengthy suspense sequence, Cary Grant as the steely Captain Cassidy guides the U.S.S. Copperfin into Tokyo Bay, through a mine-field, in the draught of a Japanese cruiser, keeping silent, John Ridgely, Warner Anderson, John Alvin among the crew, in DestinationTokyo, 1943.

Beginning Or The End, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Atom Bomb Special A wholly fictional prologue, as the ceremony covered in this fake newsreel never took place, and all the identified historical figures are portrayed by actors (Brian Donlevy, Hume Cronyn prominent), in MGM’s government-approved story of the atom bomb, The Beginning Or The End, 1947.

Violent Men, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) They Always Look Tougher Coming At You Rancher Parrish (Glenn Ford) meets more resistance than expected from his crew (Warner Anderson, Bill Phipps) and his neighbors the Purdues (Harry Shannon, James Anderson) over his plans to sell out to the local land baron, in The Violent Men, 1955, from a Donald Hamilton novel.

High Wall (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Youre Not Getting Out After successful brain surgery which he long resisted, war vet and father Kenet (Robert Taylor), still believing he killed his wife, seeks release, doctors Lorrison (Audrey Totter), Poward (Warner Anderson) and especially Dunlap (Moroni Olsen) evaluating, in High Wall, 1947.

Star, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Pick My Bones! Opening scenes, Bette Davis as "Margaret Elliott" bumps into former agent Harry (Warner Anderson), in The Star, 1952, from an original screenplay by Joan Crawford pals Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert.

My Reputation (1946) -- (Movie Ciip) Who Steals My Purse Firmly planted in suburban Chicago and Shakespeare's Othello, servant Anna (Esther Dale) and friend Frank (Warner Anderson) are introduced along with the star, widowed Jessica (Barbara Stanwyck), opening Curtis Bernhardt's My Reputation 1946.

Lawless Street, A (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Mother Says I Mustn't Musical performance by traveling star Tally (Angela Lansbury), well-received in Medicine Bend, Colorado, visited backstage by Marshal Ware (Randolph Scott), their history, implied earlier, further explained, in director Joseph H. Lewis’ Western, co-produced by Scott, A Lawless Street, 1955.

Lawless Street, A (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Lily Langtry Never Had Better In director Joseph H. Lewis’ efficient, stylish Western, we join Marshal Ware (Randolph Scott) with gambler Cody (John Emery), observing Jean Parker with entrepreneur Dean (Hamer Thorne), who greets showgirl Tally (Angela Lansbury), who seems to know the marshal, in A Lawless Street, 1955.

Week-end At The Waldorf (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Loot From A Fan First scene for Leon Ames as producer Burton and Ginger Rogers as the much-mentioned movie star Irene, upstairs at a party preceding her premiere, her friend Dr. Campbell (Warner Anderson) standing by, in MGM's Week-end At The Waldorf, 1945.

Destination Moon (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Your Vindication The seminal if low-rent opening from producer George Pal, credits leading to scientist Cargraves (Warner Anderson) and General Thayer (Tom Powers) in a bunker, in the landmark post-WWII Science Fiction feature, from a story and script by Robert Heinlein, Destination Moon, 1950.

Destination Moon (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Only American Industry Ending the Walter Lantz-Woody Woodpecker cartoon they've cleverly had made to support their case for a privately-funded moon mission, industrialist Barnes (John Archer) lets General Thayer (Tom Powers) bring home the point to a gathering of investors, in George Pal's Destination Moon, 1950.

Destination Moon (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Weightless In Free Orbit In a well conceived sequence from Robert Heinlein's novel, Barnes, Cargraves, General Thayer and wiseguy Joe (John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson) feel some serious G's in the launch of the first manned moon mission, in producer George Pal's ground-breaking Destination Moon, 1950.

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