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Sam Anderson is an American actor who works in film and television. Born in 1947 in Clark, he is also associated with Wahpeton, North Dakota. He is male and speaks English as his native language. His professional career began in 1969.
Anderson was educated at the University of North Dakota. In addition to his acting roles, he has held the position of professor. He writes in English.
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Film & TV
Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, Holland Manners on Angel, dentist Bernard Nadler on Lost, Happy Days-loving Doctor Harad who delivered Phoebe's triplets in Friends' 100th episode, and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump.
Known for
- The Lift2024
- Matlock — Edwin Kingston2024
- Painkiller — Raymond Sackler2023
- Where the Crawdads Sing — Tate (mid-70s)2022
- Song of Back and Neck — Jarred Foxen2018
- Station 19 — Elliott2018
- A Million Little Things — Mr. Dennings2018
- Do You Take This Man — Steven2017
- Maybe Someday — Douglas Donnelly2017
- Ouija: Origin of Evil — Mr. Browning2016
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-04-02 ) April 2, 1947 (age 79) , Clark, South Dakota , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of North Dakota , Antelope Valley College
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1969–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sam
- Family name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clark
- Occupation
- film actor
- Position held
- professor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Sam Anderson cropped.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1947-04-02
- Commons category
- Sam Anderson
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, Principal Willis DeWitt on Growing Pains, Holland Manners on Angel, dentist Bernard Nadler on Lost, Doctor Harad in Friends, Edwin Kingston in Matlock, and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump.
Early life
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