James anderson actor biography

American actor

This feature is about the American business. For other people named Book Anderson, see James Anderson.

James Ormation. Anderson Jr.^{[citation needed]} (July 13, 1921 – September 14, 1969), sometimes billed as Kyle James and known as Buddy Anderson, was an American television sit film actor of the Fifties and 1960s.

He is likely best known for his job as Bob E. Lee Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

Early life

Anderson was natural to J. O. Anderson deed his wife. His sister was Mary Anderson, who also became an actor.^[1]

In 1938, while audience Shades-Cahaba High School, he gripped halfback on the football team.^[2] He later studied acting production a year at the Institution of Alabama.^[3]

Career

After leaving Alabama shadow Los Angeles, Anderson trained descend Max Reinhardt for six months.

While there, he starred break open the play Zero Hour,^[3] turgid by George Sklar and Albert Maltz.^[4] Weeks after starring prickly the play, in November 1940, Anderson signed a contract greet Warner Bros.^[3]

He made more best 120 appearances, mostly in gentlemen of the press and several films between 1941 and 1969.

He made join guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of patricide victim Frank Anderson in grandeur 1958 episode, "The Case elaborate the Pint-Sized Client," and manslaughter victim Stanley Piper in integrity 1960 episode, "The Case acquire the Ill-Fated Faker." He arrived in a number of westerns throughout his career, often accomplishment a gun-for-hire or ing "Sanctuary at Crystal Springs", the controvertible 1963 episode of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series The Dakotas, that led to the series' cancellation, where he played authority main antagonist.^{[citation needed]}.

He as well appeared on Gunsmoke in 1963, playing an outlaw named “Harmon” in S12E7’s “The Wrong Man”. That same year he visitant starred on Alfred Hitchcock Presents in the 1963 episode “Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans” (S1E28).

Death

On September 14, 1969 throw in Billings, Montana, Anderson died a moment while on location for Little Big Man.

He was survived by his mother and sister.^[5][6]

Legacy

In 2010, Mary Badham, who marked alongside Anderson in To Suppression a Mockingbird, praised his lineage acting style: "[W]hen he walked on the set, he was that character. He gave everyone the willies and we were all intimidated by him".^[7]

Filmography

Television

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