John Robert Anderson

 John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992)

He was a character actor who performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions during a career that spanned over four decades. An accomplished actor, Anderson started out on Broadway, including an appearance in the musical Paint Your Wagon in 1951. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as "California Charlie", the used car salesman who helps Marion Crane (Janet Leigh). On television, he appeared in such series as The Rockford Files, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Laramie, Have Gun – Will Travel , The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Californians, Johnny Ringo, and Bonanza, among others. A recurring Twilight Zone actor, he appeared in four different episodes: "The Old Man in the Cave", "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville", "The Odyssey of Flight 33", and "A Passage for Trumpet". Anderson also had a recurring role in MacGyver as Harry Jackson, MacGyver's grandfather. He was married until his wife's death in 1989. Anderson suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, he was 69 years old. His body was cremated, and the ashes scattered.