Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson claimed that he made his first film appearance as a four-year-old juvenile actor in a 1915 Charles Ray vehicle. His first stage credit, Maytime, came two years later. During his early adulthood, Anderson worked as a straight man in vaudeville and burlesque. In the 1940s, he came to prominence as announcer for radio's Bell Telephone Hour. While most of his film roles were supporting, Anderson was starred in the early special-effects-fest Destination Moon. Warner Anderson's TV credits include a four-year run as Lt. Ben Guthrie on Lineup (aka San Francisco Beat) in the mid-1950s, and a lengthy tenure as newspaper editor Matthew Swain on the 1960s nighttime serial Peyton Place.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
50%	Rio Conchos	Col. Wagner	—	1964
No Score Yet	Armored Command	Lt. Col. Wilson	—	1961
83%	The Lineup	Insp. Guthrie	—	1958
No Score Yet	A Lawless Street	Hamer Thorne	—	1955
No Score Yet	Drum Beat	Gen. Canby	—	1955
75%	Blackboard Jungle	Dr. Bradley	—	1955
No Score Yet	The Violent Men	Jim McCloud	—	1955
92%	The Caine Mutiny	Capt. Blakely	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Yellow Tomahawk	Major Ives	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Last Posse	Robert Emerson	—	1953
No Score Yet	A Lion Is in the Streets	Bolduc	—	1953
17%	The Star	Harry	—	1952
73%	Detective Story	Endicott Sims	—	1951
No Score Yet	The Blue Veil	Bill	—	1951
No Score Yet	Go for Broke!	Col. Charles W. Pence	—	1951
No Score Yet	Only the Valiant	Trooper Rutledge	—	1951
No Score Yet	Santa Fe	Dave Baxter	—	1951
64%	Destination Moon	Dr. Charles Cargraves	—	1950
No Score Yet	The Doctor and the Girl	Dr. Esmond	—	1949
No Score Yet	Tenth Avenue Angel	Joseph Mills	—	1948
No Score Yet	Command Decision	Col. Earnest Haley	—	1948
No Score Yet	High Wall	Dr. George Poward	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Arnelo Affair	Sam Leonard	—	1947
80%	Song of the Thin Man	Dr. Monolaw	—	1947
No Score Yet	Bad Bascomb	Luther Mason	—	1946
No Score Yet	My Reputation	Frank Everett	—	1946
No Score Yet	Abbott and Costello in Hollywood	Norman Royce	—	1945
No Score Yet	Weekend at the Waldorf	Dr. Campbell	—	1945
No Score Yet	Objective, Burma!	Col. Carter	—	1945
No Score Yet	This Is the Army	Sports Announcer	—	1943
80%	Destination Tokyo	Executive	—	1943

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Arthur Bannister	1975
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Matty Millane	1973