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Sam Anderson

Acting · Born April 2, 1947 · 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.

Sam Anderson movies and shows

  • Grey's Anatomy2005
  • NCIS2003
  • Friends1994
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000
  • Bones2005
  • CSI: Miami2002
  • The X-Files1993
  • Hawaii Five-02010
  • Castle2009
  • Lost2004
  • Grimm2011
  • NCIS: Los Angeles2009
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation1987
  • The West Wing1999
  • ER1994
  • Rugrats1991
  • Medium2005
  • Murder, She Wrote1984
  • CSI: NY2004
  • Malcolm in the Middle2000
  • Melrose Place1992
  • This Is Us2016
  • Diagnosis: Murder1993
  • Everybody Loves Raymond1996