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Sam Anderson

1945 - Today

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Sam Anderson (born c. 1946/1947) 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, and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Anderson is the 615th most popular actor (up from 3,421st in 2019), the 1,301st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,149th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sam Anderson ranks 615 out of 13,578Before him are Anthony Edwards, William Fichtner, Gabriel Byrne, Luise Rainer, Glenda Jackson, and Karlheinz Böhm. After him are Thandie Newton, Jude Law, Laura Gemser, Danielle Darrieux, Brendan Gleeson, and Rex Harrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Sam Anderson ranks 77Before him are Bette Midler, Laurent Gbagbo, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Itzhak Perlman, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Massimo Moratti. After him are Steve Martin, Moncef Marzouki, Junji Kawano, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Tex Watson, and Linda Lee Cadwell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Anderson ranks 1,301 out of 20,380Before him are Joshua Lederberg (1925), Joseph Campbell (1904), John Reed (1887), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), Susan B. Anthony (1820), and Henry Norris Russell (1877). After him are David Gross (1941), Don Siegel (1912), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jonas Salk (1914), Steve Martin (1945), and Robert A. Taft (1889).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sam Anderson ranks 318Before him are Winona Ryder (1971), John Belushi (1949), Frank Marshall (1946), Lita Grey (1908), Anthony Edwards (1962), and William Fichtner (1956). After him are Jeffrey Wright (1965), Dick Clark (1929), Halle Berry (1966), Lance Henriksen (1940), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Meg Ryan (1961).