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Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on '' Perfect Strangers'', Holland Manners on ''
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'', dentist
Bernard Nadler Rose and Bernard Nadler are fictional characters on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television series '' Lost'', played by L. Scott Caldwell and Sam Anderson respectively. Rose and Bernard visit a faith healer on their honeymoon in Austra ...
on ''
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'' and in film, as the principal in ''
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''.


Early life

Anderson was born in
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. He received a Master of Arts degree in American literature and creative writing at the
University of North Dakota The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of N ...
and the
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. During the 1970s, he taught drama at Antelope Valley College in
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.


Career

Anderson is best known for his roles as mailroom supervisor Mr. Gorpley on '' Perfect Strangers'', the lawyer
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on the first two seasons of ''
Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles ...
'' and as
Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...
on ''
Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography * Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland *Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
''. He notably played the school principal in ''
Forrest Gump ''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson ...
''. He is also known as the assistant manager of the Hotel Royale in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "
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", and as Mike Seaver's adversarial Principal DeWitt on ''
Growing Pains ''Growing Pains'' is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992. The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the ...
''. In addition, he was one of the recurring actors on various episodes of ''
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'', playing various roles, including an immigration officer in the episode "The Americanization of Ivan". Anderson has guest-starred in Season 8 of '' NCIS'' as Walter Carmichael, a middle school teacher whose classroom becomes a crime scene where one of his students is kidnapped.


Filmography


Film


Television


Awards and nominations

Ovation Awards *
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: Nominated for Lead Actor in a Play for the role of Ichabod Banks in the Road Theatre Company production of ''The Bird and Mr. Banks''


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Sam 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Antelope Valley College alumni Educators from North Dakota Living people Male actors from North Dakota People from Wahpeton, North Dakota University of North Dakota alumni 1947 births