Biografía

Anderson had lost his own wife shortly before appearing in "Star Trek: The Next Generation The Survivors (1989)", and said that the subject matter made the role of Kevin Uxbridge one of the most difficult of his career. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion).

The first of his appearances on La ley del revólver (1955), in the episode "Buffalo Man", climaxed with a brutal fistfight between his character, Ben Siple, and James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillon. This action scene, from its build-up to its dénouement, would become the common sequence upon which generations of budding editors would cut their teeth in film school. This sequence also features Jack Klugman, who would later co-star with Anderson in the classic "A Passage for Trumpet" episode of La dimensión desconocida (1959). Shortly before his death, Anderson remarked that it was Klugman who informed him, many years after the filming of their La ley del revólver (1955) episode, that they had become legendary among film editors for their ubiquitous presence in student editing bays.

Served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

After his death in 1992, he was cremated and his ashes taken out to sea as part of his membership with the Neptune Society.

Received a master's degree in drama from the University of Iowa.