Don Anderson

Acting · Born 1924-02-23 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Don Anderson grew up near the MGM studios, and was a Jitterbug Dancer for the studios during WW2. He became a bit player, and worked as an actor/stand-in starting with Van Johnson. He did some stunts, and was one of the bikers, Shark, in The Wild One with Marlon Brando. Don enjoyed the business and was well known and liked. His last show was standing-in and working with Pierce Brosnan on Remington Steele. He was survived by his daughter, Misa Anderson and a brother.

Known for

• Divorce American Style (1967)
• The Chase (1966)
• Strange Bedfellows (1965)
• Mirage (1965)
• Viva Las Vegas (1964)
• Send Me No Flowers (1964)
• Kisses for My President (1964)
• What a Way to Go! (1964)
• Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
• Twilight of Honor (1963)
• Days of Wine and Roses (1963)
• How the West Was Won (1962)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
• Babes in Toyland (1961)
• Lover Come Back (1961)
• Go Naked in the World (1961)
• Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
• Ocean's Eleven (1960)
• Inherit the Wind (1960)
• The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
• A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Beloved Infidel (1959)
• It Started with a Kiss (1959)