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Mitchell Anderson Biography (1961-)

Born August 21, 1961, in Jamestown, NY; father, in business; mother, a retailstore owner; companion of Jim Phipps (a director and screenwriter), 1984-96;companion of Richie Arpino. Addresses: Agent: APA, 9200 Sunset Blvd.,Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069; Harden-Curtis Associates, 850 7th Ave., Suite 405, New York, NY 10019.; Manager: David Cohn Management, 14431 Ventura Blvd., Suite 139, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director

Birth Details

August 21, 1961

Jamestown, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) On Shilo Hill, Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1984
• Streamers, c. 1987
• Colin, Flaubert's Latest, Playwrights Horizon, New York City, 1993
• Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, c. 1996
• Visiting Mr. Green, off-Broadway production, 1998
• Also appeared in The Countless, South Coast Repertory Theatre, asGeorge Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life, Riverside Civic Light Opera, inLove! Valour! Compassion!, Geffen Playhouse, and South Pacific,Long Beach Civic Light Opera; appeared in Therese Raquin and A Dybbukk, both Wilton Project Theatre Company.
• Stage Director
• Directed Animal Dreams and Numb to the Flicker, both WiltonProject Theatre Company; also directed Laughing Wild, Tamarind Theatre, Los Angeles.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Dr. Jack McGuire, Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, 1989-1991
• Ross Werkman, a recurring role, Party of Five, Fox, 1994-1997, 1999-2000
• Movies
• Sean, Intimate Encounters (also known as Encounters in the Night), 1986
• Rod, Student Exchange, ABC, 1987
• Henderson Kerr, Goodbye, Miss 4th of July, Disney Channel, 1988
• Richard Carpenter, The Karen Carpenter Story, CBS, 1989
• Bo Malloy, The Comeback, CBS, 1989
• Huckleberry Finn, Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Disney Channel, 1990
• Joshua, Is There Life Out There?, CBS, 1994
• Arnold, "2000," If These Walls Could Talk 2, HBO, 2000
• Episodic
• Chris "Spud" Miller, "Wipe Out," Riptide, NBC, 1985
• "Eye in the Sky," Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1985
• Danny Briggs, "A Night to Remember," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1987
• "Why Are You Here?," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1987
• Scott Crowe, "My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1987
• "Love for Sale," Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1987
• Bobby, "Country Mouse, City Mouse," In the Heat of the Night, NBC,1989
• Peter Halleran, Jack's Place, ABC, 1992
• Rex Weldon, "Picture Imperfect," Melrose Place, Fox, 1993
• Ry, "The Godfather," Matlock, ABC, 1994
• Mr. Bennett, "Caged!," Popular, The WB, 2000
• Mr. Bennett, "Ch-Ch-Changes," Popular, The WB, 2000
• Also appeared in Hill Street Blues and Cagney & Lacey;has appeared on Access Hollywood, Assignment Hollywood with Leeza Gibbons, Entertainment Tonight, and Good Morning America.
• Specials
• This Time It's Personal--Jaws: The Revenge (documentary), syndicated, 1987
• Pilots
• Chris Ingram, Gang of Four, ABC, 1989
• Ross Werkman, Party of Five, Fox, 1994
• Film Appearances
• Banning, SpaceCamp, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• Sean, Jaws: The Revenge, Universal, 1987
• Michael, One Fine Night, 1988
• Alex Thorme, Deadly Dreams, Image Entertainment, 1988
• Doug Sawyer, All-American Murder, Prism Pictures, 1992
• Sir Giles, The Midwife's Tale, 1995
• Vincey Sauris, Relax ... It's Just Sex, A-pix Entertainment, 1998
• Taking the Plunge, 1001 Nights, 1999
• Ken, The Last Place on Earth, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• The Advocate, September 17, 1996; February 29, 2000