Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson
Anderson in the I Love Melvin trailer (1953)
Born	Richard Norman Anderson (1926-08-08) August 8, 1926 (age 90) Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Film and television actor
Years active	1947–present
Spouse(s)	Carol Lee Ladd (1955–56, divorced) Katharine Thalberg (1961–73, divorced)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Harry and Olga (née Lurie) Anderson

Richard Norman Anderson (born August 8, 1926) is an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles is his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series between 1974 and 1978 and their subsequent television movies: The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) and Bionic Ever After? (1994).

Anderson was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of Olga (née Lurie) and Harry Anderson. Anderson served a tour of duty in the United States Army.

On the big screen, his many films included "The Student Prince" as Lucas (1954), Forbidden Planet (1956) and the World War I drama Paths of Glory (1957) directed by Stanley Kubrick, in which Anderson played the prosecuting attorney. He was Don Diego De La Vega's joke-playing best friend and romantic rival, Ricardo Del Amo, on Zorro (1958-1959). He was the object of the unrequited love of Clara Varner (Joanne Woodward) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958) and a suspicious military officer in Seven Days in May (1964).

In the 1960s, Anderson made appearances in 23 episodes of Perry Mason during the series' final season as Police Lieutenant Steve Drumm, replacing the character of Lt. Tragg, played by Ray Collins who died in 1965. Before he became a Perry Mason regular, he made guest appearances in two 1964 episodes: as defendant Edward Lewis in "The Case of the Accosted Accountant", and Jason Foster in "The Case of the Paper Bullets".