This lanky, amiable second-lead seemed never to turn down a role and was rewarded with practically constant employment, mostly on TV. Richard Anderson is perhaps best recalled as Oscar Goldman, the government boss to both "The Six Million Dollar Man" (ABC, 1973-78) and "The Bionic Woman" (ABC, 1976-77; NBC 1977-78).

Anderson grew up in Los Angeles and made his stage debut as a spear carrier in a 1946 production of "Volpone" at the Las Palmas Theatre, just two blocks away from Hollywood High School (although Anderson had attended high school in West Los Angeles). In 1949, he made his film debut