---
name: "Dion Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dion-anderson"
fi1m_id: "dion-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm0026627"
tmdb_id: 91420
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 August 1938"
died: "26 April 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:52:20.880295+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dion Anderson

## Identity

Dion Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dion-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dion-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0026627
- **TMDB ID:** 91420
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026627/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91420

Actor. Born 6 August 1938 in Cameron, Texas, USA. Died 26 April 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 August 1938, Cameron, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 26 April 2026
- **Active:** 1991–1994
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026627/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91420

## Biography

Dion Anderson (1938–2026) was an American character actor. Born in Cameron, Texas, he served in the US Army before studying at universities in Texas and London. He earned a BA in English Literature and master's degrees in several subjects, including an MA in Fine Arts from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He began his professional career teaching Shakespeare in Florida and performed extensively on stage in classical roles including Julius Caesar, Henry VIII and Big Daddy in *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*.

Anderson appeared on screen from 1982, working mainly in television as police officers, military figures, judges and priests. His film roles included Cappy in *Dying Young* (1991), Head Bull Haig in *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994) and a shareholder in *Mr. Deeds* (2002). Television credits encompassed Sheriff Frass in *The X-Files* (1996), Zeus in *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), Zolan in *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993) and Burt in *Gilmore Girls* (2002–2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Head Bull Haig — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *Dying Young* (1991), Fi1m 40, as Cappy — [page](https://film.one/film/dying-young.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Dean Lang
- *Mr. Deeds* (2002), as Shareholder
- *First Monday* (2002), series, Actor
- *Reba* (2001), series, as Big Daddy
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Red Piscarek
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, as Burt — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Judge Daniels
- *Providence* (1999), series, as Lester Moody
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Harry Zalen
- *L.A. Doctors* (1998), series, Actor
- *Any Day Now* (1998), series, Actor
- *Union Square* (1997), series, as Harvey Jensen
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Ronald Morgan
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, as Zeus
- *Townies* (1996), series, as Mike Donovan
- *The Single Guy* (1995), series, as Harry
- *Murder One* (1995), series, as Judge Donald Knauf
- *While Justice Sleeps* (1994), as Spencer 'Spence' Cunningham
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), as Head Bull Haig — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Mr. Melton
- *Blue Sky* (1994), as Gen. Derrick
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Lt. Mike Delaney, Leonard Drexel
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Sheriff Frass — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *The Adventures of Huck Finn* (1993), as Sheriff
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, as Zolan — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *The Distinguished Gentleman* (1992), as Distilled Spirits Lobbyist
- *Delta* (1992), series, as Clayton Foote
- *Afterburn* (1992), as Col. Hewson
- *Honor Thy Mother* (1992), as Agent Reed
- *Civil Wars* (1991), series, as Justice Norman Parsons
- *The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw* (1991), as Diamond Jim Brady
- *The Commish* (1991), series, as Father Timothy Perello
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, as Hank
- *Dying Young* (1991), as Cappy — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/dying-young.md)
- *Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann* (1991), as Ruegg
- *Havana* (1990), as Roy Forbes
- *Cop Rock* (1990), series, as Judge C.S. Adams
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Roger
- *Money, Power, Murder.* (1989), as Sam Cummings
- *Incident at Dark River* (1989), as Editor
- *Cross of Fire* (1989), series, as Sen. Monroe
- *Rude Awakening* (1989), as Dr. Binibon
- *Roe vs. Wade* (1989), as Bob Flowers
- *Jesse Hawkes* (1989), series, Actor
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Fred Fredrickson — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Everything's Relative* (1987), series, as King McKinney
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Fryer Tuck
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Lester Craig, Judge Arthur Bryson
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Sheriff Harley Wilkes
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Mr. Percy — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *One Woman or Two* (1985), as Porter
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Joe Gandolph
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Stuart March — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

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