--- name: "John Archer" canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-archer" fi1m_id: "john-archer" imdb_id: "nm0001893" tmdb_id: 78793 wikidata_id: "Q3180926" roles: ["Actor"] born: "8 May 1915" died: "3 December 1999" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T04:36:43.075293+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." --- # John Archer ## Identity John Archer - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-archer - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** john-archer - **IMDb ID:** nm0001893 - **TMDB ID:** 78793 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3180926 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archer_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180926, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78793 Actor. Born 8 May 1915 in Osceola, Nebraska, USA. Died 3 December 1999. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 8 May 1915, Osceola, Nebraska, USA - **Died:** 3 December 1999 - **Also known as:** Ralph Bowman - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archer_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180926, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78793 ## Biography John Archer, also credited early in his career as Ralph Bowman, was an American actor. Born in Osceola, Nebraska, he moved to California as a child and studied cinematography at the University of Southern California before turning to acting. He made his film debut in 1938 and won a radio contest that secured him an RKO contract under the name John Archer. Archer appeared in films including *White Heat* (1949) as Philip Evans, *Destination Moon* (1950) and *Blue Hawaii* (1961). His television credits include episodes of *The Twilight Zone*, *Perry Mason*, *Bonanza*, *Batman* and *Columbo*. He was married to actress Marjorie Lord from 1941 to 1955; their daughter is actress Anne Archer. He died in Redmond, Washington, in 1999. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *White Heat* (1949), Fi1m 86, as Philip Evans — [page](https://film.one/film/white-heat.md) ## Complete filmography (96) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Amelia Earhart* (1976), as Dr. Paterson - *Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II* (1976), series, as Gentleman - *Thursday's Game* (1974), as Mr. Wood - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Paul — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) - *How to Frame a Figg* (1971), as Gerard - *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor - *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor - *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor - *Batman* (1966), series, as Club President, Captain Carlisle, Club President (uncredited) - *Lassie, the Voyager* (1966), as Dan Auburn - *I Saw What You Did* (1965), as John Austin - *Apache Rifles* (1964), as Col. Nathan Perry - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Paul Nelson, Connally - *Blue Hawaii* (1961), as Jack Kelman - *87th Precinct* (1961), series, Actor - *Surfside 6* (1960), series, Actor - *The Tall Man* (1960), series, Actor - *Coronado 9* (1960), series, Actor - *Philip Marlowe* (1959), series, Actor - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Bill Padgett — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *Lock-Up* (1959), series, Actor - *Laramie* (1959), series, Actor - *Riverboat* (1959), series, as Dunnigan - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Wilson Reed - *City of Fear* (1959), as Lt. Mark Richards - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Jim - *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1958), series, as Roland - *Sea Hunt* (1958), series, Actor - *Decision at Sundown* (1957), as Dr. John Storrow - *Maverick* (1957), series, Actor - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Frank Maddox, Major Frank Lessing, James R. Bradbury, Burt Farwell, Harry Arnold - *M Squad* (1957), series, as Brad Morgan - *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Matt Kirby, Lott - *Ten Thousand Bedrooms* (1957), as Bob Dudley - *She Devil* (1957), as Barton Kendall - *Affair in Reno* (1957), as Tony Lamarr - *Emergency Hospital* (1956), as Dr. Ellis - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Ad Masters - *State Trooper* (1956), series, Actor - *Rock Around the Clock* (1956), as Mike Dodd - *No Man's Woman* (1955), as Harlow Grant - *Crossroads* (1955), series, as Ramsey Carr - *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor - *Navy Log* (1955), series, Actor - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Tom Williams - *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor - *Dragon's Gold* (1954), as Mack Rossiter - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Perry Blodgett, Gene Vernon - *America for Me* (1953), as Rodeo Cowboy - *The Stars Are Singing* (1953), as Dave Parish - *Private Secretary* (1953), series, Actor - *Sea Tiger* (1952), as Ben McGrun - *Sound Off* (1952), as Maj. Paul Whiteside - *A Yank in Indo-China* (1952), Actor - *Rodeo* (1952), as Slim Martin - *The Big Trees* (1952), as Frenchy LeCroix - *My Favorite Spy* (1951), as Henderson - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Barney Wallace - *Best of the Badmen* (1951), as Curley Ringo - *Santa Fe* (1951), as Clint Canfield - *High Lonesome* (1950), as Pat Farrell - *The Great Jewel Robber* (1950), as Police Detective Lou Sampter - *Destination Moon* (1950), as Jim Barnes - *White Heat* (1949), as Philip Evans — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/white-heat.md) - *Colorado Territory* (1949), as Reno Blake - *Suspense* (1949), series, Actor - *The Lost Moment* (1947), as Charles Russell - *Roger Touhy, Gangster* (1944), as FBI Agent Kerrigan - *The Eve of St. Mark* (1944), as Pvt. Carter - *No Exceptions* (1943), as Letter Writing Soldier / Narrator - *Guadalcanal Diary* (1943), as Lt. Thurmond - *Crash Dive* (1943), as Curly Bowman (uncredited) - *Shantytown* (1943), as Bill Allen - *Hello, Frisco, Hello* (1943), as Ned Clark - *Sherlock Holmes in Washington* (1943), as Naval Lt. Pete Merriam - *The Purple V* (1943), as Jimmy Thorne - *Bowery at Midnight* (1942), as Richard Dennison - *Scattergood Survives a Murder* (1942), as Dunker Gilson - *Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch* (1942), as Dr. Robert Redmond - *Police Bullets* (1942), as Prof. J. Thomas Quincy - *Hi, Neighbor* (1942), as Dr. Hall - *Always Tomorrow: The Portrait of an American Business* (1941), as Jim Westlake - *Sucker List* (1941), as William Allen - *Mountain Moonlight* (1941), as Dr. Ed - *Gangs Inc.* (1941), as Bob Elliott - *King of the Zombies* (1941), as Bill Summers - *City of Missing Girls* (1941), as James Horton - *Cheers for Miss Bishop* (1941), as Richard Clark (as Ralph Bowman) - *Scattergood Baines* (1941), as Johnny Bones - *Barnyard Follies* (1940), as Jeff Hill - *Curtain Call* (1940), as Ted Palmer - *Career* (1939), as Ray Cruthers - *Spring Madness* (1938), as Dartmouth College Student - *Overland Stage Raiders* (1938), as Bob Whitney - *Flaming Frontiers* (1938), as Tom Grant ## Gallery - ![John Archer in The Big Trees - cropped screenshot (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/3867072/gallery-7e9bf7619b88.jpg) John Archer in The Big Trees - cropped screenshot (1955) — Film screenshot (Warner Bros.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/John_Archer_in_The_Big_Trees_%281955%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![John Archer](https://film.one/media/person/3867072/gallery-848a7c732715.jpg) John Archer — Cathy Estes Sparks, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/John-archer-1-sized.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![John Archer](https://film.one/media/person/3867072/gallery-62079995268e.jpg) John Archer — Image via TMDB - ![John Archer](https://film.one/media/person/3867072/gallery-10a713df81f6.jpg) John Archer — Image via TMDB - ![John Archer](https://film.one/media/person/3867072/gallery-5df82f86c6a5.jpg) John Archer — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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