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Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, Principal Willis DeWitt on Growing Pains, Holland Manners on Angel, dentist Bernard Nadler on Lost, Doctor Harad in Friends, Edwin Kingston in Matlock, and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump.
Anderson was born in Clark, South Dakota and grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota. He received a Master of Arts degree in American literature and creative writing at the University of North Dakota and the University of Wisconsin. During the 1970s, he taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California.
Anderson is best known for his roles as mailroom supervisor Mr. Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, Mike Seaver’s adversarial Principal DeWitt on Growing Pains, a chief of Cardiology on ER, the lawyer Holland Manners on the first two seasons of Angel and as Bernard on Lost. In addition, he was one of the recurring actors on various episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati, playing various roles, including an immigration officer in the episode “The Americanization of Ivan”. In film, he notably played the school principal in Forrest…
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