Bobby Anderson
Actor, Military Person
1933 – 2008
Who was Bobby Anderson?
Robert J. "Bobby" Anderson was an American actor and television producer, most famous for his role as the young George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life.
Bobby Anderson grew up in a Hollywood family. His father, Gene Anderson was an assistant director and production manager, and his brothers and cousins were editors and production managers in their own right. He was also the nephew of directors William Beaudine and James Flood.
Anderson enlisted in the Navy during the Korean War, serving as a photographer on aircraft carriers. After his time in the Navy, he went on to work behind the scenes in assistant directing, then later production with Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, HBO, United Artists, Columbia, and 20th Century Fox on such films and TV shows as The Apartment, Hawaii, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, I Love Lucy, Code Red, Police Story, and Ripley's Believe It or Not!.
He also worked as a line producer and production consultant for films such as Passenger 57, Demolition Man and Heat.
He died of cancer at age 75 at his home in Palm Springs, California.
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- Born
- Mar 6, 1933
Hollywood - Also known as
- Robert Anderson
- Robert J. Bobby Anderson
- Bobbie Anderson
- Bob Anderson
- Robert James Anderson
- Bob
- Robert J. Anderson
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Victoria Anderson
( - 2008/06/06)
- Victoria Anderson
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 6, 2008
Palm Springs
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on July 23, 2013
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