Richard Anderson

His second wife was the daughter of Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg.

In "The Six Million Dollar Man" , Richards character worked for a government department called the OSI. In real life, he did an orientation video for a real government department called the OSI, which was very different from the fictional one.

Is one of the very few actors to play the same regular character on two different series simultaneously. From 1976 to 1978, he played Oscar Goldman on both "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman" . Leo G. Carroll , Martin E. Brooks , David Hasselhoff and Fred Dalton Thompson are among the other actors to have done this.

In July 2005, appeared as a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Ty Hardin , Henry Darrow , Donna Douglas , Elena Verdugo , Jo Morrow , Ed Nelson and Lorna Gray.

Is a spokesperson for the Kiplinger Newsletter and The Fragile X Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of Veterans Park.

Studied at the Actors Laboratory in Los Angeles, which later became the Actors Studio in New York.

Influenced to become an actor after seeing Gary Cooper on the screen, his initial screen test for MGM was from Coopers The Cowboy and the Lady . He later had the privilege of meeting the star.

He has three daughters, Ashley (b. circa 1962), Brooke (b. circa 1964), and Deva (b. circa 1966).

His second wife, Katharine Thalberg, moved to Aspen, Colorado after her divorce from Anderson. She opened a well-known bookstore, Explore Booksellers, which is still in business. Thalberg passed away in Aspen in January 2006 from cancer at age 70.

When "The Bionic Woman" moved to NBC for the 1977-78 season, Anderson became the first actor to play the same role on two shows running on separate networks.

He was the son of Olga Ida (Lurie) and Harry/Henry Anderson. His parents were born in New York, and all of his grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants.

Richard has a sister-in-law who was an extra in Live Free or Die Hard .

Richard was cast as a security officer in his first full length movie The Cure (2014/III) - unbeknown to the assistant director at the time, was that was actually Richards occupation.

Favourite films include Tears of the Sun - Richard says that he really responded well to the growth of the main character played by Bruce Willis.

Richard got his start in filming with The Cure (2014/III) and his appeared in student short films and independent short films over the course of 2011/2012.

Richard enjoyed working alongside John Bach on The Cure (2014/III) - he had as a child had family who lived on one of the Wanganui streets where a movie that John appeared in ( Pallet on the Floor was filmed. Richard says that it was his first foray into seeing anything resembling a film being made. One of the sets from the film was a bar, Richards wound up having this set converted into a sleep out for him, it was later used as a dolls house for a younger sister.

Favourite directors include Clint Eastwood, Judd Apatow, Antoine Fuqua, David Gould (who directed Richard in his first film role in The Cure (2014/III) ).

Favourite actors include Russell Crowe, Martin Clunes, Bruce Willis, Michael J Fox, John Bach, Billy Connolly, James Garner, Michael Landon, Clint Eastwood, Adam Sandler, Matt Damon. Favourite actresses include Michelle Pfeiffer, Monica Bellucci, Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock.

Wellington, New Zealand: Richard worked in May on a short film named "The Curse Of That Damn Cat" as part of the V48 Film Festival, it is a light hearted comedy about a guy who is followed home by a talking cat and things start going pear shaped. Richard made a couple of cameos as a guy named Gene Levy (named as a salute to Eugene Levy of American Pie fame), Richard was also a production assistant for this project.

(September 2013) Wellington, New Zealand: Richard is currently writing songs with his niece Kayla Driskel, her debut EP will be out in 2014, with a debut album to follow.

(October 2012) Richard has been developing his first short film script, which he says came from an idea a work colleague (also an actor who Richard has worked with previously) who suggested an idea for something based on his days as nightclub bouncer. Richard says that he took his friends idea and gave it some rough around the edges transitions, the goal was to make a short film kind of like a merging of Road House and Once Were Warriors. At the moment a crew and additional casting are being considered, with filming to begin in 2015 - the crew/casting details are to be taken care of, but confirmation has come through that "Bouncer" will star Lance Louez and Richard Anderson. Richard has also been developing a couple of other projects, including a second short film that will be a teen drama, and sees him working once again with Bella Goode , who also acted in the short The Curse of That Damn Cat.

(May 2013) Richard has just completed recordings with The Feckers for songs to go on "A World With Heroes: The 40th Anniversary KISS Tribute". and "A Tribute To Eric Moore & The Godz", he has also been writing with Kayla Driskel material for her upcoming EP and album releases.

(September 2013) Wellington, New Zealand: Richard has been acting for "Life Behind Bars" a project about the bar industry. Currently in the building phase, promotional pieces have been filmed with the long term plan for "Life Behind Bars" to become a television series.

(June 2012) Wellington, New Zealand: Richard is getting set for filming The Feckers debut music video for the tune "I Dont Wanna Fight"

(June 2012) Wellington, New Zealand: Richard is writing/recording for the 2nd album for The Feckers, sessions for this project are expected to last well into 2015. This album is called "Courage Of Conviction" and 2015/2016 release date seems likely.

(June 2012) Wellington, New Zealand: Richard is currently finishing up work on The Feckers debut album "Itd Be Rude Not To"

(July 2014) Richard is working on songs for both the upcoming releases by The Feckers and Gone Wild.

(September-October 2014) Richard has shot scenes for both "The Great Maidens Blush" (a feature film due for a 2015 release. And a short film "The Golden Man" which Richard starred in with Fredrick Pokai, who is both an actor and director.

[on giving The Feckers a name] We had thrown around several names - this,was the one that stuck due to it being a bit tongue in cheek, Chris and,I both like to have a good laugh and thats also reflected in the,personalities of the other people involved with this project, most,definitely.

When it comes to the acting, I have been involved with some pretty small,roles but they have been fun and afforded me the chance to sit and,watch and see how others who have been around the traps longer do it,this should set me up for when I do more lead roles - I like to learn,and to enjoy the processes of seeing things coming together.

I feel very privileged to have worked with a chap named Ray Florenz,Goldstein, sadly he passed away from cancer before our feature film,work in The Cure was released. I hope that my future work will be,things that I think he would approve of. One thing struck me is that he,was a very giving person, giving of his time and advice - definitely,one of those people who made an impact and gave me the confidence to,keep moving forward. People in Wellington, New Zealand knew him as an,extra actor - to me he was a superstar. It was very moving to see he,made it into the promo for The Cure.

Working on this short film ("The Golden Man") was great fun, we had a,young crew. In fact I was the old man on set. I really liked the,dynamic between Lee (played by Frederick Pokai) and Erik, my role. We,were able to throw in our own ideas and basically riff off one another.

I have a lot of respect for Frederick as an actor, he made me think,less selfishly about how I was to play my role. I decided early on that,seeing as he was playing his role rather dramatically that I would,subscribe to the less is more theory. Erik I think says more with his,facials than he does with words even, he is a misunderstood character.

This ("Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story") was a film that needed to be,made, I particularly enjoyed working with cast and crew on this film.