 His brother is producer David Anderson.Anderson trained at the Arts Educational School in drama and ballet.He appeared in seventy-two films between 1956 and 1998, the best known of which include "The Moonraker" (1958), "The Sundowners" (1960), "In Search of the Castaways" (1962), "Major Dundee" (1965), "The Glory Guys" (1965), "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965) and "Logan's Run" (1976).