'' (1951) He made his Broadway debut in 1919 in
Just Around the Corner. In 1921, he scored the male lead in
The Demi-Virgin, a farce that was controversial, but a hit at the box office. Anders had a distinguished career on Broadway, appearing in three
Pulitzer Prize winning plays:
Hell Bent for Heaven (1924), written by
Hatcher Hughes;
They Knew What They Wanted (1924) by
Sidney Howard; and
Strange Interlude (1928) by
Eugene O'Neill. He made a handful of
film and
TV appearances, most famously as a scheming lawyer in
Orson Welles'
The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Other film roles included
M (1951), a remake of
Fritz Lang's
1931 classic. ==Death==