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Mr. Anderson will soon take office as President of the Clarence Darrow Foundation, a 31-year-old 501
(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the legacy and perpetuation of the ideals of Mr. Darrow. We will be
touring law schools to promote public service law and pro bono programs. We will also be
recognizing through the Clarence Darrow Courage Award those members of the legal profession
who exemplify the spirit of Mr. Darrow through their actions on behalf of their clients. The search for
nominees has begun.
Mr. Anderson tours year round as America’s only full-time Darrow portrayer in three versions -
Darrow: A Judicial Perspective, Darrow: Unions and Justice and Darrow’s Search for Justice.
Mr. Anderson is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Radio &
Television Artists. An award-winning stage actor, he has also appeared in the television series,
America’s Most Wanted, Marker, Unsolved Mysteries, Raven, has danced as Ebenezer Scrooge with
Joffrey Ballet members in a ballet version of A Christmas Carol and clowned as a guest artist with
the Circus Royale!
In 2007, Mr. Anderson starred as Clarence Darrow in Idaho PBS television’s documentary,
Assassination: Idaho’s Trial of the Century.
Under the auspices of American Legends Theatre Works (and soon for the Clarence Darrow
Foundation), Mr. Anderson will perform Darrow and other original works about notable Americans
such as patriot and President, John Adams, the innovative impressionist artist, James Whistler and
the Christian Fundamentalist, William Jennings Bryan. Bryan was written by noted defense trial
attorney and law professor, Gerald Uelmen.
Mr. Anderson has co-written a play with historian/activist/lawyer Staughton Lynd based on Mr. Lynd’s
book, Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising. This play focuses on the prison uprising in
Lucasville, Ohio in 1993 and the five innocent men currently on Death Row as a result of murder
convictions stemming from it. Lucasville will be produced in New York City in August 2008 as part of
the New York International Fringe Festival.
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