Andy Anderson

• Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
• Genres: Rock
• Instrument: Drums

Biography

Drummer Andy Anderson was born in London on January 30, 1951. Anderson worked on Nik Turner's Sphynx album in 1978. His next career move was playing with Steve Hillage on two albums, Live Herald and Open. He did a brief stint in Hawkwind in 1983, but did not record with them. His tenure in that group was cut short when he joined the Cure. His performances with that group are chronicled on The Top and Concert: The Cure Live, both of which were released in 1984. This was also his last year playing with that group. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide

• Born: in Sweden
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: teens
• Major Genres: Children's/Family, Fantasy

Biography

A busy presence in early American slapstick comedies, Swedish-born Andy Anderson starred for Nestor, the first movie company to relocate to geographical Hollywood, before moving over to Mack Sennett's Keystone factory in nearby Edendale. Anderson would appear in the occasional one- or two-reel comedy but was busier behind the scenes as an assistant to director Walter Wright. Having served as Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's assistant on such comedies as Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) and A Reckless Romeo (1917), Anderson followed the rotund comedy genius to Paramount for the "Comique Comedies" in 1917, but he was back with Sennett by 1920. In the 1930s, Anderson functioned as captain on Charles Chaplin's 38-foot cruiser "The Panacea." His wife, Augusta Anderson, was also a member of the Sennett stock company. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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