• Robert James Gilbert Anderson (15 September 1922 – 1 January 2012) was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer...
  • A former Olympic fencer, Anderson became one of cinema’s leading swordfight arrangers after his debut on The Master of Ballantrae (1952).
  • Young Bob Anderson, English Olympic Fencer. Peter Jackson: 'Bob was a brilliant swordsman and a gifted teacher...a wonderfully patient man...
  • Bob Anderson took up fencing as a youth, and was a rare fencer who made a lifelong career of it, appearing in many movies and teaching fencing to actors.
  • LONDON -- Olympic fencer and movie sword master Bob Anderson appeared in some of film's most famous dueling scenes -- though few viewers knew it.
  • Bob Anderson was a Royal Marine and British Olympian who went on to become one of the most sought-after fencing choreographers and film fight directors.
  • Bob was born in 1922 in Hampshire and the beginnings of his career lay in his distinguished record as a competitive fencer during his time in the Royal...
  • In a 1983 interview, however, Mark Hamill paid homage to Anderson's contribution, saying: "Bob Anderson was the man who actually did Vader’s fighting.
  • Bob Anderson, an Olympic fencer, film swordsman, fight director and stunt performer passed away at 89 in his native United Kingdom.
  • Former Olympic fencer Bob Anderson, who staged fights in Star Wars films and From Russia With Love, has died at the age of 89.