Carl Anderson

American singer, film and theatre actor (1945–2004)

Person Human Q969468

Facts

27 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: February 27, 1945
Date of death: February 23, 2004
Place of birth: Lynchburg
Place of death: Los Angeles
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: singer, stage actor, actor, musician
Educated at: Howard University^[12]
Spouse: Veronica Porché Ali^[9]
Genre: pop music^[14]
Cause of death: leukemia^[17]
Nominated for: Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy^[25]^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[27]
Birth name: Carlton Earl Anderson^[28]
Different from: Carl David Anderson^[29]
End of work period: 2003^[31]
Family name: Anderson^[19]
Given name: Carl, Carlton, Earl^[20]^[21]^[22]
Instrument: voice^[24]
Manner of death: natural causes^[23]
Native language: English^[11]
Record label: Epic Records^[15]
Residence: Virginia^[18]

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Start of work period: 1965^[30]
Voice type: tenor^[16]
Writing language: English^[32]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 58

ISNI: 0000000080783586
VIAF cluster ID: 106507170
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n91122770
GND ID: 134314603
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Carl Anderson (singer).jpg ↗
AdoroCinema person ID: 78172
AllMovie person ID: p79602
Allcinema person ID: 53300
AlloCiné person ID: 78172
BIBSYS ID: 3076874
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13973326t
Billboard artist ID: carl-anderson

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CANTIC ID: 981058515644006706
CONOR.SI ID: 106262115
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme): 1013H6994
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 78340
CineMagia person ID: 109009
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 54488
Danish National Filmography person ID: 46800
Deezer artist ID: 13023
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134314603
Discogs artist ID: 54597
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Carl-Anderson
Europeana entity: agent/base/149248
FAST ID: 1961953
Film.ru person ID: karl-anderson-0
Filmweb.pl person ID: 71158
Freebase ID: /m/01nxl6x
GTAA ID: 77351
HAND ID: DAAE-AA34-5DC4-0014-69C4
IMDb ID: nm0026483
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 76533
J9U entity ID: 987007315583705171
Kinobox person ID: 28730
LdiF person ID: 75406
MYmovies person ID: 15808
MusicBrainz artist ID: 81b960ff-6276-44aa-8640-02aaeda3d6ec
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000016710
NL CR AUT ID: xx0109931
NLP ID: a0000003071276
NNDB people ID: 009/000163517
NUKAT ID: n2019026129
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004340892
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810585283405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1150025
Plex person key: 5d7768288718ba001e31218c
SBN author ID: DDSV019999
SVKKL authority ID: 0328798-Anderson-Carl-19452004
Songkick artist ID: 161603
Swedish Film Database person ID: 290477
TMDB person ID: 72740
Tidal artist ID: 35395
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058515644006706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1284852
WikiTree person ID: Anderson-54775
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdcxMQHvCRTPmJxQYDpfq
Yale LUX ID: person/59f51eb1-f4a5-4bcd-bcdc-9cc8198500a1
ČSFD person ID: 6390

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Occupation 4

actor, singer, musician, stage actor

Nominated for 2

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor

← Cast member 2

The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar

Cause of death 1

leukemia

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Different from 1

Carl David Anderson

Educated at 1

Howard University

Family name 1

Anderson

Genre 1

pop music

Given name 1

Carl

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Native language 1

English

Place of birth 1

Lynchburg

Place of death 1

Los Angeles

Record label 1

Epic Records

Residence 1

Virginia

Sex or gender 1

male

Spouse 1

Veronica Porché Ali

Spouses 1

Veronica Porché Ali

Voice type 1

tenor

Writing language 1

English

← Performer 1

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Summary

Carl Anderson was born on February 27, 1945^[1], in Lynchburg^[2]. He died on February 23, 2004^[3], in Los Angeles^[4]. He worked as a singer^[5], stage actor^[6], actor^[7], and musician^[8].

FAQs

Where was Carl Anderson born?

Carl Anderson's place of birth was Lynchburg^[2].

Where did Carl Anderson die?

Carl Anderson died in Los Angeles^[4].

Who was Carl Anderson married to?

Carl Anderson's spouses include Veronica Porché Ali^[9].

What did Carl Anderson do for work?

Carl Anderson worked as a singer^[5], stage actor^[6], actor^[7], and musician^[8].

Where did Carl Anderson go to school?

Carl Anderson was educated at Howard University^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Carl Anderson — place of birth (P19): Lynchburg. IMDb. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Carl Anderson — place of death (P20): Los Angeles. MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Carl Anderson — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Carl Anderson — spouse (P26): Veronica Porché Ali. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Carl Anderson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Carl Anderson — educated at (P69): Howard University. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Carl Anderson — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Carl Anderson — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Carl Anderson — occupation (P106): stage actor. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Carl Anderson — occupation (P106): actor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Carl Anderson — occupation (P106): musician. IMDb. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Carl Anderson — genre (P136): pop music. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Carl Anderson — record label (P264): Epic Records. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Carl Anderson — voice type (P412): tenor. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Carl Anderson — cause of death (P509): leukemia. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Carl Anderson — residence (P551): Virginia. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Carl Anderson — date of birth (P569): February 27, 1945. IMDb. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Carl Anderson — date of death (P570): February 23, 2004. IMDb. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Carl Anderson — family name (P734): Anderson. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Carl Anderson — given name (P735): Carl. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Carl Anderson — given name (P735): Carlton. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Carl Anderson — given name (P735): Earl. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Carl Anderson — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Carl Anderson — instrument (P1303): voice. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Carl Anderson — nominated for (P1411): Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Carl Anderson — nominated for (P1411): Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Carl Anderson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. Retrieved 2018-07-03. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Carl Anderson — birth name (P1477): Carlton Earl Anderson. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Carl Anderson — different from (P1889): Carl David Anderson. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Carl Anderson — start of work period (P2031): 1965. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Carl Anderson — end of work period (P2032): 2003. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Carl Anderson — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 13023

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 35395

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
9w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Allcinema person ID → 53300

"Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 53300, Matched to カール・アンダーソン (#322008335) in Allcinema person #mix"
13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → DAAE-AA34-5DC4-0014-69C4

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46469: HAND ID (8)"
16w ago · Cccar · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

End of work period → 2003

"Created claim: End of work period: 2003"
16w ago · Cccar · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Commons category → Carl Anderson

"Created claim: Commons category: Carl Anderson"
21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0328798-Anderson-Carl-19452004

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0328798-Anderson-Carl-19452004, batch #259499"

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Carl Anderson

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