Richard Sanders

Acting

Richard Sanders

Born 23 August 1940 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA · 86

Richard Kinard Sanders is a retired American actor and screenwriter. He played quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

Known for

Highlights

Men of Honor2000 · Film · Donny Moor Bartender
Married... with Children1987 · Series · Mr. Conner
ALF1986 · Series · Hogarth
Batman Beyond1999 · Series · Mr. Deakins (voice)
Murder, She Wrote1984 · Series · Gerald Richards
Who's the Boss?1984 · Series

Filmography

Movies

20 films

Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound2004 · Film · Mr. Deakins (voice)
Men of Honor2000 · Film · Donny Moor Bartender
Lovers Lane2000 · Film · Dr. Jack Grefe
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again1995 · Film · Dr. Budwig
The Beans of Egypt, Maine1994 · Film
Neon City1991 · Film · Dickie Devine
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places1989 · Film · Dr. Dark
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace1988 · Film · Chester Lackberry
Found Money1983 · Film · Robbins
Valley Girl1983 · Film · Drivers' Ed Teacher
The Invisible Woman1983 · Film · Orville
Trouble in High Timber Country1980 · Film · Lester
The Nude Bomb1980 · Film · German Delegate
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker1979 · Film · Mr. Fogarty
Bud and Lou1978 · Film · Doctor
Keefer1978 · Film · Bemmel
Ruby and Oswald1978 · Film · Agent Kelley
Good Against Evil1977 · Film · The Doctor
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn1977 · Film · Travis
Lincoln: Trial by Fire1974 · Film · Minister Adams

Filmography

Series

33 shows

Rose Red2002 · Series · Mr. Stanton
Batman Beyond1999 · Series · Mr. Deakins (voice)
Unhappily Ever After1995 · Series · Mr. Peabody
The New WKRP in Cincinnati1991 · Series · Les Nessman
Gravedale High1990 · Series · Ben Franklin (voice)
Coach1989 · Series · Warren Graustark
Married... with Children1987 · Series · Mr. Conner
Designing Women1986 · Series
Sidekicks1986 · Series
ALF1986 · Series · Hogarth
Inhumanoids1986 · Series
Blacke's Magic1986 · Series
Growing Pains1985 · Series · Luther
Berrenger's1985 · Series · Frank Chapman
Charles in Charge1984 · Series · Professor Smalley
Murder, She Wrote1984 · Series · Gerald Richards
Who's the Boss?1984 · Series
Night Court1984 · Series · Clark Edwards
Goodnight, Beantown1983 · Series
It Takes Two1982 · Series
Newhart1982 · Series · Cecil Breech
American Playhouse1982 · Series · Lee Pomerleau
Simon & Simon1981 · Series
Knots Landing1979 · Series · Harry Nold
Ike1979 · Series · Correspondent
WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · Series
Fantasy Island1978 · Series · Mr. Bandwell
Rafferty1977 · Series
Alice1976 · Series
The Rockford Files1974 · Series · Samuel Romney
Kojak1973 · Series · Drunk
McCloud1970 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · Series · Prosecuting Attorney