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Biography

Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1940, Sanders' career started as a young lad in 1950. He is a writer, producer and character actor on…more

Born

8/23/1940, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name

Richard Kinard Sanders

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati
  Les Nessman
  - S 2: Ep 23 Father of the Groom
    5/22/93
  - S 2: Ep 22 Chicago Story
    5/15/93
  - S 2: Ep 21 My Fair Nun
    5/8/93
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Treasure of Sierra Smith
    5/1/93
  - S 2: Ep 19 Old Boyfriend
    2/27/93
  - + 42 More Credits
- Inhumanoids
  Dr. Derek Bright
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Masterson Team
    12/28/86
  - S 1: Ep 12 Primal Passions
    12/6/86
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Evil That Lies Within - Day 5
    8/29/86
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Evil That Lies Within - Day 4
    8/28/86
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Evil That Lies Within - Day 3
    8/27/86
  - + 8 More Credits
- WKRP in Cincinnati
  Les Nessman
  - S 4: Ep 22 Up and Down the Dial
    4/21/82
  - S 4: Ep 21 To Err is Human
    4/14/82
  - S 4: Ep 19 The Creation of Venus
    3/31/82
  - S 4: Ep 18 Dear Liar
    3/24/82
  - S 4: Ep 17 Fire
    3/17/82
  - + 82 More Credits
- WKRP in Cincinnati
  Les Nessman/Mother Nessman
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Impossible Dream
    4/7/82
- You Can't Take It With You
  Paul Sycamore
  - — For Whom the Phone Rings
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Rose Red
  Mr. Stanton
Guest Star (46)

Role
- TV Land Top 10
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 11 Top 10 Holiday Moments
    12/11/05
- Rose Red
  Mr. Stanton
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    1/29/02
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    1/28/02
- Rose Red
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    1/27/02
- Fugitive
  Judge
  - S 1: Ep 13 And in that Darkness
    2/2/01
- Batman Beyond
  Mr. Deakins
  - S 1: Ep 10 Spellbound
    5/1/99
- Unhappily Ever After
  Mr. Peabody
  - S 4: Ep 12 Teacher of the Year
    12/14/97
- Designing Women
  Dr. Elliot Newhouse
  - S 5: Ep 9 A Class Act
    11/19/90
- Coach
  Warren Graustark
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Break-Up
    11/6/90
- Charles in Charge
  Prof. Smalley
  - S 5: Ep 16 Let's Quake a Deal
    5/11/90
- 227
  Dean
  - S 5: Ep 22 Nightmare on 227
    4/21/90
- Designing Women
  Elmer Peace
  - S 4: Ep 19 Tornado Watch
    2/26/90
- Growing Pains
  Dr. Rosenfeld
  - S 4: Ep 19 Show Ninety – Who Knew?
    3/22/89
- Disneyland
  Dr. Dark
  - S 33: Ep 17 The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
    2/26/89
- Night Court
  Clark Andrews
  - S 6: Ep 13 Clip Show (2)
    1/25/89
  - S 6: Ep 12 Clip Show (1)
    1/25/89
- Perry Mason
  Chester Lackberry
  - S 10: Ep 8 The Case of the Avenging Ace
    2/28/88
- Duet
  Bob
  - S 2: Ep 15 Funny Valentine
    2/14/88
- Married... With Children
  Mr. Conner
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sixteen Years and What Do You Get?
    5/10/87
- ALF
  Hogarth
  - S 1: Ep 4 Pennsylvania 6-5000
    10/13/86
- Knots Landing
  Harry Nold
  - S 7: Ep 25 The Legacy
    4/3/86
- Growing Pains
  Luther
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Anniversary That Never Was
    3/4/86
- Riptide
  Pierce Fenner
  - S 3: Ep 11 A Matter Of Policy
    1/14/86
- Murder, She Wrote
  Gerald Richard
  - S 2: Ep 13 Trial by Error
    1/12/86
- Who's the Boss?
  Bob Wormser
  - S 2: Ep 2 It Happened One Summer (2)
    10/1/85
  - S 2: Ep 1 It Happened One Summer (1)
    9/24/85
- Berrenger's
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 Roll Tape
    3/2/85
- Spencer
  Mr. Beanley
  - S 1: Ep 4 Fast Times
    12/22/84
- Murder, She Wrote
  Arnold Megrim
  - S 1: Ep 8 We're Off To Kill The Wizard
    12/9/84
- Newhart
  Cecil Breach
  - S 2: Ep 19 Leave It to the Beavers
    3/12/84
- Simon & Simon
  Ed Laughlin
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Wrong Stuff
    2/9/84
- Alice (1985)
  Arnold
  - S 8: Ep 4 Alice's Blind Date
    10/23/83
- Gloria
  Barry Farnum
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Taxman Cometh
    11/28/82
- ABC Weekend Specials
  Mr. Little
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Joke's on Mr. Little
    2/6/82
- Fantasy Island
  Mr. Bamwell
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Devil and Mandy Breem / The Millionaire
    10/25/80
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 1 September 8-12, 1980 (The Las Vegas Season Debuts)
    9/8/80
  - S 14: Ep 71 May 12-18, 1980 (2)
    5/12/80
  - S 14: Ep 62 April 14-18, 1980 (NBC-TV)
    4/14/80
  - S 14: Ep 45 February 11-17, 1980 (2)
    2/11/80
  - S 14: Ep 35 January 7-13, 1980 (2)
    1/7/80
  - + 3 More Credits
- Solid Gold
  himself
  - S 1: Ep 0 Solid Gold '79
    2/28/80
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 40 Week of October 29, 1979
    10/29/79
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 174 May 28, 1979
    5/28/79
- Roots: The Next Generations
  Captain
  - S 1: Ep 3 Part 3
    2/20/79
- The Rockford Files
  Samuel Rooney
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Mayor's Committee From Deer Lick Falls
    11/25/77
- Rafferty
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Wild Child
    10/31/77
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Price of Pain
    10/24/77
- Kojak
  Drunk
  - S 5: Ep 2 A Strange Kind of Love
    10/9/77
- Barnaby Jones
  Joe Keller
  - S 6: Ep 3 The Wife Beater
    9/29/77
- McCloud
  Matt Clayton
  - S 7: Ep 5 London Bridges
    3/6/77
- The John Report With Bob
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Bob's Dad
- Get Smart
  German Delegate
  - S 5: Ep 27 The Nude Bomb
- Hands of Murder
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Flying Saucers
    4/28/50
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Nothing In Common
  Fred Dooley
  - S 1: Ep 3 Gone Fishing
    4/16/87
Writer (4)

Role
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 18 Long Live the King
    2/15/92
- The Famous Teddy Z
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 13 Engineer Bob (a.k.a.) Teddy Meets His Hero
    1/8/90
- WKRP in Cincinnati
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Impossible Dream
    4/7/82
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Airplane Show
    11/1/80
  - S 2: Ep 24 Most Improved Station
    3/31/80
  - S 1: Ep 17 A Commercial Break
    3/26/79
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Date With Jennifer
    1/22/79
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Writer

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Trivia
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- Richard attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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- Studying along side Richard at Carnegie was fellow character actor Rene Auberjonois.
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- When the WKRP crew would shoot outside the studio, it got so hot that Richard could be found lying underneath a bench inbetween scenes he was needed for.
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- Richard: (regarding the character Les Nessman) He was just a stickler for the rules. Everybody else was kind of laid back — certainly Tim [Reid] and Howard [Hesseman], you know, Venus Flytrap and Johnny Fever. He was like the straight arrow. He couldn't believe the station had become rock and roll from what it had been, and he always thought his job was the most important job at the station anyway, because he was in charge of news, sports, weather, traffic and farm reports
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- Richard: Les Nessman was a perfectionist who didn't know how to relate to people at all. He was a very serious guy, kind of a throwback
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