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Biography

William Sanderson was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, in the shadow of Elvis Presley. It was not unusual for Bill to see his…more

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Memphis, Tennessee

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Star (5)

Role
- Bar Karma
  James Anon
  - S 1: Ep 12 Man Walks Out of a Bar
    4/29/11
  - S 1: Ep 11 Enter the Community
    4/22/11
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Day the Music Died
    4/15/11
  - S 1: Ep 9 Three Times a Lady
    4/8/11
  - S 1: Ep 8 Hack Job
    4/1/11
  - + 7 More Credits
- True Blood
  Sheriff Bud Dearborne
  - S 3: Ep 12 Evil is Going On
    9/12/10
  - S 3: Ep 11 Fresh Blood
    8/29/10
  - S 3: Ep 10 I Smell A Rat
    8/22/10
  - S 3: Ep 9 Everything Is Broken
    8/15/10
  - S 3: Ep 8 Night on the Sun
    8/8/10
  - + 31 More Credits
- Deadwood
  E.B. Farnum
  - S 3: Ep 12 Tell Him Something Pretty
    8/27/06
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Catbird Seat
    8/20/06
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Constant Throb
    8/13/06
  - S 3: Ep 9 Amateur Night
    8/6/06
  - S 3: Ep 8 Leviathan Smiles
    7/30/06
  - + 31 More Credits
- Santo Bugito
  Clem
  - S 1: Ep 13 Buenos Roaches
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Carnivore Kid
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 12 Bugged Bug
  - S 1: Ep 11 My Name is Revenge
  - S 1: Ep 10 How to Eat People & Make New Friends
  - + 8 More Credits
- Jumanji
  Professor J.S. Ibsen
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Ultimate Weapon
    11/2/98
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Maximum Bob
  Dickie Crowe
  - S 1: Ep 7 Once Bitten...
    9/15/98
  - S 1: Ep 6 Dead Babe Walking
    9/8/98
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Little Tail
    8/25/98
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wandalust
    8/11/98
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    8/4/98
- Newhart
  Larry
  - S 8: Ep 24 The Last Newhart
    5/21/90
  - S 8: Ep 23 My Husband, My Peasant
    5/14/90
  - S 8: Ep 21 Dick and Tim
    4/30/90
  - S 8: Ep 20 Handymania
    4/9/90
  - S 8: Ep 19 Georgie and Grace
    3/19/90
  - + 82 More Credits
Guest Star (44)

Role
- Bones
  Norbert Mobley
  - S 7: Ep 11 The Family in the Feud
    4/30/12
- Mike & Molly
  Dennis
  - S 2: Ep 2 Dennis's Birthday
    10/3/11
  - S 1: Ep 24 Peggy's New Beau
    5/16/11
- Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
  Leonard Keane
  - S 1: Ep 8 Night Hawks
    4/6/11
- Trauma
  Captain Edward Smith
  - S 1: Ep 10 Blue Balloon
    11/30/09
- Lost
  Oldham
  - S 5: Ep 10 He's Our You
    3/25/09
- Life
  Holt Easley
  - S 1: Ep 4 What They Saw
    10/17/07
- TV Land Confidential
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Finales
    7/18/07
- Higglytown Heroes
  Barnabus Q. Giggle
  - S 3: Ep 2 Hats All Folks / Hop-Hop Hooray
    1/2/07
- I Love the 70s: Volume 2
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 1978
    7/14/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 141 Episode 316
    4/24/06
- Monk
  Joshua Skinner
  - S 2: Ep 15 Mr. Monk Gets Married
    2/27/04
- Without a Trace
  Wallace Sykes
  - S 1: Ep 17 Kam Li
    3/13/03
- Dharma & Greg
  Mike
  - S 5: Ep 20 The Tooth Is Out There
    4/9/02
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Mayor
  - S 9: Ep 24 The Final Show/Down (2)
    5/19/01
  - S 9: Ep 23 The Final Show/Down (1)
    5/19/01
- L.A. Heat
  The Monk
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Monk
    5/6/99
- The Angry Beavers
  Ditto Otto / Clerk
  - S 2: Ep 11 If You In-Sisters / Alley Oops
    11/7/98
- Babylon 5
  Deuce
  - — Thirdspace
    7/19/98
  - S 1: Ep 16 Grail
    7/6/94
- The Practice
  Mr. Simmons
  - S 2: Ep 28 Rhyme and Reason
    5/11/98
- George & Leo
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Cameo Show
    11/3/97
- Cow and Chicken
  Cowboy
  - S 1: Ep 8 School Bully / Time Machine / I.M. Weasel: Ping-Pong at Sea
    8/26/97
- Coach
  Larry
  - S 9: Ep 22 Leaving Orlando (2)
    5/14/97
  - S 9: Ep 23 Leaving Orlando (3)
    5/14/97
- Coach
  Jesse
  - S 9: Ep 11 A Boy and His Doll
    1/22/97
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Will Stanton
  - S 5: Ep 13 A Ranger's Christmas
    12/21/96
- ER
  Mr. Percy
  - S 3: Ep 7 No Brain, No Gain
    11/14/96
- The Pretender
  Roy Abbot
  - S 1: Ep 2 Every Picture Tells A Story
    9/28/96
- Batman: The Animated Series
  Karl Rossum
  - S 3: Ep 10 Deep Freeze
    11/26/94
  - S 1: Ep 43 His Silicon Soul
    11/20/92
  - S 1: Ep 40 Heart of Steel (2)
    11/17/92
  - S 1: Ep 39 Heart of Steel (1)
    11/16/92
- The X-Files
  Edward Funsch
  - S 2: Ep 3 Blood
    9/30/94
- Return to Lonesome Dove
  Lippy Jones
  - S 1: Ep 3 Part 3
    11/16/93
- Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times
  Guest Star
- Sirens
  Male Store Owner
  - S 1: Ep 12 Keeping the Peace
    6/30/93
- The Young Riders
  Emmett
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Debt
    7/16/92
- Mann & Machine
  <i>Dr. William Unzer</i>
  - S 1: Ep 9 Cold, Cold Heart
    7/14/92
- Dangerous Curves
  Bobby Havens
  - S 1: Ep 2 Auld Lang Syne
    3/3/92
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Larry
  - — 19th Anniversary Special
    11/23/91
- Married... With Children
  Cousin Eb
  - S 6: Ep 6 Buck Has a Belly Ache
    10/13/91
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 1 The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards
    8/23/89
- Battle of the Network Stars
  CBS Team
  - S 11: Ep 1 Special #19
    12/10/88
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Norman Blane
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Call
    11/19/88
- Knight Rider
  The Rev
  - S 1: Ep 9 Trust Doesn't Rust
    11/19/82
- American Playhouse
  Cowboy
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
    6/29/82
- Bret Maverick
  Kenneth Broomick
  - S 1: Ep 8 Hallie
    2/9/82
- Quincy, M.E.
  Unknown
  - S 7: Ep 10 Guns Don't Die
    1/13/82
- Walking Tall
  Stacy
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Protectors of the People
    1/24/81
- The Dukes of Hazzard
  Collins
  - S 3: Ep 9 Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane
    12/12/80

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- William's son, Andrew, operates a lawn-and-gutter service in Raleigh, N.C., called The Blade Runner.
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- As a boy growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Sanderson delivered The Commercial Appeal newspaper, played youth baseball, and attended Bellevue Baptist Church.
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- Sanderson received a Distinguished Alumnus award from the University of Memphis in 2008.
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- William Sanderson: (on his previous drinking problem) You know, there are actors who sit around and make themselves into outlaws. I would get the roles mixed up with myself. But nobody's been given more second chances than I have.
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- William Sanderson: (describing E.B. Farnum, his character on Deadwood) [He is] a sneak and a sycophant--a weasel. He's a pathetically funny character.
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- William Sanderson: (on hanging out with Elvis Presley while growing up in Memphis) I did some pretty dumb things to impress Elvis, like playing too rough in football or hitting his car too hard in the bumper cars at the park, but he never really got mad.
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