Richard Sanders

AKA:

0.3896

1940-08-23

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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

Crew Roles

Found Money

Writer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {54}

Bemmel

1978-03-16 0

Keefer

An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II. ...

Genre :TV Movie, War

Doctor

1978-11-15 2

Bud and Lou

A fact-riddled behind-the-scenes drama about the stormy partnership of the famed comedy team that came out of burlesque to conquer radio, movies and television. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Agent Kelley

1978-02-08 6

Ruby and Oswald

A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated events and eyewitness accounts. ...

Genre :Drama, History, TV Movie

Dr. Budwig

1995-01-01 0

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again

En route to delivering an expensive yacht, Rick stops off in Seattle to visit A.J., who works there as an attorney. However, their reunion is disrupted and their investigative skills called into servi ...

Genre :TV Movie

The Doctor

1977-05-22 4.3

Good Against Evil

Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as his own personal property. Desperately, Andy turns t ...

Genre :TV Movie, Horror

Lester

1980-06-27 0

Trouble in High Timber Country

A proud patriarch battles union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned lumber and mining operation which he runs with his three sons, his daughter and his nephew in this p ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Dr. Dark

1989-02-26 2

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places

Henry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan. ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, Family

Robbins

1983-12-19 0

Found Money

Two former bank employees, executive Dick Van Dyke, forced into early retirement by a computer, and guard Sid Caesar, unceremoniously dismissed before his pension comes due, concoct a computerized sch ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, TV Movie

German Delegate

1980-05-09 5.4

The Nude Bomb

When KAOS develops a bomb that can dissolve all clothing, Maxwell Smart is brought in to foil the evil plot. ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Donny Moor Bartender

2000-09-13 7.496

Men of Honor

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-Americ ...

Genre :Drama

Mr. Fogarty

1979-09-21 6

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Dr. Jack Grefe

2000-02-05 3.7

Lovers Lane

A man with a hook for a hand escapes from a mental institution to go after the children of his previous victims. ...

Genre :Mystery, Horror

Dickie Devine

1991-12-16 4.7

Neon City

"Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster that has decimated the Earth. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

Drivers' Ed Teacher

1983-04-08 6.006

Valley Girl

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Orville

1983-02-13 5

The Invisible Woman

In a research lab, a scientist's pet chimpanzee mixes up an invisibility formula. A young woman accidentally drinks the solution and becomes invisible. ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Chester Lackberry

1988-02-28 7.1

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend ...

Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime, TV Movie

Travis

1977-05-16 5.9

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away from home for being too sensitive and not helping e ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1994-11-23 5

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, ...

Genre :Drama

Luther

1985-09-24 6.503

Growing Pains

Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spe ...

Genre :Comedy

Gerald Richards

1984-09-30 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

1976-08-31 7.036

Alice

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin i ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mr. Deakins (voice)

1999-01-10 8.146

Batman Beyond

As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secr ...

Genre :Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

1986-09-21 8.1

Inhumanoids

Inhumanoids was an animated series and Hasbro toy property in 1986. In the tradition of other Hasbro properties such as Transformers and G.I. Joe, the show was produced by Sunbow and Marvel Production ...

Genre :Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Professor Smalley

1984-10-03 6.053

Charles in Charge

Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board. ...

Genre :Comedy

1978-09-18 7.548

WKRP in Cincinnati

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a ...

Genre :Comedy

1984-09-20 7.406

Who's the Boss?

A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. To ...

Genre :Comedy

1981-11-24 6.685

Simon & Simon

A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel driv ...

Genre :Drama

Self

1980-09-13 6

Solid Gold

Solid Gold was an American syndicated music television series that debuted on September 13, 1980. Like many other shows of its genre, such as American Bandstand, Solid Gold featured musical performanc ...

Genre :

Harry Nold

1979-12-27 6.7

Knots Landing

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community. ...

Genre :Drama, Soap

Drunk

1973-10-24 7.028

Kojak

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City. ...

Genre :Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery

1986-09-26 6

Sidekicks

'Sidekicks' is half-hourlong US action series that aired in primetime during the 1986–1987 television season on ABC. Its backdoor-pilot 'The Last Electric Knight' aired in Febuary 1986 as part of 'The ...

Genre :Action & Adventure

Hogarth

1986-09-22 7.684

ALF

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage. ...

Genre :Family, Comedy, Drama

Les Nessman

1991-09-07 7

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

Genre :Comedy

1970-02-17 7.1

McCloud

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Prosecuting Attorney

1948-10-03 6.286

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respe ...

Genre :Drama

1986-01-05 6

Blacke's Magic

Blacke's Magic is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from January to May 1986. The series stars Hal Linden as magician Alexander Blacke who, with some help from his con-man father Leonar ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1977-09-05 5

Rafferty

Rafferty is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 5 to November 28, 1977. The series stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Sid Rafferty, a former army doctor running his own private pr ...

Genre :Drama

1982-10-14 5

It Takes Two

It Takes Two is an American sitcom, created by Susan Harris, that aired on ABC from October 14, 1982 to April 28, 1983. The series starred Richard Crenna as Dr. Sam Quinn and Patty Duke Astin as his d ...

Genre :Comedy

Les Nessman

1978-09-18 7.548

WKRP in Cincinnati

Genre :Comedy

Dr. Rosenfeld

1985-09-24 6.503

Growing Pains

Genre :Comedy

1983-04-03 5.5

Goodnight, Beantown

Matt Cassidy and Jennifer Barnes are reluctantly paired to anchor the news at a fictional TV station in Boston, Massachusetts, due to the sudden ratings drop. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Peabody

1995-01-11 7.1

Unhappily Ever After

Genre :Comedy

Frank Chapman

1985-01-05 5

Berrenger's

Berrenger's is an American primetime television soap opera created by Diana Gould that aired on NBC in 1985. The series revolved around the Berrenger family, a New York dynasty which owned the glamoro ...

Genre :Soap, Drama

Mr. Conner

1987-04-05 7.713

Married... with Children

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), a ...

Genre :Comedy

Samuel Romney

1974-09-13 7.564

The Rockford Files

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Clark Edwards

1984-01-04 7.345

Night Court

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there. ...

Genre :Comedy

Dooley

1987-04-09 5

Nothing In Common

Nothing in Common was a 1987 television series on NBC starred Todd Waring in the role of David Basner and Bill Macy in the role of Max Basner. Seven episodes were broadcast immediately after the highl ...

Genre :Comedy

1948-10-03 6.286

The Philco Television Playhouse

Genre :Drama

Mr. Stanton

2002-01-27 6.771

Rose Red

Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, commissions a team of psychics and a gifted autistic girl to find out the truth about an old, supposedly haunted mansion called Rose Red. ...

Genre :Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Warren Graustark

1989-02-28 6.702

Coach

Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the b ...

Genre :Comedy

Arnold Megrim

1984-09-30 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

1986-09-29 6.742

Designing Women

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and stron ...

Genre :Comedy

Cecil Breech

1982-10-02 7.102

Newhart

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Tod ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ben Franklin (voice)

1990-09-08 6

Gravedale High

Human teacher Max Schneider has unwittingly taken a job at Gravedale High, a school for monsters, near the city of Midtown. Schneider, the only human in the school, presides over a group of ghoulish t ...