Acting

Richard Sanders

Born 1940-08-23 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Credits

Newest first

Sly Dog
as Joe Reeves
2005
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound
as Mr. Deakins (voice)
2004
Rose Red
as Mr. Stanton
2002
Men of Honor
as Donny Moor Bartender
2000
Lovers Lane
as Dr. Jack Grefe
2000
Batman Beyond
as Mr. Deakins (voice)
1999
Unhappily Ever After
as Mr. Peabody
1995
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
as Dr. Budwig
1995
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
1994
Neon City
as Dickie Devine
1991
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
as Les Nessman
1991
Gravedale High
as Ben Franklin (voice)
1990
Coach
as Warren Graustark
1989
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
as Dr. Dark
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
as Chester Lackberry
1988
Nothing In Common
as Dooley
1987
Married... with Children
as Mr. Conner
1987
Designing Women
1986
Sidekicks
1986
ALF
as Hogarth
1986
Inhumanoids
1986
Blacke's Magic
1986
Growing Pains
as Luther
1985
Growing Pains
as Dr. Rosenfeld
1985
Berrenger's
as Frank Chapman
1985
Charles in Charge
as Professor Smalley
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Gerald Richards
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Arnold Megrim
1984
Who's the Boss?
1984
Night Court
as Clark Edwards
1984
Found Money
as Robbins
1983
Found Money
Writer
1983
Valley Girl
as Drivers' Ed Teacher
1983
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
The Invisible Woman
as Orville
1983
It Takes Two
1982
Newhart
as Cecil Breech
1982
American Playhouse
as Lee Pomerleau
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Solid Gold
as Self
1980
Trouble in High Timber Country
as Lester
1980
The Nude Bomb
as German Delegate
1980
Knots Landing
as Harry Nold
1979
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
as Mr. Fogarty
1979
Ike
as Correspondent
1979
Bud and Lou
as Doctor
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Les Nessman
1978
Keefer
as Bemmel
1978
Ruby and Oswald
as Agent Kelley
1978
Fantasy Island
as Mr. Bandwell
1978
Rafferty
1977
Good Against Evil
as The Doctor
1977
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
as Travis
1977
Alice
1976
The Rockford Files
as Samuel Romney
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Minister Adams
1974
Kojak
as Drunk
1973
McCloud
1970
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Prosecuting Attorney
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948