Acting

Bill Henderson

Born 1926-08-09 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died 2016-04-03

William Randall Henderson (March 19, 1926 – April 3, 2016) was an American television and film actor, and jazz singer. Beginning in the mid-1970s, he frequently appeared on television and in film in minor and supporting roles. Henderson's film credits include Inside Moves (1980), Clue (1985), City Slickers (1991) and White Men Can't Jump (1992).

Credits

Newest first

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
My Name Is Earl
as Charlie
2005
Cold Case
as George Polk
2003
Hard Ground
as Junior Gunn
2003
Kiss of a Stranger
as Buster
1999
Family Law
as Mr. Perlis
1999
Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire
as Clive Winter
1999
Trippin'
as Gramps Reed
1999
Lethal Weapon 4
as Angry Patient
1998
Timecop
1997
Hoodlum
as Mr. Redmond
1997
Conspiracy Theory
as Hospital Security
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Lloyd Weeks (segment "Blind Man's Dog")
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Minister
1996
'Weird Al' Yankovic: (There's No) Going Home
as Blind Lemon Yankovic
1996
Promised Land
as Mel Roylance
1996
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
7th Heaven
as Caleb
1996
ER
as Charley Barnes
1994
Maverick
as Riverboat Poker Player
1994
NYPD Blue
as Verdis
1993
Marked for Murder
1993
Mad About You
as Mets Shortstop
1992
Picket Fences
as Toobah Varney
1992
White Men Can't Jump
as Bill Henderson
1992
Roc
as Matthew
1991
City Slickers
as Ben Jessup
1991
No Holds Barred
as Charlie
1989
How I Got Into College
as Detroit High School Coach
1989
Cousins
as Valhalla Band
1989
Dear John
as Pete
1988
The George McKenna Story
as Goodman
1988
Wisdom
as Theo
1986
Murphy's Law
as Ben Wilcove
1986
Smart Alec
as Julie's Agent
1986
Clue
as Cop
1985
MacGyver
as Gas Station Cashier
1985
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Night of the Meek")
1985
227
1985
Fletch
as Speaker
1985
Do You Remember Love
as Wendell
1985
Dreams
as Torpedo
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as Casper Lindley
1984
Fear City
as Nicky's Doctor
1984
Get Crazy
as King Blues
1983
Ace Crawford, Private Eye
as Mello
1983
One Shoe Makes it Murder
as Chick
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Continental Divide
as Train Conductor
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Maynard
1981
Inside Moves
as Blue Lewis
1980
Flesh & Blood
as Fight Reporter
1979
The Kid from Left Field
as Brad Linquist
1979
Hart to Hart
as 2nd Player
1979
Benson
1979
Hazell
as Alec Gilbraith
1978
The Incredible Hulk
as Antoine Moray /Babalao
1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
Fire Sale
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1977
Silver Streak
as Red Cap
1976
What's Happening!!
as Clarence Hopkins
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Charles Taylor
1976
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Joe Forrester
1975
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Watkins
1975
A Shadow in the Streets
as Leroy Marcus Benson
1975
Harry O
as Spencer Johnson
1974
Harry O
as Teak
1974
Harry O
as Spencer Johnson 'Spence'
1974
Good Times
1974
Get Christie Love!
as Sgt. Stoner Martin
1974
Happy Days
as Mr. Davis
1974
Late Night Theatre
as Bobby Mills
1972
Cool Breeze
as Minister (uncredited)
1972
Sanford and Son
1972
The Bill Cosby Show
as First Teacher
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
as Male Teacher #5
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
as Man #3
1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962