Richard Sanders

Known for: Acting

Born: 1940-08-23 (age 85)

From: 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.

Filmography (55)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Sly Dog
2005
as Joe Reeves
TV★ 6.8
Rose Red
2002
as Mr. Stanton
MOVIE★ 7.5
Men of Honor
2000
as Donny Moor Bartender
MOVIE★ 4.0
Lovers Lane
2000
as Dr. Jack Grefe
TV★ 8.2
Batman Beyond
1999
as Mr. Deakins (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Unhappily Ever After
1995
as Mr. Peabody
MOVIE★ 8.0
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
1995
as Dr. Budwig
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
1994
MOVIE★ 5.0
Neon City
1991
as Dickie Devine
TV★ 7.6
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
as Les Nessman
TV★ 7.0
Gravedale High
1990
as Ben Franklin (voice)
TV★ 6.7
Coach
1989
as Warren Graustark
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
1989
as Dr. Dark
MOVIE★ 7.1
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988
as Chester Lackberry
TV★ 6.5
Nothing In Common
1987
as Dooley
TV★ 7.7
Married... with Children
1987
as Mr. Conner
TV★ 6.8
Designing Women
1986
TV★ 6.4
Sidekicks
1986
TV★ 7.7
ALF
1986
as Hogarth
TV★ 8.1
Inhumanoids
1986
TV★ 6.8
Blacke's Magic
1986
TV★ 6.5
Growing Pains
1985
as Luther
TV★ 5.7
Berrenger's
1985
as Frank Chapman
TV★ 6.1
Charles in Charge
1984
as Professor Smalley
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Gerald Richards
TV★ 7.4
Who's the Boss?
1984
TV★ 7.3
Night Court
1984
as Clark Edwards
MOVIE★ 9.0
Found Money
1983
as Robbins
MOVIE★ 6.0
Valley Girl
1983
as Drivers' Ed Teacher
TV★ 7.0
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Invisible Woman
1983
as Orville
TV★ 6.0
It Takes Two
1982
TV★ 7.1
Newhart
1982
as Cecil Breech
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Lee Pomerleau
TV★ 6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
TV★ 6.3
Solid Gold
1980
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
as Lester
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Nude Bomb
1980
as German Delegate
TV★ 7.0
Knots Landing
1979
as Harry Nold
MOVIE★ 6.7
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979
as Mr. Fogarty
TV★ 7.3
Ike
1979
as Correspondent
MOVIE★ 5.5
Bud and Lou
1978
as Doctor
TV★ 7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
MOVIE★ 8.0
Keefer
1978
as Bemmel
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ruby and Oswald
1978
as Agent Kelley
TV★ 6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
as Mr. Bandwell
TV★ 7.5
Rafferty
1977
MOVIE★ 4.8
Good Against Evil
1977
as The Doctor
MOVIE★ 5.5
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
as Travis
TV★ 7.1
Alice
1976
TV★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
as Samuel Romney
MOVIE
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
as Minister Adams
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Drunk
TV★ 7.2
McCloud
1970
TV★ 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Prosecuting Attorney