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Howard Hesseman is an American actor best known for playing DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati, Captain Pete Lassard in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Sam Royer on One Day at a Time and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.
Birth Name
George Howard Hesseman
Born
Tuesday, 27 February 1940
Died
Saturday, 29 January 2022
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | Self - Actor | 2021 |
| Life After the Navigator | Self / Himself | 2020 |
| Valerie | Self | 2019 |
| A Christmas in Vermont | Nick Harper | 2016 |
| Silver Skies | Billy | 2016 |
| Wild Oats | Vespucci | 2016 |
| Chicago Med | Clyde Glickman | 2015 |
| Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| Fresh Off the Boat | Mr. Royce | 2015 |
| Bigfoot | Mayor Tommy Gillis | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | Self - Actor | 2021 |
| Life After the Navigator | Self / Himself | 2020 |
| Valerie | Self | 2019 |
| A Christmas in Vermont | Nick Harper | 2016 |
| Silver Skies | Billy | 2016 |
| Wild Oats | Vespucci | 2016 |
| Chicago Med | Clyde Glickman | 2015 |
| Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| Fresh Off the Boat | Mr. Royce | 2015 |
| Bigfoot | Mayor Tommy Gillis | 2012 |
| Salvation Boulevard | Billy | 2011 |
| Mike & Molly | Otis | 2010 |
| Halloween II | Uncle Meat | 2009 |
| All About Steve | Mr. Horowitz | 2009 |
| Drop Dead Diva | Cole Lamburt | 2009 |
| Dirty Politics | Big Oil | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | Sam Hendricks | 2009 |
| The Rocker | Gator | 2008 |
| Martian Child | Dr. Berg | 2007 |
| John from Cincinnati | Erlemeyer | 2007 |
| Domestic Import | Lou Kimmelman | 2006 |
| Psych | Barry Saunder | 2006 |
| Man About Town | Ben Giamoro | 2006 |
| Crazy for Christmas | Fred Nickells | 2005 |
| The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon | Narrator | 2005 |
| House | Henry Errington | 2004 |
| Boston Legal | Judge Robert Thompson | 2004 |
| TV Land's Top Ten | Self | 2004 |
| It's All Relative | Monty | 2003 |
| Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003 |
| Oliver Beene | Dr. Fenniger | 2003 |
| About Schmidt | Larry Hertzel | 2002 |
| Boomtown | Mel Castle | 2002 |
| Teddy Bears' Picnic | Ted Frye | 2002 |
| The Mesmerist | Mr. Valdemar | 2002 |
| Thieves | Hal Bloomberg | 2001 |
| Crossing Jordan | Barney Reynolds | 2001 |
| Maybe It's Me | Mr. Finn | 2001 |
| The Sky Is Falling | Yogi Cook | 2001 |
| Three Sisters | Jerry Keats | 2001 |
| Level 9 | General Richard Scheffer | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Aden | 2000 |
| Family Law | Howard Thomas / Randall | 1999 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Self - Interviewee | 1999 |
| That '70s Show | Max | 1998 |
| Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Mr. Bergen | 1998 |
| On the 2nd Day of Christmas | David | 1997 |
| High Stakes | Wayne Dreyer | 1997 |
| The Practice | Judge C. Williams | 1997 |
| Gridlock'd | Blind Man | 1997 |
| The Pretender | Landlord | 1996 |
| Tracey Takes On... | Todd | 1996 |
| Innocent Victims | Smithline | 1996 |
| Out-of-Sync | Det. Caldwell | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Dr. Emory Taylor | 1995 |
| Touched by an Angel | Flynn Hodge | 1994 |
| ER | Dr. James Broderick | 1994 |
| Munchie Strikes Back | Munchie (voice) / Munchie | 1994 |
| Burke's Law | Chuck Mason | 1994 |
| Little Miss Millions | Nick Frost | 1993 |
| Quiet Killer | Calvin Phillips / Congressman Calvin Phillips | 1992 |
| Hot Chocolate | Mr. Cassidy | 1992 |
| Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story | Paul Maggioto | 1991 |
| The New WKRP in Cincinnati | Dr. Johnny Fever | 1991 |
| Rubin and Ed | Ed Tuttle | 1991 |
| The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards | Self - Presenter | 1988 |
| The Diamond Trap | Det. Rollings | 1988 |
| Amazon Women on the Moon | Rupert King (segment "Titan Man") / Rupert King | 1987 |
| Six Against the Rock | Joseph 'Dutch' Cretzer | 1987 |
| Biography | Dr. Johnny Fever | 1987 |
| Inside Out | Jack | 1986 |
| Heat | Pinchus Zion | 1986 |
| Head of the Class | Charlie Moore | 1986 |
| The Princess Who Had Never Laughed | King | 1986 |
| Flight of the Navigator | Dr. Louis Faraday | 1986 |
| My Chauffeur | McBride | 1986 |
| Clue | The Chief | 1985 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | Walter Bayes | 1985 |
| Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Pete Lassard | 1985 |
| Silence of the Heart | Carl Lewis | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Sheldon Greenberg | 1984 |
| Best Kept Secrets | Jim Osborne | 1984 |
| Mister Roberts | Doc | 1984 |
| This Is Spinal Tap | Terry Ladd | 1984 |
| Super Night of Rock 'n' Roll | Self - Host | 1984 |
| Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | Johnny Caravella (Doctor Johnny Fever) | 1983 |
| Doctor Detroit | Smooth Walker | 1983 |
| One Shoe Makes It Murder | Joe Hervey | 1982 |
| Tom Cottle: Up Close | Self | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | King | 1982 |
| Victims | Charles Galloway | 1982 |
| Love, Sidney | Earl Edwards | 1981 |
| Honky Tonk Freeway | Snapper | 1981 |
| Private Lessons | Lester Lewis / Lester | 1981 |
| Skyward | Koup Trenton | 1980 |
| Gridlock | Senor Smooth / Señor Smooth (voice) | 1980 |
| The Jerk | Carnival Worker | 1979 |
| Americathon | Kip Margolis | 1979 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Wilbur C. Henderson | 1979 |
| More Than Friends | Avery Salminella | 1978 |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | Dr. Johnny Fever / Ghost of Christmas Future | 1978 |
| Coming Attractions | Ernie Piles, War Correspondent / Ernie Piles | 1978 |
| Husbands, Wives & Lovers | Dave | 1978 |
| The Ghost of Flight 401 | Bert Stockwell | 1978 |
| Outside Chance | David | 1978 |
| Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Fred | 1977 |
| Soap | Mr. Franklin | 1977 |
| The Other Side of Midnight | O'Brien | 1977 |
| The Amazing Howard Hughes | Jenks | 1977 |
| Westside Medical | Buz Canfield | 1977 |
| Blansky's Beauties | Dr. Berg | 1977 |
| Tail Gunner Joe | Lt. Ted Cantwell | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | D.A. Jerry Douglas | 1976 |
| Delvecchio | Goldie | 1976 |
| The Big Bus | Jack | 1976 |
| Silent Movie | Executive | 1976 |
| Jackson County Jail | David | 1976 |
| Tunnel Vision | Senator McMannus | 1976 |
| Family | Store Manager | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Dr. Grayson | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Dr. Robert Williams | 1976 |
| One Day at a Time | Sam Royer | 1975 |
| The Sunshine Boys | Mr. Walsh, Commerical Director | 1975 |
| Whiffs | Dr. Gopian | 1975 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various / Self - Host / Self | 1975 |
| Prisoners | 1975 | |
| The Blue Knight | Resident | 1975 |
| Switch | M.W. | 1975 |
| Hustling | Detective | 1975 |
| Shampoo | Red Dog | 1975 |
| Baretta | Walker | 1975 |
| Rhoda | Kirk Stevens | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Al Steever | 1974 |
| Firehouse | Hanley | 1974 |
| The Blue Knight | 1973 | |
| Harry O | Senator Lawler | 1973 |
| Kid Blue | Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman) / Confectionary Man | 1973 |
| Steelyard Blues | Frank Veldin / Frank Veldini | 1973 |
| Jory | Santa Rosa Bartender | 1973 |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Craig Plager / Augie | 1972 |
| Sanford and Son | Professor Stoneham | 1972 |
| Cisco Pike | Recording Engineer | 1972 |
| The Christian Licorice Store | Last Party Guest | 1971 |
| Billy Jack | Drama Teacher | 1971 |
| The Feminist and the Fuzz | Hippie | 1971 |
| Some Kind of a Nut | Bartender | 1969 |
| A Session with the Committee | (as Don Sturdy) | 1969 |
| Della | (as The Committee) | 1969 |
| Where It's At | (as The Committee) | 1969 |
| This Is Tom Jones | (as The Committee) | 1969 |
| Petulia | Hippie | 1968 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Self - The Committee | 1968 |
| Mannix | Ray Bennett | 1967 |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Various | 1967 |
| Dragnet 1967 | Jesse Chaplin | 1967 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Harry / Counterboy | 1960 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The New WKRP in Cincinnati | 1991 |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | 1978 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | Nominated |
| 1980 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | Nominated |
