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Howard Hesseman
Highest Rated: 96% This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Feb 27, 1940
Birthplace: Lebanon, Oregon, USA
A fixture on the improv comedy scene of the 1960s, Howard Hesseman burst into the mainstream with his roguish Dr. Johnny Fever on the celebrated 1980s sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" (CBS, 1978-1982). The eccentric DJ character, which earned him two Emmy nominations, was the high water mark of a decade of work in features and on television prior to the role, and a decade as a member of the San Francisco-based comedy troupe The Committee prior to that. Hesseman followed "WKRP" with another hit series, "Head of the Class" (ABC, 1986-1991), which he abandoned one year prior to its cancellation for greener pastures in features. Success in that venue proved elusive for Hesseman, but he worked steadily on television for years following his sitcom tenures, and his comic skills made him a reliable and well-regarded character actor.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life After the Navigator | Self | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Christmas Apprentice | Nick Harper (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 13% | Bigfoot | Mayor Tommy Gillis (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 22% | 23% | Salvation Boulevard | Billy (Character) | $27.4K | 2011 |
| 6% | 30% | All About Steve | Mr. Horowitz (Character) | $33.9M | 2009 |
| 25% | 44% | Halloween II | Uncle Meat (Character) | $33.4M | 2009 |
| 40% | 46% | The Rocker | Tour bus driver (Character) | $6.4M | 2008 |
| 38% | 29% | Man About Town | Ben (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Domestic Import | Lou Kimmelman (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Crazy for Christmas | Fred Nickells (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | The Mesmerist | Mr. Valdemar (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 85% | 74% | About Schmidt | Larry (Character) | $65.0M | 2002 |
| 0% | 39% | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Ted Frye (Character) | $28.0K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sky Is Falling | Yogi Cook (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | On the 2nd Day of Christmas | David (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 88% | 79% | Gridlock'd | Blind Man (Character) | $5.5M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Stakes | Wayne Dreyer (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Innocent Victims | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of Sync | Det. Caldwell (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Munchie Strikes Back | Munchie (Voice) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Little Miss Millions | Nick Frost (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lethal Exposure | Taylor (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quiet Killer | Congressman Calvin Phillips (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Chocolate | Mr. Cassidy (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story | Paul Maggioto (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Rubin and Ed | Ed Tuttle (Character) | $4.1K | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call Me Anna | John Ross (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Diamond Trap | Det. Rollings (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 33% | 27% | Heat | Pinchus Zion (Character) | $2.4M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Against the Rock | Joseph "Dutch" Cretzer (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 65% | 58% | Amazon Women on the Moon | Rupert King (Character) | $388.2K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick, al rojo vivo | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 84% | 75% | Flight of the Navigator | Dr. Faraday (Character) | $17.2M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | My Chauffeur | McBride (Character) | $4.8M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Inside Out | Jack (Character) | $5.4K | 1986 |
| 28% | 42% | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Captain Peter "Pete" Lassard (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 71% | 86% | Clue | The Chief (Character) | $13.4M | 1985 |
| 96% | 92% | This Is Spinal Tap | Terry Ladd (Character) | $188.8K | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best Kept Secrets | Jim Osborne (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Silence of the Heart | Carl Lewis (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 33% | 40% | Doctor Detroit | Smooth Walker (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 0% | 34% | Private Lessons | Lester Lewis (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Honky Tonk Freeway | Snapper (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Victims | Charles Galloway (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Loose Shoes | Ernie Piles (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Skyward | Koup Trenton (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | Americathon | Kip Margolis (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | More Than Friends | Avery Salminella (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost of Flight 401 | Bert Stockwell (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 25% | 73% | The Other Side of Midnight | O'Brien (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Gunner Joe | Lt. Cantwell (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 13% | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Fred (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Jenks (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jackson County Jail | David (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 64% | 56% | The Big Bus | Jack (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 82% | 72% | Silent Movie | Executive (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tunnelvision | Senator McMannus (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Hustling | Detective (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 71% | 72% | The Sunshine Boys | Mr. Walsh, commercial director (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prisoners | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 50% | 31% | Steelyard Blues | Frank Veldini (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 63% | 63% | Billy Jack | Howard Johnson (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94% | 80% | Fresh Off the Boat | Mr. Royce (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Chicago Med | Clyde Glickman (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Mike & Molly | Otis (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | Cole Lamburt (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Lie to Me | Sam Hendricks (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Dr. James Broderick (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 58% | 100% | John From Cincinnati | Erlemeyer (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 86% | 94% | Boston Legal | Judge Robert Thompson (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 90% | 96% | House | Henry Errington (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 18% | No Score Yet | Oliver Beene | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 14% | No Score Yet | It's All Relative | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
| 96% | No Score Yet | Boomtown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 88% | No Score Yet | Maybe It's Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing Jordan | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thieves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | That '70s Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 19% | No Score Yet | Three Sisters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 45% | No Score Yet | Level 9 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Dr. Emory Taylor (Character) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Bayes (Character) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Head of the Class | Charlie Moore (Character) | 1986-1990 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Sheldon Greenberg (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Day at a Time | Sam Royer (Character) | 1982-1984 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1979 1982-1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | WKRP in Cincinnati | Johnny Caravella (Character) | 1978-1982 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Soap | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Craig Plager (Guest Star) | 1974-1976 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976-1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanford and Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Ray Bennett (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rhoda | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Andy Griffith Show | Counterboy (Guest Star) | 1968 |