CineScope
Howard Hesseman picture

Howard Hesseman

Acting
Known For

81 Years Old

Howard Hesseman (February 27, 1940 – January 29, 2022) was an American actor known for his television roles as burned out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati, and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. He appeared regularly on television and in film from the 1970s to 2010s, with other noteworthy roles including Sam Royer (the husband of lead character Ann Romano) in the last two seasons of One Day at a Time, and a supporting role as Captain Pete Lassard in the film Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Hesseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Born

Lebanon, Oregon, USA on 27th February 1940

Died

29th January 2022

All Credits

House Image
House
Henry Errington
The Andy Griffith Show Image
The Andy Griffith Show
Harry
The Andy Griffith Show Image
The Andy Griffith Show
Counter Boy
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Image
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Aden
Laverne & Shirley Image
Laverne & Shirley
Chicago Med Image
Chicago Med
Clyde Glickman
That '70s Show Image
That '70s Show
Max
Drop Dead Diva Image
Drop Dead Diva
Cole Lamburt
Psych Image
Psych
Barry Saunder
The Rockford Files Image
The Rockford Files
Al Steever
Switch Image
Switch
M.W.
Family Law Image
Family Law
Howard Thomas / Randall
Mannix Image
Mannix
Ray Bennett
Boston Legal Image
Boston Legal
Judge Robert Thompson
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Image
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Various
Murder, She Wrote Image
Murder, She Wrote
Sheldon Greenberg
Burke's Law Image
Burke's Law
Chuck Mason
ER Image
ER
Dr. James Broderick
The Ray Bradbury Theater Image
The Ray Bradbury Theater
One Day at a Time Image
One Day at a Time
Sam Royer
Crossing Jordan Image
Crossing Jordan
Barney Reynolds
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Touched by an Angel Image
Touched by an Angel
Flynn Hodge
Two Guys and a Girl Image
Two Guys and a Girl
Mr. Bergen
The New WKRP in Cincinnati Image
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
Mike & Molly Image
Mike & Molly
Otis
Rhoda Image
Rhoda
The Practice Image
The Practice
Judge C. Williams
Quincy, M.E. Image
Quincy, M.E.
D.A. Jerry Douglas
Battle of the Network Stars Image
Battle of the Network Stars
Head of the Class Image
Head of the Class
Charlie Moore
WKRP in Cincinnati Image
WKRP in Cincinnati
Dr. Johnny Fever
Fresh Off the Boat Image
Fresh Off the Boat
Mr. Royce
Harry O Image
Harry O
Senator Lawler
The Bob Newhart Show Image
The Bob Newhart Show
Augie (voice) (uncredited)
The Bob Newhart Show Image
The Bob Newhart Show
Craig Plager
The Bob Newhart Show Image
The Bob Newhart Show
Faerie Tale Theatre Image
Faerie Tale Theatre
King
The Pretender Image
The Pretender
Landlord
The Outer Limits Image
The Outer Limits
Dr. Emory Taylor
George Burns Comedy Week Image
George Burns Comedy Week
Andy Pace
Soap Image
Soap
Mr. Franklin
Thieves Image
Thieves
Sanford and Son Image
Sanford and Son
No Image
Three Sisters
Jerry Keats
Level 9 Image
Level 9
Boomtown Image
Boomtown
Mel Castle
John from Cincinnati Image
John from Cincinnati
Firehouse Image
Firehouse
Clue Image
Clue
The Chief (uncredited)
This Is Spinal Tap Image
This Is Spinal Tap
Terry Ladd
All About Steve Image
All About Steve
Mr. Horowitz
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Image
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Pete Lassard
Halloween II Image
Halloween II
Uncle Meat
Flight of the Navigator Image
Flight of the Navigator
Dr. Louis Faraday
Private Lessons Image
Private Lessons
Lester
About Schmidt Image
About Schmidt
Larry Hertzel
The Jerk Image
The Jerk
Carnival Worker (uncredited)
The Rocker Image
The Rocker
Gator
Celebrities Uncensored Image
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
Shampoo Image
Shampoo
Red Dog
Man About Town Image
Man About Town
Ben Giamoro
Amazon Women on the Moon Image
Amazon Women on the Moon
Rupert King (segment "Titan Man")
Salvation Boulevard Image
Salvation Boulevard
Billy
Doctor Detroit Image
Doctor Detroit
Smooth Walker
The Big Bus Image
The Big Bus
Jack
Jory Image
Jory
Santa Rosa bartender
Martian Child Image
Martian Child
Dr. Berg
Jackson County Jail Image
Jackson County Jail
David
Silent Movie Image
Silent Movie
Executive
Bigfoot Image
Bigfoot
Mayor Tommy Gillis
Crazy for Christmas Image
Crazy for Christmas
Fred Nickells
Heat Image
Heat
Pinchus Zion
Life After The Navigator Image
Life After The Navigator
Himself
Billy Jack Image
Billy Jack
Drama Teacher
The Sunshine Boys Image
The Sunshine Boys
Mr. Walsh, Commerical Director
Gridlock'd Image
Gridlock'd
Blind Man
Wild Oats Image
Wild Oats
Vespucci
Petulia Image
Petulia
Hippie (uncredited)
Honky Tonk Freeway Image
Honky Tonk Freeway
Snapper
The Other Side of Midnight Image
The Other Side of Midnight
O'Brien
Cisco Pike Image
Cisco Pike
Recording Engineer
Kid Blue Image
Kid Blue
Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman)
Victims Image
Victims
Charles Galloway
A Christmas in Vermont Image
A Christmas in Vermont
Nick Harper
Call Me Anna Image
Call Me Anna
John Ross
The Amazing Howard Hughes Image
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Jenks
The Ghost of Flight 401 Image
The Ghost of Flight 401
Bert Stockwell
Tunnel Vision Image
Tunnel Vision
Senator McMannus
Loose Shoes Image
Loose Shoes
Ernie Piles, War Correspondent
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Image
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Self
My Chauffeur Image
My Chauffeur
McBride
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close Image
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
Himself
Valerie Image
Valerie
Self
Some Kind of a Nut Image
Some Kind of a Nut
Bartender
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story Image
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Paul Maggioto
Munchie Strikes Back Image
Munchie Strikes Back
Munchie (voice)
Steelyard Blues Image
Steelyard Blues
Frank Veldini
Prisoners Image
Prisoners
Inside Out Image
Inside Out
Jack
More Than Friends Image
More Than Friends
Avery Salminella
On the 2nd Day of Christmas Image
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
David
Hot Chocolate Image
Hot Chocolate
Mr. Cassidy
Silence of the Heart Image
Silence of the Heart
Carl Lewis
The Christian Licorice Store Image
The Christian Licorice Store
Last Party Guest
Tail Gunner Joe Image
Tail Gunner Joe
Lt. Ted Cantwell
Americathon Image
Americathon
Kip Margolis
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon Image
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Self
Out-of-Sync Image
Out-of-Sync
Det. Caldwell
The Blue Knight Image
The Blue Knight
Six Against the Rock Image
Six Against the Rock
Joseph 'Dutch' Cretzer
Skyward Image
Skyward
Koup Trenton
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed Image
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
King
Quiet Killer Image
Quiet Killer
Congressman Calvin Phillips
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary Image
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hustling Image
Hustling
Detective
You Can't Take it With You Image
You Can't Take it With You
Wilbur C. Henderson
Gridlock Image
Gridlock
Señor Smooth (voice)
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Image
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
Fred
Teddy Bears' Picnic Image
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Ted Frye
Mister Roberts Image
Mister Roberts
Doc
No Image
Outside Chance
David
The Sky is Falling Image
The Sky is Falling
Yogi Cook
Best Kept Secrets Image
Best Kept Secrets
Jim Osborne
Whiffs Image
Whiffs
Dr. Gopian
Little Miss Millions Image
Little Miss Millions
Nick Frost
Innocent Victims Image
Innocent Victims
Smithline
The Mesmerist Image
The Mesmerist
Mr. Valdemar
The Diamond Trap Image
The Diamond Trap
Det. Rollings
Silver Skies Image
Silver Skies
Billy
Rubin & Ed Image
Rubin & Ed
Ed Tuttle
The Blue Knight Image
The Blue Knight
Resident
The Comedy Company Image
The Comedy Company
Roger Dustleman
High Stakes Image
High Stakes
Wayne Dreyer
John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body Image
John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
Self / The Rock Doctor
The Fantastic Funnies Image
The Fantastic Funnies
Dr. Johnny Fever
One Shoe Makes it Murder Image
One Shoe Makes it Murder
Joe Hervey
Lethal Exposure Image
Lethal Exposure
Taylor Cochran
Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock Image
Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock
narrator
A Session with the Committee Image
A Session with the Committee
(as Don Sturdy)