Howard Hesseman
Date of birth: 1940-02-27
Place of birth: Lebanon, Oregon, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Howard Hessman, Don Sturdy
Biography
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
Movie Credits
The Rocker
2008-08-20
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty yea
Wild Oats
2016-09-22
Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for
About Schmidt
2002-12-12
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover mo
Hot Chocolate
1992-01-01
B.J. Cassidy, a rich businesswoman, has to invest several billion dollars for fiscal reasons. She un
Billy Jack
1971-05-01
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protec
Jackson County Jail
1976-03-31
A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-countr
Doctor Detroit
1983-05-06
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financi
Halloween II
2009-08-28
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Il
All About Steve
2009-08-06
After one short blind date, Mary Horowitz, a brilliant and eccentric crossword constructor, is convi
John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
1980-05-04
John Ritter shows off his comedic talent with a collection of comedy sketches.
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022-11-03
Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never
Man About Town
2006-06-08
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is
Gridlock'd
1997-01-29
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll i
Tail Gunner Joe
1977-02-06
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to
Crazy for Christmas
2005-12-25
A girl loses her parents and husband and is left driving a limo trying to get by raising her young s
Private Lessons
1981-05-01
Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow
Rubin & Ed
1992-05-15
Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest
Heat
1986-10-16
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with
Clue
1985-12-13
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns
Loose Shoes
1978-09-01
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects a
The Sunshine Boys
1975-11-06
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-sta
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a
My Chauffeur
1986-01-24
A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine
Americathon
1979-08-10
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankru
Salvation Boulevard
2011-07-15
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himse
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
1997-12-08
Trish and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978-02-18
An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed
Steelyard Blues
1973-01-31
A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. Their mode of transportati
Inside Out
1987-08-21
An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and fi
Call Me Anna
1990-11-11
Patty Duke portrays herself in this made-for-tv biopic about her struggles as a child star growing i
Tunnel Vision
1976-03-12
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which
Bigfoot
2012-10-28
A rock concert awakens the legendary monster, who goes on a rampage. The event's organizer plans to
Little Miss Millions
1993-11-27
Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her
Six Against the Rock
1987-05-18
In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the isla
Quiet Killer
1992-03-24
On her way home in a plane to New York, the teenage Sarah gets very ill. She realizes too late that
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001-04-30
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California r
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991-09-23
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up wit
The Diamond Trap
1988-11-20
When streetwise Manhattan police detectives Rawlings (Howard Hesseman) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marina
Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock
2005-07-05
This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the
Skyward
1980-11-20
Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair find
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1981-11-17
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarant
The Blue Knight
1975-05-09
In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force
The Comedy Company
1978-07-21
An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
Munchie Strikes Back
1994-08-01
The magical Munchie is back, and if he gets in any more trouble it's off to the dullest constellatio
Lethal Exposure
1993-03-28
Ambitious photojournalist Chris Cassidy, on assignment in Paris, becomes involved with an unconventi
Out-of-Sync
1995-06-04
A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
You Can't Take it With You
1979-05-16
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning co
Jory
1973-02-02
Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The
Prisoners
1975-07-01
Melodrama set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Krueger (Bramhall), a former infantry lieutenant, is im
Mister Roberts
1984-03-18
Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Rober
Silent Movie
1976-06-17
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an id
Outside Chance
1978-12-02
An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from L
Gridlock
1980-10-02
A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an
The Mesmerist
2002-03-11
Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, this film tells the grimly comic tale of a bad-tempered old man (
The Sky is Falling
2001-06-07
A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is
The Blue Knight
1973-11-11
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 ye
The Big Bus
1976-06-23
A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is pla
The Fantastic Funnies
1980-05-15
In this partially-animated TV special, Loni Anderson salutes the funny pages with interviews with fa
Some Kind of a Nut
1969-09-14
A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986-08-11
There was once a very serious kingdom. So serious, that the King demanded to be addressed as Your Se
Silver Skies
2016-09-22
A group of eccentric retirees' lives are turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is
This Is Spinal Tap
1984-03-02
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get
A Christmas in Vermont
2016-11-27
Riley Thomas is sent by her profit-obsessed boss to shut down one of the company’s holdings, a small
Silence of the Heart
1984-10-30
A mother going through a painful, protracted divorce realizes too late the effect it's having on her
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983-05-16
Television special taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena,
High Stakes
1997-07-07
A former news reporter marries and tries to adjust to the life of a house wife and mother. However,
Best Kept Secrets
1984-03-26
Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), wh
The Other Side of Midnight
1977-06-08
When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll m
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015-10-13
Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Mu
Petulia
1968-06-10
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new
Flight of the Navigator
1986-07-30
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight
Shampoo
1975-02-11
On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting h
Whiffs
1975-10-15
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after
One Shoe Makes it Murder
1982-11-06
Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves hi
Hustling
1975-02-22
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decide
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985-03-28
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about t
The Jerk
1979-12-14
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson se
A Session with the Committee
1969-08-11
A Session with the Committee
Valerie
2019-08-07
A documentary of the incredible life of actress Valerie Perrine and her battle with Parkinson's.
Victims
1982-01-11
A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His v
More Than Friends
1978-10-20
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she
Life After The Navigator
2020-11-09
A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the
Martian Child
2007-11-02
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old
Kid Blue
1973-01-31
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dim
Cisco Pike
1971-11-02
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of con
The Christian Licorice Store
1971-11-24
A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the f
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977-04-13
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker H
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a s
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020-10-14
Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobi
Innocent Victims
1996-01-21
Army Sergeant Tim Hennis is wrongly convicted of killing the wife and children of an Air Force capta
Focus on Fishko
1983-09-13
This short film satirizes French auteur theory. An earnest critic rediscovers washed-up director Sey
Likely Stories, Vol. 4
1983-08-05
"Likely Stories" was one Pay-TV's first original comedy programs. The one-hour shows were a mixed-ba