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

Filmography

• 2016A Christmas in Vermont — Nick Harper
• 2016Silver Skies — Billy
• 2016Wild Oats — Vespucci
• Chicago Med — Clyde Glickman
• Fresh Off the Boat — Mr. Royce
• 2012Bigfoot — Mayor Tommy Gillis
• 2011Salvation Boulevard — Billy
• Mike & Molly — Otis
• 2009All About Steve — Mr. Horowitz
• Drop Dead Diva — Cole Lamburt
• 2009Halloween II — Uncle Meat
• Lie to Me — Sam Hendricks
• 2008The Rocker — Gator
• John from Cincinnati — Erlemeyer
• 2007Martian Child — Dr. Berg
• 2006Man About Town — Ben Giamoro
• Psych — Barry Saunder
• 2005Crazy for Christmas — Fred Nickells
• 2005Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock — narrator
• Boston Legal — Judge Robert Thompson
• House — Henry Errington
• 2002About Schmidt — Larry Hertzel
• Boomtown — Mel Castle
• 2002The Mesmerist — Mr. Valdemar
• Crossing Jordan — Barney Reynolds
• 2001Teddy Bears' Picnic — Ted Frye
• 2001The Sky is Falling — Yogi Cook
• Thieves
• Three Sisters — Jerry Keats
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Dr. Aden
• Level 9
• Family Law — Howard Thomas / Randall
• That '70s Show — Max
• Two Guys and a Girl — Mr. Bergen
• 1997Gridlock'd — Blind Man
• 1997High Stakes — Wayne Dreyer
• 1997On the 2nd Day of Christmas — David
• The Practice — Judge C. Williams
• 1996Innocent Victims — Smithline
• The Pretender — Landlord
• 1995Out-of-Sync — Det. Caldwell
• The Outer Limits — Dr. Emory Taylor
• Burke's Law — Chuck Mason
• ER — Dr. James Broderick
• 1994Munchie Strikes Back — Munchie (voice)
• Touched by an Angel — Flynn Hodge
• 1993Lethal Exposure — Taylor Cochran
• 1993Little Miss Millions — Nick Frost
• 1992Hot Chocolate — Mr. Cassidy
• 1992Quiet Killer — Congressman Calvin Phillips
• 1992Rubin & Ed — Ed Tuttle
• 1991Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story — Paul Maggioto
• The New WKRP in Cincinnati
• 1990Call Me Anna — John Ross
• 1988The Diamond Trap — Det. Rollings
• 1987Amazon Women on the Moon — Rupert King (segment "Titan Man")
• 1987Inside Out — Jack
• 1987Six Against the Rock — Joseph 'Dutch' Cretzer
• 1986Flight of the Navigator — Dr. Louis Faraday
• Head of the Class — Charlie Moore
• 1986Heat — Pinchus Zion
• 1986My Chauffeur — McBride
• 1986The Princess Who Had Never Laughed — King
• 1985Clue — The Chief (uncredited)
• George Burns Comedy Week — Andy Pace
• 1985Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment — Pete Lassard
• The Ray Bradbury Theater
• 1984Best Kept Secrets — Jim Osborne
• 1984Mister Roberts — Doc
• Murder, She Wrote — Sheldon Greenberg
• 1984Silence of the Heart — Carl Lewis
• 1984This Is Spinal Tap — Terry Ladd
• 1983Doctor Detroit — Smooth Walker
• 1983Focus on Fishko — Sy
• 1983Likely Stories, Vol. 4 — Sy Fishko
• Faerie Tale Theatre — King
• 1982One Shoe Makes it Murder — Joe Hervey
• 1982Victims — Charles Galloway
• 1981Honky Tonk Freeway — Snapper
• 1981Private Lessons — Lester
• 1980Gridlock — Señor Smooth (voice)
• 1980Skyward — Koup Trenton
• 1980The Fantastic Funnies — Dr. Johnny Fever
• 1979Americathon — Kip Margolis
• 1979The Jerk — Carnival Worker (uncredited)
• 1979You Can't Take it With You — Wilbur C. Henderson
• 1978Loose Shoes — Ernie Piles, War Correspondent
• 1978More Than Friends — Avery Salminella
• 1978Outside Chance — David
• 1978The Comedy Company — Roger Dustleman
• 1978The Ghost of Flight 401 — Bert Stockwell
• WKRP in Cincinnati — Dr. Johnny Fever, Director
• Soap — Mr. Franklin
• 1977Tail Gunner Joe — Lt. Ted Cantwell
• 1977Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo — Fred
• 1977The Amazing Howard Hughes — Jenks
• The Amazing Howard Hughes — Jenks
• 1977The Other Side of Midnight — O'Brien
• Battle of the Network Stars
• Delvecchio — Goldie
• 1976Jackson County Jail — David
• Laverne & Shirley
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Dr. Robert Williams
• Quincy, M.E. — D.A. Jerry Douglas
• 1976Silent Movie — Executive
• 1976The Big Bus — Jack
• 1976Tunnel Vision — Senator McMannus
• Baretta — Walker
• 1975Hustling — Detective
• One Day at a Time — Sam Royer
• 1975Prisoners
• 1975Shampoo — Red Dog
• Switch — M.W.
• 1975The Blue Knight — Resident
• 1975The Sunshine Boys — Mr. Walsh, Commerical Director
• 1975Whiffs — Dr. Gopian
• Harry O — Senator Lawler
• Rhoda
• The Rockford Files — Al Steever
• 1973Jory — Santa Rosa bartender
• 1973Kid Blue — Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman)
• 1973Steelyard Blues — Frank Veldini
• 1973The Blue Knight
• The Blue Knight
• 1972Cisco Pike — Recording Engineer
• Sanford and Son
• The Bob Newhart Show — Craig Plager, Augie (voice) (uncredited)
• 1971Billy Jack — Drama Teacher
• 1971The Christian Licorice Store — Last Party Guest
• 1969A Session with the Committee — (as Don Sturdy)
• 1969Some Kind of a Nut — Bartender
• 1968Petulia — Hippie (uncredited)
• Mannix — Ray Bennett
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour — Various, Writer
• The Andy Griffith Show — Counter Boy, Harry

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2022Who Done It: The Clue Documentary — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2020For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close — Self
• 2020Life After The Navigator — Himself
• 2019Valerie — Self
• 2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• 1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever — Self
• 1980John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body — Self / The Rock Doctor
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self (uncredited)