William Randall Henderson (March 19, 1926 – April 3, 2016) was an American television and film actor, and jazz singer. Beginning in the mid-1970s, he frequently appeared on television and in film in minor and supporting roles. Henderson's film credits include Inside Moves (1980), Clue (1985), City Slickers (1991) and White Men Can't Jump (1992).

Filmography

• My Name Is Earl — Charlie
• Cold Case — George Polk
• 2003Hard Ground — Junior Gunn
• Family Law — Mr. Perlis
• 1999Kiss of a Stranger — Buster
• 1999Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire — Clive Winter
• 1999Trippin' — Gramps Reed
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Angry Patient
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Lloyd Weeks (segment "Blind Man's Dog")
• 1997Conspiracy Theory — Hospital Security
• 1997Hoodlum — Mr. Redmond
• Timecop
• 1996'Weird Al' Yankovic: (There's No) Going Home — Blind Lemon Yankovic
• 7th Heaven — Caleb
• 1996Ghosts of Mississippi — Minister
• Malcolm & Eddie
• Promised Land — Mel Roylance
• ER — Charley Barnes
• 1994Maverick — Riverboat Poker Player
• 1993Marked for Murder
• NYPD Blue — Verdis
• Mad About You — Mets Shortstop
• Picket Fences — Toobah Varney
• 1992White Men Can't Jump — Bill Henderson
• 1991City Slickers — Ben Jessup
• Roc — Matthew
• 1989Cousins — Valhalla Band
• 1989How I Got Into College — Detroit High School Coach
• 1989No Holds Barred — Charlie
• Dear John — Pete
• 1988The George McKenna Story — Goodman
• 1986Murphy's Law — Ben Wilcove
• 1986Smart Alec — Julie's Agent
• 1986Wisdom — Theo
• 227
• 1985Clue — Cop
• 1985Do You Remember Love — Wendell
• 1985Fletch — Speaker
• MacGyver — Gas Station Cashier
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Night of the Meek")
• Dreams — Torpedo
• 1984Fear City — Nicky's Doctor
• 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension — Casper Lindley
• Ace Crawford, Private Eye — Mello
• 1983Get Crazy — King Blues
• Cagney & Lacey
• 1982One Shoe Makes it Murder — Chick
• 1981Continental Divide — Train Conductor
• Hill Street Blues — Maynard
• 1980Inside Moves — Blue Lewis
• Benson
• 1979Flesh & Blood — Fight Reporter
• Hart to Hart — 2nd Player
• 1979The Kid from Left Field — Brad Linquist
• Hazell — Alec Gilbraith
• 1977Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
• 1977Fire Sale — Psychiatrist (uncredited)
• The Incredible Hulk — Antoine Moray /Babalao
• 1976Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
• 1976Mother, Jugs & Speed — Charles Taylor
• 1976Silver Streak — Red Cap
• What's Happening!! — Clarence Hopkins
• 1975A Shadow in the Streets — Leroy Marcus Benson
• 1975Cornbread, Earl and Me — Watkins
• Joe Forrester
• 1974Get Christie Love! — Sgt. Stoner Martin
• Good Times
• Happy Days — Mr. Davis
• Harry O — Spencer Johnson, Teak, Spencer Johnson 'Spence'
• 1972Cool Breeze — Minister (uncredited)
• Late Night Theatre — Bobby Mills
• Sanford and Son
• The Bill Cosby Show — First Teacher, Male Teacher #5, Man #3

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2022Who Done It: The Clue Documentary — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self