Home   >   Movie Stars   >   Richard Sanders

Richard Sanders

Richard Sanders is an American character actor best known for playing the quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the classic TV sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati.

Graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology [now Carnegie-Mellon University] School of Fine Arts [theater department], class of 1962. Classmate of Renee Auberjonois, Ferris Buck, David Dozer, Tom Lizzio, Robald Satlof, Frank Parker, Aubrey Wilson, and Alice Gauley, among others. Father was a career army officer. Served in Brazil with the Peace Corps.


Tell us what you think in the Richard Sanders forum.

Richard Sanders Facts

OccupationActor
BirthdayAugust 28, 1940 (69)
SignVirgo
BirthplaceHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Selected Filmography

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Valley Girl
Coach: The Third Season
WKRP in Cincinnati
Escape to Witch Mountain Special Edition
Kiss the Girls
Ray
The Fugitive: Season Two, Vol. 2
Spaced Invaders
Glory
Continue » Add/Update data | Find more details on the Richard Sanders Movies page
  • Main@