Biography
Richard Kinard Sanders is a retired American actor and screenwriter. He played quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Men of Honor
2000
as Donny Moor Bartender
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his ...

Lovers Lane
2000
as Dr. Jack Grefe
A man with a hook for a hand escapes from a mental institution to go after the children of his previous victims.

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
1995
as Dr. Budwig
En route to delivering an expensive yacht, Rick stops off in Seattle to visit A.J., who works there as an attorney. However, their reunion is disrupte...

The Beans of Egypt, Maine
1994
The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlen...

Neon City
1991
as Dickie Devine
"Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster tha...

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
1989
as Dr. Dark
Henry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988
as Chester Lackberry
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to pr...

Found Money
1983
as Robbins
Two former bank employees, executive Dick Van Dyke, forced into early retirement by a computer, and guard Sid Caesar, unceremoniously dismissed before...

Found Money
1983
Writer
Two former bank employees, executive Dick Van Dyke, forced into early retirement by a computer, and guard Sid Caesar, unceremoniously dismissed before...

Valley Girl
1983
as Drivers' Ed Teacher
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in ...

The Invisible Woman
1983
as Orville
In a research lab, a scientist's pet chimpanzee mixes up an invisibility formula. A young woman accidentally drinks the solution and becomes invisible...

Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
as Lester
A proud patriarch battles union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned lumber and mining operation which he runs with his...

The Nude Bomb
1980
as German Delegate
When KAOS develops a bomb that can dissolve all clothing, Maxwell Smart is brought in to foil the evil plot.

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979
as Mr. Fogarty
A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up...

Bud and Lou
1978
as Doctor
A fact-riddled behind-the-scenes drama about the stormy partnership of the famed comedy team that came out of burlesque to conquer radio, movies and t...

Keefer
1978
as Bemmel
An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II.

Ruby and Oswald
1978
as Agent Kelley
A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated e...

Good Against Evil
1977
as The Doctor
Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as hi...

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
as Travis
In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away f...