Howard Hesseman
Popularity:1.819
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1940-02-27
Place of Birth:Lebanon, Oregon, USA
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Also Known As:Howard Hessman, Don Sturdy

The Rocker (2008)
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at...

Wild Oats (2016)
Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She...

About Schmidt (2002)
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

Billy Jack (1971)
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaways.

Hot Chocolate (1992)
B.J. Cassidy, a rich businesswoman, has to invest several billion dollars for fiscal reasons. She undertakes to buy back a small French factory,...

Jackson County Jail (1976)
A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.

Doctor Detroit (1983)
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in...

Halloween II (2009)
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another...

All About Steve (2009)
After one short blind date, Mary Horowitz, a brilliant and eccentric crossword constructor, is convinced that Steve, a CCN cameraman, is her soul...

John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body (1980)
John Ritter shows off his comedic talent with a collection of comedy sketches.

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary (2022)
Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind...

Man About Town (2006)
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been...

Gridlock'd (1997)
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are...

Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later...

Crazy for Christmas (2005)
A girl loses her parents and husband and is left driving a limo trying to get by raising her young son. An interesting but strange rich man hires her...

Private Lessons (1981)
Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and...

Rubin & Ed (1992)
Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot."...

Heat (1986)
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together...

Clue (1985)
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was...

Loose Shoes (1978)
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from...

The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't...

Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not...

My Chauffeur (1986)
A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male...

Americathon (1979)
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent...

Salvation Boulevard (2011)
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his...

On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997)
Trish and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to take advantage of holiday shoppers with fat...

The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978)
An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to...

Steelyard Blues (1973)
A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. Their mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that...

Inside Out (1987)
An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and financial problems.

Call Me Anna (1990)
Patty Duke portrays herself in this made-for-tv biopic about her struggles as a child star growing into adulthood.

Tunnel Vision (1976)
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you...

Bigfoot (2012)
A rock concert awakens the legendary monster, who goes on a rampage. The event's organizer plans to kill the beast and create a tourist attraction...

Little Miss Millions (1993)
Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her real mother.

Six Against the Rock (1987)
In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the island prison. His plan, carried out with five...

Quiet Killer (1992)
On her way home in a plane to New York, the teenage Sarah gets very ill. She realizes too late that it's more than a cold and with her parents still...

Teddy Bears' Picnic (2001)
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual...

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991)
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little...

The Diamond Trap (1988)
When streetwise Manhattan police detectives Rawlings (Howard Hesseman) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marinaro) discover a major diamond heist is about to go...

Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock (2005)
This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the creation of the psychedelic dancehalls that...

Skyward (1980)
Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she...

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is...

The Blue Knight (1975)
In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of...

The Comedy Company (1978)
An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.

Munchie Strikes Back (1994)
The magical Munchie is back, and if he gets in any more trouble it's off to the dullest constellation in the galaxy. Staying out of trouble has never...

Lethal Exposure (1993)
Ambitious photojournalist Chris Cassidy, on assignment in Paris, becomes involved with an unconventional French detective after having witnessed the...

Out-of-Sync (1995)
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)
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a...

Jory (1973)
Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The drive's leader and a likable cowhand take the...

Prisoners (1975)
Melodrama set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Krueger (Bramhall), a former infantry lieutenant, is imprisoned at Quai Dong, on the South China Sea,...

Mister Roberts (1984)
Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a...

Silent Movie (1976)
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the...

Outside Chance (1978)
An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who...

Gridlock (1980)
A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system...

The Mesmerist (2002)
Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, this film tells the grimly comic tale of a bad-tempered old man (Howard Hesseman) who cheats death, only to go on...

The Sky is Falling (2001)
A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to...

The Blue Knight (1973)
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the...

The Big Bus (1976)
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by...

The Fantastic Funnies (1980)
In this partially-animated TV special, Loni Anderson salutes the funny pages with interviews with famous cartoonists AND their creations!

Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard.

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed (1986)
There was once a very serious kingdom. So serious, that the King demanded to be addressed as Your Seriousness...

Silver Skies (2016)
A group of eccentric retirees' lives are turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is suddenly sold out from under them.

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from...

A Christmas in Vermont (2016)
Riley Thomas is sent by her profit-obsessed boss to shut down one of the company’s holdings, a small outerwear company in Vermont, for missing...

Silence of the Heart (1984)
A mother going through a painful, protracted divorce realizes too late the effect it's having on her troubled son.

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983)
Television special taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, and broadcast on...

High Stakes (1997)
A former news reporter marries and tries to adjust to the life of a house wife and mother. However, her need for an adrenaline high is overpowering...

Best Kept Secrets (1984)
Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), who wants to join a special investigative unit....

The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and...

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon (2015)
Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Murray to Chris Farley to Amy Poehler, many of the...

Petulia (1968)
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye...

Flight of the Navigator (1986)
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to...

Shampoo (1975)
A Beverly Hills hairdresser runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying to make heads or tails of his financial and romantic...

Whiffs (1975)
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig...

One Shoe Makes it Murder (1982)
Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer.

Hustling (1975)
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry...

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment....

The Jerk (1979)
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him...

A Session with the Committee (1969)
A Session with the Committee

Valerie (2019)
A documentary of the incredible life of actress Valerie Perrine and her battle with Parkinson's.

Victims (1982)
A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin...

More Than Friends (1978)
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.

Life After The Navigator (2020)
A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer, and his...

Martian Child (2007)
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's...

Kid Blue (1973)
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's...

Cisco Pike (1972)
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.

The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes'...

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird...

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close (2020)
Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through...

That '70s Show (1998)
Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso,...

Two Guys and a Girl (1998)
This story revolves around the lives of three teenagers, Berg, Pete and Sharon and how their lives are entwined. It further deals with the bonds they...

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed...

Murder, She Wrote (1984)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

House (2004)
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional...

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears...

Rhoda (1974)
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a...

Psych (2006)
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad)....

John from Cincinnati (2007)
In Imperial Beach, California, the Yosts—a dysfunctional family of surfers—intersect with two new arrivals to the community: a...

Boomtown (2002)
Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives,...

Touched by an Angel (1994)
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

The Pretender (1996)
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When...

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972,...

One Day at a Time (1975)
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent in Indianapolis.

Crossing Jordan (2001)
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist...

Sanford and Son (1972)
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

Head of the Class (1986)
Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in...

Firehouse (1974)
Firehouse is an American drama/adventure series that aired on ABC television series in early 1974. Somewhat derivative of Emergency! and the recent...

Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each...

The Practice (1997)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its...

Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

Soap (1977)
The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon...

ER (1994)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

Boston Legal (2004)
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and...

Harry O (1974)
After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry...

Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored is a TV program on the E! network that edited together amusing paparazzi footage of celebrities, usually in public places such...

Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A...

Switch (1975)
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a...

The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991)
The New WKRP in Cincinnati is a sequel/spin-off of the original CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. It was made for the syndication market from 1991 to...

Family Law (1999)
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their...

Level 9 (2000)
Level 9 is an American television program broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2000. The plot revolved around a secret agency within the government,...

The Outer Limits (1995)
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

Three Sisters (2001)
Three Sisters is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC for two seasons from January 9, 2001, to February 5, 2002.

Thieves (2001)
Two high-class thieves caught red-handed strike a deal with the FBI to avoid imprisonment: put their skills at the service of an inter-agency task...

Saturday Night Live (1975)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed...

Chicago Med (2015)
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together....

Drop Dead Diva (2009)
A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.

Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with...

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and...

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to...

The Rockford Files (1974)
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit,...

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972,...

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972,...

Burke's Law (1994)
Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a...

Quincy, M.E. (1976)
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
George Burns Comedy Week is a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup, hosted by...

Mike & Molly (2010)
A comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.

Mannix (1967)
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed...

Mannix (1970)
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears...

Mannix (1970)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to...