Howard Hesseman

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Howard Hesseman (2014)

Howard Hesseman ( February 27, 1940 - January 29, 2022 - Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Howard Hesseman was born in Lebanon, Oregon in 1940. His parents Edna Foster and George Henry Hesseman divorced when he was five years old. From then on he grew up with his mother and stepfather, a policeman. Hesseman attended the University of Oregon and co-founded the comedy group The Committee with David Ogden Stiers in San Francisco . At the beginning of his acting career he used the name Don Sturdy, which he later used as a radio DJ. He came to acting through his uncle.

Career

Howard Hessemann made his acting debut on the television series The Andy Griffith Show , playing different roles in two episodes. In the 1970s, alongside TV appearances, he got supporting roles in films, starring in The Hair-raising Journey on a Crazy Bus , Mel Brooks' Last Oddity: The Silent Movie , Raped Behind Bars and the TV movie Ghost of Flight 401 . During this time, Hesseman was often cast as a hippie.

From 1978 to 1982, Hesseman played DJ Johnny Fever in the Cincinnati sitcom WKRP in 90 episodes , which never aired in German-speaking countries but was popular in the United States. Following that television series, Hesseman co-starred in the last two seasons of the series One Day at a Time before starring as the teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class in 92 episodes from 1986-1990 . He also took on more cinema appearances over the course of the 1980s, so he mimed the role of Captain Peter "Pete" Lassard, the younger brother of the role Eric Lassard (portrayed by George Gaynes ) in the comedy film Police Academy 2. .

In the 1990s he acted in numerous television films, such as Murder in New Hampshire starring Helen Hunt and Chad Allen , and in the two French films The Chocolate Princess and Murder in the Viewfinder . In addition to guest appearances in television series such as A Trio to Bite , Pretender and Practice - The Lawyers , he starred in the comedy Gridlock'd - Voll it! a blind man and in the tragic comedy About Schmidt the father of Jack Nicholson 's future son-in-law. In the roles of a doctor, he worked in the television series Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension , Emergency Room - The ER and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation each with. Most recently, Hesseman was in front of the camera for the movie Dirty Politics in 2018.

Filmography (selection)

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  1. ↑ Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' Dies at 81
  2. ↑ Hesseman, Howard 1940– | Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Jeff Baker | The Oregonian/OregonLive: 17 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Oregon. 30 April 2014, retrieved 26 August 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Howard Hesseman Biography (1940-). filmreference.com, accessed November 28, 2012 (English).
  5. ^ a b c WKRP in TV. People , November 12, 1979, retrieved November 28, 2012 (English).
  6. ↑ Bethy Squires: WKRP in Cincinnati Star Howard Hesseman Has Died. January 30, 2022, retrieved February 1, 2022 (American English).
  7. ↑ Howard Hesseman Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved February 1, 2022 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Hesseman, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hessman, Howard; Sturdy, Don (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
BIRTH DATE February 27, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Lebanon, Oregon
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2022
PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles , California