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Richard Sanders (born August 23, 1940) [1] is a retired American actor and screenwriter. He played quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982). Most of his acting career has been on television.
Les is the ludicrously incompetent news director of WKRP and has been with the station since 1954. Of the station's numerous cast members, Nessman's constant bungling, baseless pride and insistence on keeping his full-service trappings on the rock-oriented station generally poses the biggest obstacle to the station's success.
Les Nessman (Richard Sanders), the fastidious, bow-tied news reporter, who is a "mama's boy" of a man, approaches his job with absurdly earnest seriousness, despite being almost totally incompetent (a fact to which he is oblivious). He and salesman Herb Tarlek refer to themselves and Mr. Carlson as "the suits", compared to "the dungarees" (Andy ...
Richard Sanders (actor) (born 1940), American actor; Richard B. Sanders, Washington State Supreme Court justice; Richard Sanders (writer) (born 1949), author and former magazine editor; Richard C. Sanders (1915–1976), United States Air Force officer; Ric Sanders (born 1952), English violinist
Gordon Jump (Arthur Carlson), Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlek), and Richard Sanders (Les Nessman) reprised their roles from the original show, while Howard Hesseman reprised the role of Dr. Johnny Fever on a recurring basis (four episodes in the first season, then five in season two).
Howard Hesseman (February 27, 1940 – January 29, 2022) was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.
Richard Louis Sanders (born July 14, 1949) is a former Executive Editor of Entertainment Weekly and People magazines and the author of a series of character-driven thrillers. While the novels are designed as entertainment, with large dollops of humor, they deal with such serious issues as addiction, depression, despair and, concomitantly ...
Gary Sandy (born December 25, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for playing program director Andy Travis on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982). Early life and education