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Howard Hesseman

Tuesday, 27th February 1940 - Saturday, 29th January 2022
Lebanon, OR
USA


Started with improvisational comedy, Hesseman moved on to acting using the name Don Sturdy but soon reverted and by 1978 had assumed his most well known role, that of John “Dr. Johnny Fever” Caravella on WKRP in in Cincinnati.


Session With the Committee
1969
Billy Jack
(uncredited)
1971
Jory
1972
Kid Blue
Confectionary Man
1973
Blue Knight
1973
Final Crash
1973
Steelyard Blues
Frank
1973
Sunshine Boys
Commercial Director
1975
Whiffs
Dr. Gopian
1975
Hustling
Detective
1975
Jackson County Jail
David
1976
Shampoo
Red Dog
1976
Silent Movie
Executive
1976
Collision Course
AP Man
1976
Big Bus
Jack, Scotty's Aide
1976
Tunnelvision
1976
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977
Amazing Howard Hughes
Jenks
1977
Other Side of Midnight
O'Brien
1977
Outside Chance
1978
Loose Shoes
Ernie Piles
1978
More Than Friends
1978
Ghost of Flight 401
Bert Stockwell
1978
Comedy Company
1978
Americathon
Kip Margolis
1979
Gridlock
1980
Skyward
1980
Honky Tonk Freeway
Snapper
1981
Private Lessons
Lester Lewis
1981
One Shoe Makes it Murder
Joe Hervey
1982
Victims
1982
Doctor Detroit
Smooth Walker
1983
Best Kept Secrets
Jim
1984
Silence of the Heart
Carl Lewis
1984
This is Spinal Tap
Terry Ladd
1984
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Peter Lassard
1985
Clue
Chief (uncredited)
1985
Flight of the Navigator
Dr. Faraday
1986
My Chauffeur
McBride
1986
Inside Out
1986
Six Against the Rock
Dutch Cretzer
1987
Heat
Pinchus Zion
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
Rupert King (Titan Man)
1987
Diamond Trap
Detective Rollings
1988
Call Me Anna
John Ross
1990
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story
Paul Maggioto
1991
Rubin and Ed
Ed Tuttle
1992
Black Death
1992
Little Miss Millions
Nick Frost
1993
Gridlock'd
blindman
1996
About Schmidt
Larry Hertzel
2002
Rocker
Gator
2008
Halloween II
Uncle Meat
2009
All About Steve
Mr. Horowitz
2009

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Andy Griffith Show
Goober Goes to an Auto Show
Counterboy (as Don Sturdy)
02/05/1968
Andy Griffith Show
Sam for Town Council
Harry (as Don Sturdy)
03/11/1968
Dragnet
Public Affairs: DR-07
Jesse Chaplin (as Don Sturdy)
09/19/1968
Mannix
A Ransom for Yesterday
02/09/1975
Family
A Special Kind of Loving
Store Manager
03/23/1976
Laverne & Shirley
Oh Hear the Angels' Voices
Dr. Grayson
12/21/1976
Delvecchio
Dying Can Be a Pleasure
Goldie
01/23/1977
WKRP in Cincinnati
Pilot: Part 1
Dr. Johnny Fever
09/18/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
Pilot: Part 2
Dr. Johnny Fever
09/25/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
Les on a Ledge
Dr. Johnny Fever
10/02/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
Hoodlum Rock
Dr. Johnny Fever
10/09/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
Hold Up
Dr. Johnny Fever
10/16/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
Turkeys Away
Dr. Johnny Fever
10/30/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
Mama's Review
Dr. Johnny Fever
01/15/1979
Murder, She Wrote
Widow, Weep For Me
Sheldon Greenberg
09/29/1985
That 70's Show
Radio Daze
Max
02/06/2001
That 70's Show
Backstage Pass
Max
05/15/2001
That 70's Show
Hyde Gets the Girl
Max
10/09/2001
Psych
And Down the Stretch Comes Murder
Barry Saunder
08/10/2007
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead
Dr. Aden
02/24/2011
Mike and Molly
Mike Likes Lasagna
Otis
02/27/2012




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