Howard Hesseman: movies and TV shows
Howard Hesseman has 149 credits in the archive: 92 films and 57 TV series, from 1960 to 2022. Highest rated: House (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1960 – 2022 · busiest year: 1975 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Who Done It: The Clue Documentary | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 82 |
| 2020 | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close | Self | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 2020 | Life After The Navigator | Himself | Film | 7.9 | 80 |
| 2019 | Valerie | Self | Film | 3.0 | 79 |
| 2016 | Silver Skies | Billy | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2016 | A Christmas in Vermont | Nick Harper | Film | 5.1 | 76 |
| 2016 | Wild Oats | Vespucci | Film | 6.1 | 76 |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Clyde Glickman | TV | 8.3 | 75 |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat | Mr. Royce | TV | 7.2 | 75 |
| 2015 | Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon | Self | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 2012 | Bigfoot | Mayor Tommy Gillis | Film | 3.1 | 72 |
| 2011 | Salvation Boulevard | Billy | Film | 5.3 | 71 |
| 2010 | Mike & Molly | Otis | TV | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Sam Hendricks | TV | 7.9 | 69 |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Cole Lamburt | TV | 7.7 | 69 |
| 2009 | Halloween II | Uncle Meat | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2009 | All About Steve | Mr. Horowitz | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 2008 | The Rocker | Gator | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | Erlemeyer | TV | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2007 | Martian Child | Dr. Berg | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2006 | Psych | Barry Saunder | TV | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2006 | Man About Town | Ben Giamoro | Film | 5.2 | 66 |
| 2005 | Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock | narrator | Film | — | 65 |
| 2005 | Crazy for Christmas | Fred Nickells | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 2004 | House | Henry Errington | TV | 8.6 | 64 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Judge Robert Thompson | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV | 4.8 | 63 |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Mel Castle | TV | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2002 | About Schmidt | Larry Hertzel | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2002 | The Mesmerist | Mr. Valdemar | Film | 4.7 | 62 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Barney Reynolds | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2001 | Three Sisters | Jerry Keats | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2001 | Thieves | TV | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 2001 | The Sky is Falling | Yogi Cook | Film | 8.3 | 61 |
| 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Ted Frye | Film | 4.0 | 61 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Aden | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 2000 | Level 9 | TV | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 1999 | Family Law | Howard Thomas / Randall | TV | 8.1 | 59 |
| 1998 | That '70s Show | Max | TV | 7.9 | 58 |
| 1998 | Two Guys and a Girl | Mr. Bergen | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Judge C. Williams | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd | Blind Man | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1997 | On the 2nd Day of Christmas | David | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1997 | High Stakes | Wayne Dreyer | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Landlord | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1996 | Innocent Victims | Smithline | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Emory Taylor | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1995 | Out-of-Sync | Det. Caldwell | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 1994 | ER | Dr. James Broderick | TV | 7.8 | 54 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Flynn Hodge | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Chuck Mason | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1994 | Munchie Strikes Back | Munchie (voice) | Film | 3.7 | 54 |
| 1993 | Little Miss Millions | Nick Frost | Film | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1993 | Lethal Exposure | Taylor Cochran | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1992 | Hot Chocolate | Mr. Cassidy | Film | 3.2 | 52 |
| 1992 | Quiet Killer | Congressman Calvin Phillips | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1992 | Rubin & Ed | Ed Tuttle | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1991 | The New WKRP in Cincinnati | TV | 7.6 | 51 | |
| 1991 | Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story | Paul Maggioto | Film | 5.1 | 51 |
| 1990 | Call Me Anna | John Ross | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1988 | The Diamond Trap | Det. Rollings | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Rupert King (segment "Titan Man") | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1987 | Six Against the Rock | Joseph 'Dutch' Cretzer | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1987 | Inside Out | Jack | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1986 | Head of the Class | Charlie Moore | TV | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1986 | Flight of the Navigator | Dr. Louis Faraday | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1986 | My Chauffeur | McBride | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1986 | Heat | Pinchus Zion | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1986 | The Princess Who Had Never Laughed | King | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | TV | 6.9 | 45 | |
| 1985 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Pete Lassard | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1985 | Clue | The Chief (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1985 | George Burns Comedy Week | Andy Pace | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sheldon Greenberg | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Terry Ladd | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1984 | Mister Roberts | Doc | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1984 | Silence of the Heart | Carl Lewis | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1984 | Best Kept Secrets | Jim Osborne | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1983 | Doctor Detroit | Smooth Walker | Film | 5.1 | 43 |
| 1983 | Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | Self | Film | 8.7 | 43 |
| 1983 | Likely Stories, Vol. 4 | Sy Fishko | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1983 | Focus on Fishko | Sy | Film | — | 43 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | King | TV | 8.1 | 42 |
| 1982 | One Shoe Makes it Murder | Joe Hervey | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1982 | Victims | Charles Galloway | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1981 | Private Lessons | Lester | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Snapper | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1980 | The Fantastic Funnies | Dr. Johnny Fever | Film | — | 40 |
| 1980 | Gridlock | Señor Smooth (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1980 | Skyward | Koup Trenton | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1980 | John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body | Self / The Rock Doctor | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1979 | The Jerk | Carnival Worker (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1979 | Americathon | Kip Margolis | Film | 3.7 | 39 |
| 1979 | You Can't Take it With You | Wilbur C. Henderson | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Dr. Johnny Fever | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1978 | The Ghost of Flight 401 | Bert Stockwell | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1978 | Loose Shoes | Ernie Piles, War Correspondent | Film | 3.8 | 38 |
| 1978 | More Than Friends | Avery Salminella | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1978 | Outside Chance | David | Film | 4.0 | 38 |
| 1978 | The Comedy Company | Roger Dustleman | Film | 4.3 | 38 |
| 1977 | Soap | Mr. Franklin | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1977 | The Other Side of Midnight | O'Brien | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Lt. Ted Cantwell | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Jenks | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Jenks | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1977 | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Fred | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1976 | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Dr. Robert Williams | TV | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | D.A. Jerry Douglas | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | TV | 7.1 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Battle of the Network Stars | TV | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | Goldie | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Executive | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1976 | The Big Bus | Jack | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1976 | Jackson County Jail | David | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1976 | Tunnel Vision | Senator McMannus | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1975 | Baretta | Walker | TV | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1975 | One Day at a Time | Sam Royer | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1975 | Switch | M.W. | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1975 | The Blue Knight | Resident | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1975 | Shampoo | Red Dog | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1975 | The Sunshine Boys | Mr. Walsh, Commerical Director | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1975 | Whiffs | Dr. Gopian | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1975 | Hustling | Detective | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1975 | Prisoners | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Al Steever | TV | 7.6 | 34 |
| 1974 | Rhoda | TV | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1974 | Harry O | Senator Lawler | TV | 5.2 | 34 |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | TV | 5.0 | 33 | |
| 1973 | Steelyard Blues | Frank Veldini | Film | 5.0 | 33 |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Film | 5.5 | 33 | |
| 1973 | Kid Blue | Confectionary Man (as Howard Hessman) | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1973 | Jory | Santa Rosa bartender | Film | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son | TV | 7.5 | 32 | |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | Craig Plager | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | Augie (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1972 | Cisco Pike | Recording Engineer | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1971 | Billy Jack | Drama Teacher | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1971 | The Christian Licorice Store | Last Party Guest | Film | 4.8 | 31 |
| 1969 | Some Kind of a Nut | Bartender | Film | 4.2 | 29 |
| 1969 | A Session with the Committee | (as Don Sturdy) | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1968 | Petulia | Hippie (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Ray Bennett | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Various | TV | 7.4 | 27 |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | TV | 7.4 | 27 | |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Counter Boy | TV | 7.6 | 20 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Harry | TV | 7.6 | 20 |