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Henry G. Sanders
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 18, 1942 (82 years)
Henry Gayle Sanders is an American actor known for his TV roles as Prosper Denton on Queen Sugar, Samuel Carter on 9-1-1, Uncle Chester on Hap & Leonard, Cedric on the miniseries DMZ, and Robert E. On Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as well as the TV movie of the same name.
He's known for his film roles as Arthur Holloway in Samaritan, Pastor Jack in Roman J. Israel Esq., Cager Lee in Selma, Red Henderson in Whiplash, Martin in Rocky Balboa, Cesar's Trainer in Play It to the Bone, and Sandy in Bull Durham. He has also had roles in a number of TV movies.
He's guest starred on numerous TV shows including Shameless, American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, The Mentalist, CSI, Cold Case, Eleventh Hour, Heartland, Commander in Chief, Joan of Arcadia, The West Wing, Boomtown, NYPD Blue, Moesha, Sliders, ER, Murphy Brown, The Young and the Restless, L.A. Law, Alf, Matlock, Married... with Children, Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting, Cagney & Lacey, Highway to Heaven, What's Happening Now?, 227, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, Knots Landing, Night Court, Knight Rider, Diff'rent Strokes, St. Elsewhere, The Greatest American Hero, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and The Rockford Files.
He's known for his film roles as Arthur Holloway in Samaritan, Pastor Jack in Roman J. Israel Esq., Cager Lee in Selma, Red Henderson in Whiplash, Martin in Rocky Balboa, Cesar's Trainer in Play It to the Bone, and Sandy in Bull Durham. He has also had roles in a number of TV movies.
He's guest starred on numerous TV shows including Shameless, American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, The Mentalist, CSI, Cold Case, Eleventh Hour, Heartland, Commander in Chief, Joan of Arcadia, The West Wing, Boomtown, NYPD Blue, Moesha, Sliders, ER, Murphy Brown, The Young and the Restless, L.A. Law, Alf, Matlock, Married... with Children, Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting, Cagney & Lacey, Highway to Heaven, What's Happening Now?, 227, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, Knots Landing, Night Court, Knight Rider, Diff'rent Strokes, St. Elsewhere, The Greatest American Hero, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and The Rockford Files.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Samaritan · as Arthur Holloway |
| 2022 | DMZ (TV Series) · as Cedric |
| 2021 | Charming the Hearts of Men · as Abel |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Blue: The American Dream · as China Banks |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 (TV Series) · as Samuel Carter |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. · as Pastor Jack |
| 2016 | Queen Sugar (TV Series) · as Prosper Denton |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard (TV Series) · as Uncle Chester |
| 2014 | Selma · as Cager Lee |
| 2014 | Dr. Quinn, Morphine Woman with Jane Seymour · as Robert |
| 2014 | Whiplash · as Red Henderson |
| 2014 | Crimes of the Mind · as Judge Maynard |
| 2013 | 42 · as Max |
| 2011 | American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Willie |
| 2011 | Shameless (US) (TV Series) · as Jelly |
| 2010 | You Again · as Chaplain |
| 2009 | Blue · as China Banks |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour (US) (TV Series) · as Sam Tewsbury |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Willie Shubert |
| 2007 | Heartland (2007) (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa · as Martin |
| 2005 | Berkeley · as Gadsen |
| 2005 | Commander In Chief (TV Series) · as Gavin Kester |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Dr. Hudson |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Ronnie Collins |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Manhood · as Police Officer |
| 2002 | Boomtown (TV Series) · as Police Sergeant Miller |
| 2002 | Little John · as Merle |
| 2001 | Call Me Claus · as Minister |
| 2001 | The Division (TV Series) |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Bill Gibson |
| 2000 | City of Angels (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1999 | Play It to the Bone · as Cesar's Trainer |
| 1999 | Snoops (1999) (TV Series) · as Michael Williams |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Ambassador Tiki |
| 1999 | Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie · as Robert E. |
| 1998 | Carnival of Souls · as Officer Soby |
| 1998 | Any Day Now (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1997 | The Devil's Child · as Detective Repp |
| 1997 | The Inheritance · as Blacksmith |
| 1997 | Tell Me No Secrets · as Tom Wicks |
| 1996 | Moesha (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Nothing Lasts Forever · as Det. Dan Britton |
| 1995 | Sliders (TV Series) · as Harold |
| 1995 | In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped · as Ellis Watley |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Phillip |
| 1994 | Ride with the Wind · as Dr. Dailey |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Joe Whitaker |
| 1993 | Dying to Love You · as Attorney |
| 1993 | The Switch · as Hank |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Kuffs · as Building Owner |
| 1991 | Child's Play 3 · as Major |
| 1991 | Deadly Desire · as Policeman |
| 1990 | The Man Inside · as Evans |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1990 | Rainbow Drive · as Marvin Burgess |
| 1990 | A Man Called... Rainbo · as Cast |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder · as Harry |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) · as City Hall Guard |
| 1988 | Dead Solid Perfect · as Tv Director |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Bob |
| 1988 | Bull Durham · as Sandy |
| 1988 | Man Against the Mob · as Bode Ross |
| 1987 | No Man's Land · as Heath |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven · as Henry |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Married... with Children (TV Series) · as Murray |
| 1987 | Tonight's the Night · as Disc Jockey |
| 1986 | Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI · as Al Melden |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Heart of the City (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Starman (TV Series) · as Coach Carl Newman |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Judge Robinson Lowry |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Ladies Club · as Cop No. 3 |
| 1985 | Badge of the Assassin · as Foreman #2 |
| 1985 | A Time to Live · as Fred |
| 1985 | 227 (TV Series) · as Kenneth F. Higby |
| 1985 | What's Happening Now! (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1985 | Kicks · as Garage Attendant |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Train Passenger In Dream Sequence |
| 1985 | Deadly Messages · as Gym Attendant |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Series) · as Judge Clarence Cooper |
| 1984 | Children in the Crossfire · as Mailman |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Skycap |
| 1984 | Heartbreakers · as Reuben |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Trick Baby |
| 1984 | Choose Me · as Hospital Administrator |
| 1984 | Concrete Beat · as Lt. Lucas |
| 1984 | Weekend Pass · as Officer Henry |
| 1984 | Night Court (TV Series) · as Leo Bell |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice · as Tubby Wadlow |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1983 | My Brother's Wedding · as Beat-Up Man |
| 1983 | Breathless · as Man With Pipe |
| 1983 | The Family Tree (TV Series) · as Terry Wallace |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Something So Right · as Officer |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Neil Baldwin - Guard |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Hotel Security Guard |
| 1982 | Endangered Species · as Dr. Ross |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders · as Old Con |
| 1982 | Deadly Sunday · as Johnny |
| 1981 | Circle of Power · as Harold |
| 1981 | McClain's Law (TV Series) · as Barrett |
| 1981 | Callie & Son · as Tanner |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as Det. Cummings / Sgt. Trask |
| 1981 | Hard Country · as Man Customer |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) · as Policeman |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Jerome |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series) · as Clancy (as Henry Gale Sanders) |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Stan |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House (TV Series) · as Moaney |
| 1979 | The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel · as Harve |
| 1978 | Killer of Sheep · as Stan |
| 1978 | Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) · as Policeman #1 |
| 1978 | The Boss' Son · as Charles |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Independence Day · as Charles |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes · as Sam Kingston (as Henry Sanders) |
| 1974 | The Black Godfather · as Cast |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Hardhat |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Rebel · as James Henderson |
| 1973 | Five on the Black Hand Side · as Barber Shop Patron (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Walter Barber |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Merlle |