Bill Henderson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1926-08-09

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Bill Henderson

Biography

William Randall Henderson (March 19, 1926 – April 3, 2016) was an American television and film actor, and jazz singer. Beginning in the mid-1970s, he frequently appeared on television and in film in minor and supporting roles. Henderson's film credits include Inside Moves (1980), Clue (1985), City Slickers (1991) and White Men Can't Jump (1992).

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Acting History

2022
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
My Name Is Earl as Charlie
2003
Cold Case as George Polk
2003
Hard Ground as Junior Gunn
1999
Kiss of a Stranger as Buster
1999
Family Law as Mr. Perlis
1999
Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire as Clive Winter
1999
Trippin' as Gramps Reed
1998
Lethal Weapon 4 as Angry Patient
1997
Timecop
1997
Hoodlum as Mr. Redmond
1997
Conspiracy Theory as Hospital Security
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Lloyd Weeks (segment "Blind Man's Dog")
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi as Minister
1996
'Weird Al' Yankovic: (There's No) Going Home as Blind Lemon Yankovic
1996
Promised Land as Mel Roylance
1996
7th Heaven as Caleb
1996
Malcolm & Eddie
1994
ER as Charley Barnes
1994
Maverick as Riverboat Poker Player
1993
NYPD Blue as Verdis
1993
Marked for Murder
1992
Mad About You as Mets Shortstop
1992
Picket Fences as Toobah Varney
1992
White Men Can't Jump as Bill Henderson
1991
Roc as Matthew
1991
City Slickers as Ben Jessup
1989
No Holds Barred as Charlie
1989
How I Got Into College as Detroit High School Coach
1989
Cousins as Valhalla Band
1988
Dear John as Pete
1988
The George McKenna Story as Goodman
1986
Wisdom as Theo
1986
Murphy's Law as Ben Wilcove
1986
Smart Alec as Julie's Agent
1985
Clue as The Cop
1985
MacGyver as Gas Station Cashier
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Night of the Meek")
1985
227
1985
Fletch as Speaker
1985
Do You Remember Love as Wendell
1984
Dreams as Torpedo
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Casper Lindley
1984
Fear City as Nicky's Doctor
1983
Get Crazy as King Blues
1983
Ace Crawford, Private Eye
1982
One Shoe Makes it Murder as Chick
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1981
Continental Divide as Train Conductor
1981
Hill Street Blues as Maynard
1980
Inside Moves as Blue Lewis
1979
Flesh & Blood as Fight Reporter
1979
The Kid from Left Field as Brad Linquist
1979
Hart to Hart as 2nd Player
1979
Benson
1978
Hazell as Alec Gilbraith
1977
The Incredible Hulk as Antoine Moray /Babalao
1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
Fire Sale as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1976
Silver Streak as Red Cap
1976
What's Happening!!
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed as Charles Taylor
1976
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1975
Joe Forrester
1975
Cornbread, Earl and Me as Watkins
1975
A Shadow in the Streets as Leroy Marcus Benson
1974
Harry O as Spencer Johnson
1974
Harry O as Teak
1974
Harry O as Spencer Johnson 'Spence'
1974
Good Times
1974
Get Christie Love! as Sgt. Stoner Martin
1974
Happy Days as Mr. Davis
1972
Sanford and Son
1969
The Bill Cosby Show as First Teacher
1969
The Bill Cosby Show as Male Teacher #5
1969
The Bill Cosby Show as Man #3
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self