Bill Henderson
Born: 1926-08-09 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2016-04-03
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
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
- Hard Ground as Junior Gunn
1999
- Family Law as Mr. Perlis
- Trippin' as Gramps Reed
- Kiss of a Stranger as Buster
- Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire as Clive Winter
1998
- Lethal Weapon 4 as Angry Patient
1997
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Lloyd Weeks (segment "Blind Man's Dog")
- Conspiracy Theory as Hospital Security
- Timecop
- Hoodlum as Mr. Redmond
1996
- 7th Heaven as Caleb
- Malcolm & Eddie
- Promised Land as Mel Roylance
- Ghosts of Mississippi as Minister
- 'Weird Al' Yankovic: (There's No) Going Home as Blind Lemon Yankovic
1993
- NYPD Blue as Verdis
- Marked for Murder
1992
- Mad About You as Mets Shortstop
- Picket Fences as Toobah Varney
- White Men Can't Jump as Bill Henderson
1991
- Roc as Matthew
- City Slickers as Ben Jessup
1989
- Cousins as Valhalla Band
- How I Got Into College as Detroit High School Coach
- No Holds Barred as Charlie
1988
- Dear John as Pete
- The George McKenna Story as Goodman
1986
- Murphy's Law as Ben Wilcove
- Wisdom as Theo
- Smart Alec as Julie's Agent
1985
- MacGyver as Gas Station Cashier
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Night of the Meek")
- 227
- Clue as The Cop
- Fletch as Speaker
- Do You Remember Love as Wendell
1984
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Casper Lindley
- Fear City as Nicky's Doctor
- Dreams as Torpedo
1983
- Ace Crawford, Private Eye
- Get Crazy as King Blues
1982
- Cagney & Lacey
- One Shoe Makes it Murder as Chick
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Maynard
- Continental Divide as Train Conductor
1980
- Inside Moves as Blue Lewis
1979
- Hart to Hart as 2nd Player
- Benson
- Flesh & Blood as Fight Reporter
- The Kid from Left Field as Brad Linquist
1978
- Hazell as Alec Gilbraith
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as Antoine Moray /Babalao
- Fire Sale as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1976
- What's Happening!! as Clarence Hopkins
- Silver Streak as Red Cap
- Mother, Jugs & Speed as Charles Taylor
- Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1975
- Joe Forrester
- Cornbread, Earl and Me as Watkins
- A Shadow in the Streets as Leroy Marcus Benson
1974
- Happy Days as Mr. Davis
- Good Times
- Harry O as Spencer Johnson
- Get Christie Love! as Sgt. Stoner Martin
1972
- Sanford and Son
- Cool Breeze as Minister (uncredited)
1969
- The Bill Cosby Show as First Teacher
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self